The gym was located at 33 storey and was situated at one corner with no ventilation. YES, I repeat NO ventilation. They didn't switch on the air con for us. So can you imagine exercise without any fan and air con? My sweating is running like a free flow after my work out.


However, not to mention that they have equipped quite a good facilities. Like those you can find it in the gym. My purpose to use the gym was only for the treadmill and inclined cycling so of course the gym met my expectation. While Nelly was doing her weights training, I had my usual run.



The stairs to head up to my inclined cycling. A very spacious place for tourists to do their workout here if only I could forgo the suffocating moment in the gym.


Next up, I accompanied Nelly as she wanted to soak herself in the pool. As I was having my period ( sucks to have it during overseas), I laid on the arm chair for a sun-tanned.





Exploring the pool toilet kinda amused us because they provide Suana room & spa for us. Bath-tub type of spa and a room whereby we can relax ourselves. And the toilet was so well-decorated. Everything there was so nice and cosy.







Since the earliest birds managed to wake up early, in the end we have to wait for the couple to get ready before heading to explore the rest of the city. Pretty love having a small kitchen in the apartment. And also an oven and a microwave. At any point of time, we can heat up our conventional food bought from 7-11.
Did you see the washing machine over there? HAHAHA, you can even do your laundry here. So Urbana langsuan is a good choice for accommodation.



 Early in the morning you can witness how busy the road is because the cars won't stop for you when you want to cross over to another street. So what if they have pedestrian crossing along the road, the drivers won't show any mercy too.
Street stalls are open early in the morning so no matter what, you won't DIE of hunger at BKK. Everywhere and anywhere there are food awaiting for you. As our hotel was a 15 mins walk to Platinum Mall, we walked past several street stalls and was so tempted to try every of it. But to keep our stomach safe and sound, we only tried a few stalls.




In between our hotel, they have several cafes and the inner 'cafe-hopped' me wanted to leave Singapore with with a taste of their cafe food. So I told them that I will be back here on Day 4. Hehehe.






  
Told you street food are everywhere here. HAHAHA. Im so fascinated by how they BBQ/ heat up the banana. Im like won't it become softer and melt when it was heated up? If you are daring enough to try their street food, this chicken in the sticks or rather "satay'' is a must to try! They marinated the meat to a more sweeter taste. Their BBQ chicken wings is sooooooooo good!




Because the heat was so unbearable, I have to get a cup of their iced thai milk tea which is only 25 baht. Such a big cup of tea to cool down my body. Im seriously in love and never fail to have one everyday. HAHA, sweetness overdosed too because they have added in alot of sugar syrup and condensed milk.




The walk was rather long than what we expected so we stopped by a shopping mall to have our toilet break. The shopping mall which sells all the branded goods ( Gucci, Prada, Guess, Chanel), its something like Singapore paragon.





Here we are, very close to reaching platinum mall.


It helps a lot that in contrast to Pratunum Market, Platinum Fashion Mall is fully air-conditioned, for I cannot imagine walking in the hot tropical weather for the entire day!

Directory for Platinum Fashion Mall.  Platinum Fashion Mall consists of two buildings or wings – the older wing consists of Zones 1 and 2, while the newer wing consists of Zone 3.  There is a food court on the 6th floor if you want to break for lunch before continuing your shop.




Platinum Mall consist of 7 floor and this is later split into 3 zone which I can't see the different except that it burnt a hole in my wallet but anyway.

Floor	Zone 1	Zone 2
B	Women Fashion Clothes/Jeans	Women Fashion Clothes/Jeans
1st	Women Fashion Clothes	Women Fashion Clothes
2nd	Women Fashion Clothes	Women Fashion Clothes
3rd	Women Fashion Clothes	Women Fashion Clothes
4th	Women Fashion Clothes	Men Fashion Clothes
5th	Children Wear	Accessories, Gift Shop
6th	P6 Parking	Food Center, Souvenir
7th	P7-P10 Parking	P7-P10 Parking

Because it was our first time in Platinum Fashion Mall, we felt quite overwhelmed the moment we first stepped in. I felt like i was in Far East Plaza because the mall was filled with endless aisles and rows of clothes sold at super duper cheap prices. Squeezed each other hands and got really excited, but that's where i declared that we should have breakfast first before beginning our shopping spree.





 I found so many identical items bought at exorbitant prices in Singapore, but sold cheaply here in Platinum Mall.  This is also the place where local blog shops and shops at Far East Plaza stock up on their goods.
 At Platinum Mall, be prepared to be overwhelmed by the sheer number of shops and the myriad of products they offer.  From shoes, bags, belts, lingerie, pyjamas, T-Shirts, shorts and pants, accessories, Korean and Japanese-style fashion, to men’s fashion, you’ll find everything here at cheap prices to indulge yourself in.  As the name implies, this is a wholesale centre, so you’ll find people walking around in large luggage, stocking up for their shops.  The mall is also heavily patronized by Singaporeans, so it does feel like a mini Singapore here.


A simple rule to save your Baht is to buy three pieces or more at the same shop. The price you pay will be about 10 to 30% lower, and some shops allow you to mix different types of items, for example, purses and bags, shirts and trousers. You can also buy one or two items and pay a retail price, which is not bad either.

So how to get to Platinum mall?

Take BTS SkyTrain Sukhumvit Line and get off at Chit Lom Station (E1), Exit 6. From the station walk straight along Ratchawongse Road to Phetchaburi Road. Turn left on to Phetchaburi Road and continue walking until you hit The Platinum Fashion Mall. It is a 10-minute walk from Central World.

 Crepes at Platinum Mall Basement

You can't miss out the crepes if you're shopping at the basement of Platinum Mall. They are so unbelievable cheap. Like 25 baht (S$1) for a piping hot Chocolate Banana Crepe?



  With so many flavours to choose from, you could add raisins, cashew nuts or even nutella to replace chocolate as well. They also serve savory crepes with ham, crabmeat, eggs, pork floss etc and I saw many locals ordering many ingredients on one single crepe for a full meal.




Jensin had his tuna chesse crepes while Nelly goes with strawberry chocolate ice-cream. Personally, I like savoury crepes such as ham with egg and pork floss. Look at our happy faces after buying our crepes. 

After purchasing our buy which is never enough but we are running out of time so we decided to walk back to our hotel to put down our loots and rest for a while before heading off for dinner. 



Got a mandatory group shot outside this posh limousine. A very kind thai lady helped us to capture this good moment.
The next stop was to head down to the Erawan temple also known as Four-faced Buddha. This is one of the most famous tourist spots in Bangkok and is always filled with visitors from all over the world! 

 After a short 15 minutes walk, we reached the Erawan Shrine, also known as San Phra Phrom. It is actually located at the heart of Bangkok, next to the Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel, at the Ratchaprasong intersection of Ratchadamri Road and Sukhumvit Road. 



Of course bad experience here as we were stopped by this thai lady who is selling all the joss sticks, candles and flowers. She forcefully asked us to pay 1000 baht each after putting everything in the plastic bag and exclaimed that everywhere sell the same PRICE! Lucky jensin knows their market price out there and eventually knew that she is 'cutting off our head'. We were seriously so pissed by her! When we rejected her, she immediately cut off the price to 500 baht each. This is so ridiculous, she can lie through without blinking her eyes.
Then, she doesn't want us to leave and we got a little more pek cek that Jensin bargain the price to 1000 baht for all 5 person. Unwillingly, she nodded her head. Can't believe she can lie through this and thinking that she is doing a good deed. Don't she feel guilty about conning people's money infront of the god?


The Four Face Buddha literally has four faces. It is said that each of the four faces represent the elements of the earth that face four different directions. In a clockwise direction starting at the entrance, the first Face which represents the Face of Peace and Health, Face of Good Fortune, Face of Good Relationships and Face of Protection against Evils.



Urn filled with holy water (Four Faced Buddha of Erawan Shrine)
Devotees usually sprinkle a few drops of holy water over their heads and shoulders or dropping a couple of coins into the urn after prayer.


The best way to explore Bangkok is through its very popular auto rickshaw vehicle – Tuktuk. They are readily available in every street corners of Bangkok so it is easy to spot them to get a short trip within the city. It is a very popular mode of transportation in Bangkok so there is no reason to excuse myself in a taking a wild ride of tuktuk especially as a first time visitor in Thailand.





We negotiated with the driver and he agreed to ride us for 100 baht with 5 person squeezing on it. Although it is alittle expensive as I heard from my friends that you can cut down the price to less than 50 baht. But oh well, since all of us were able to ride on it, another 50 Baht doesn't kills. The driver rode us to SIAM paragon and we had our dinner over there.


Settled at BAR BQ for dinner.
 Part of the menus; Family Sets, Supreme Sets and Beverages menu. We ordered the Family Pork Set 435 Baht (S$18.13), Economy Beef Set 225 Baht (S$9.38), Garlic Fried Rice 42 Baht (S$1.75) and Soft Drink (Pitcher) 75 Baht ($3.13). The Dome Shaped Skillet was customised such that the centre could be used for grilling meat while the sides was used for soup. Upon ordering, the waitress would pour some stock broth over the centre and the broth will flow downwards to the sides.
 The Family Pork Set cost 435 Baht (S$18.13) was served in two big plates filled with a generous serving of pork, liver, chicken, fish fillet, squid, shrimp, bacon, udon, kamaboko, narutomaki, sliced cabbage, baby corn, carrot and lettuce.


 Before putting any food on the hot metal pan (Dome Shaped Skillet), you would need to grease it with a piece of pork lard so that the meat would not stick to the pan. While grilling the meat on the pan, you should add in the vegetables into the soup broth at the side to enhance the taste (sweetness of the broth).

The beef, pork and chicken sliced perfectly were of great quality. So fresh and tender that it tasted simply delicious even without the dipping sauce. You may have noticed that the meat were not marinated, they were all raw so that customers can taste the original taste of the meat. I thought that the fish fillet tasted slightly fishy, dipping it into the special dipping sauce made a whole world of difference to the taste. The shrimp (prawn) and liver deserved a special mentioned as they were also fresh and tasted so good.

Overall, I would say that I doubt I will be back anytime soon. Somehow we were not satisfied - did not felt full. Not because the food was lousy, but more of that the cooking process was too slow for us (maybe because the grill heat was not switched to the highest? or maybe we were used to steamboat where more food could be cooked at anyone time).

For fans of Thai style steamboat (mookata), overall the food here are of great quality. The dipping sauce is superb and the service is top notch. In addition, for the quality of food, it is value for money especially if you come from a country with high cost of living (e.g. Singapore). For me, I would rather go for other restaurant / street food.





After our meal, we decided to walk over to Siam Night Market which was just a short distance away from Central World.



And finally our last stop was full body massage. The best way to end off your night after all the walking, carrying bags and bags of shopping loots.
Their full body massage for only 300 baht, of course you can get it for a more cheaper price (:
That's all Day 2 (: Day 3 will be coming up soon too!

Till then.