Bob was already in Bangkok for training and I had to make the trip there with Tara (and the other family). I had wanted to take the mrt to the airport because our flight was in the morning and taking cab from Jurong to Changi is crazy! Not only is the fare going to be ridiculous, I reckoned we will also be stuck in the crazy morning traffic. Then came a heroine in the form of my future SIL (yeah, my bro getting ROM in Dec!). She lived near me and she worked in Changi, so she came in the wee hours of the morning, actually 6.45am lah, and drove me and Tara all the way to her work place! We had a quick breakfast at her workplace and took the cab to the airport. She couldn't send us straight to the airport as she starts work at 8am and will be super late if she did send us.
This trip, I was especially worried. Tara wasn't in her best behavious for 2 weeks, in fact, she became the most incorrigible kid all of a sudden! So I was worried about how she will behaved in the 2 hour flight.
Before we board the plane, we shopped around the duty free shops and I bought myself a bottle of SKII "miracle water", I just had to find out how miraculous it is. Besides, I do need some miracle for my dull complexion and patchy skin. I also bought a cup of steamed milk from coffee bean for Tara when she complained of hunger.
I have pre-selected the aisle seats instead of the window ones so that it's easier for me and Tara to move around. It went pretty well the whole trip. She actually dozed off when the plane was taxi-ing out to the runway and by the time the plane took off, the little girl was already sound asleep.
When the cabin crew served the children meals, I tried waking her up but she was just too tired, having woken up 5 plus in the morning. So I thought I will leave her alone and enjoy my meal and my movie (The Ghost Rider) in peace. But being a mother, I was worried that the little one will be hungry, so I tried to wake her again. What came after was a cute sight. She opened her eyes dreamily and saw a packet of chocolate milk right in front of her, she opened her eyes wide and quickly sat up straight, took the milk packet and grinned. But besides the dessert, the chocolate milk and the biscuits with chocolate dip, she wasn't interested in anything else. It was quite a waste actually and the fish fingers was literally untouched.
Prior to taking off, the cabin crew gave Tara some freebies. A Dora watch, stuff toy and a Dora activity pack which helped to keep the little one entertained throughout. We managed to "survived" the whole trip. The caucasian man who sat beside Tara was really nice, he offered his pillow to us when he saw me trying to prop the little one into a comfy position to sleep. And when Tara dropped her biscuits, he helped to picked them up. Even when Tara kept bumping into him, he was totally cool about it. He even offered to hold my meal tray when I needed to pick yet another item that Tara had dropped. And at the end of the flight, he actually told me that Tara behaved really well. I was like.. huh? But I politely thank him for his nice comments.
Tara eating her meal and watching "Meet the Robinsons"
We reached the new Bangkok airport. I had thought it to be spanking, high class new but the airport turned out to be way below my expectation. The long queue at the customs did not make things better either. We stood in a queue that barely moved 1 inch for 15mins and Tara asked to go toilet. I had to carry the girl to quite a distance away before we can find one. I'm just glad Tara can control her bladder well. And when I'm finally back in the queue, I saw still, the same group of people in the queue! The friend called me on my mobile and said there was a counter by the side that catered for families with young children.
The trip to the hotel took about 1 hour and I had to whipped out the portable DVD to entertain the kids. When we reached the hotel, Bob was already waiting for us. While checking in, he said he got a good news and a bad news for me. I shall not say what is the good news. I asked for the bad news first and he said he cannot go back to Singapore with me as he had work schedules in the south of Thailand a day after we were to return home. The worst thing is, the other family had booked an earlier flight home and I can only return home alone with Tara, truly alone.
We went MBK for lunch and after that to Siam Square for shopping. I went to my favourite Boots pharmacy to stock up my beauty products. Siam Square, one of my favourite shopping area, but I only managed to get only 1 pair of shoes. Guess the Thai girls don't have big feet like me.
We didn't go anywhere else after that as all of us (except Bob) were too tired after the morning flight. We had a short rest before dinner and Bob brought us to this nice Thai restaurant by the river side. I was too tired to enjoy the dinner and besides, little Tara was sleeping in my arms and I couldn't eat properly. We all went back to the hotel for an early night after that.
Very tired Tara sleeping during dinner.
Very fresh oysters eaten only with a dash of lime, some fried onions, parsley and red chilli sauce.
Here ends my long entry for day 1 alone.
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