ตลาด จตุจักร @ Chatuchak market @ JJM

     Chatuchak market or also known as JJM is a "must-go" place for me. i can't describe why, i just love to be there. Even just for window shopping. it's only open on weekend (saturday and sunday) and known as the biggest market in Thailand. 

JJM from above. (courtesy of wikimapia)

     You can use MRT/subway or taxi to JJM. By MRT, buy a token to Kamphaeng Phet and u can see the market when out of the subway.

     By BTS / skytrain you might to change to MRT at Sukhumvit. if you're a bit confuse, don't worry, they have the route map at every station. You may refer to it when you confuse.. same goes to me. if you come with bunches of friends, taxi will be a better, cheaper & comfortable choice...

view when u out of subway. there u go.. let's shoppin'

No Smoking area

    Something about this place that i really like is its a "No Smoking Area" even its a open place. And the rule applied strictly, i even saw a police ask a foreigner to stop smoking. So, its not like some place that even the police act against the rule.     

Chatuchak Maps

      A very big place, consist of 1.13 kmsq and more than 5000 stalls. you can found just everything here, from food, souvenir, t-shirt, jeans, bag, shoes, kimono, tie, thai silk, porcelain, books, dogs etc. My Thai's friends did remind me that if you interested in anything, just buy it. Because its really hard for 1st timer to look for the previous stalls, unless when you are just a few stalls away. but if really need to survey something just take note the shop "address"

the shop address. memorize it if you can.

main pedestrian road around chatuchak

choose what u want

interested?

even tattoo available.

flowers. You can find real one too

ancient chinese porcelain (maybe)

cheap t-shirt.

     And the best thing.. there's a lot of food..! fresh food such as vegetables, fruits, juice comes with plenty of choices.

ais krim kelapa

lotus seed.. yummy..

fresh grilled prawn

teh tarik

      yes, its teh tarik.. even they spell it a bit different. In thai we call "teh ais" as Cha Yen. When i thought my "cha yen" pronunciation was ok, they easily detect that i'm not Kon Thai. suddenly he speaks malay then. nak Teh Ais ke? *aku rasa sangat malu. He mentioned that he worked in restaurant in Kampung Baru years ago, that's why he can speak malay fluently.
      For a proper lunch, you can find a lot of stall sell just anything you can eat. For Muslims, there are a lots of halal food here too. but i only show one of them for now. maybe i'll show another Muslim stalls after my next visit to Bangkok.

Kah Jak. Own by muslims and the tea maker can speak malay.

the menu

The Food : Phad thai..

    Others than food, JJM also offered you FOC entertainment.Give them 20 THB or more would be favorable. Our help might help them a lot. just look at them, at least they try to do something to gain what we going to give them. When there are effort, we should appreciate then.

groups of teenagers playing music instrument (sorry i don't know the music instrument name)

innocent faces

skills

cute little girl dance with sword....

    A lot of thing to spend on, and a lot of thing we could learn too. Look at some of them makes me feel how lucky am i.. regardless all the complain i made to myself i should be grateful instead.

Appreciate whatever "given" to us, as when the time comes, it will be taken away..

My very own Ovenless Cheese Cake

      12 Apr 2011. entah tiba2 aku dapat seru. i'm gonna bake my own cheesecake.. my very own. Antara sebab-sebabnya adalah aku teringin nak makan cheesecake kat Secret Recipe. Tapi sbb aku jauh di perantauan, maka the idea sparkled... sebab kedua (Primer cause) adalah, aku tersalah beli cream cheese, nak beli yang sapu kat roti, terbeli utk kek, n dalam bungkusan cream cheese ade resepi "rahsia".

    Ok lah, the list of ingredients begins..

Ingredient A

Butter, half, melted

melted

biscuit, 1 cup

crunched

melted butter mixed with biscuit

presses as thin base

then.. simpan dalam peti sejuk









* maklumlah pecahkan biskut pakai tangan je. so kasar2 lah.

Ingredient B

Cream Cheese - 1 box

 let it soften in ambient temperature.
 stir until soft.

Condensed milk - 1/2 tin (200g)

mix it with softened stirred creamcheese

*klu nak manis letak lah lebih

lemon - 1

half cup of the juice.
*nak masam letak lebih, x nak masam kurangkan.
rasa je masa tengah kacau tuh

Agar - Agar Powder - Two table spoon

mixed with 1/2 boiled water.

stir until all the powder dilute

let it cold down a bit

*resepi sebenar pakai 

gelatin powder

Mixture of Ingredient B

electric mixer will help. but i don't want to buy it for this once a year occasion. berpeluh gak mengacau mende ni. tapi cuit-cuit rasa cam dah sedap. (sedap la kot)

two become one

 pour in the micture of ingredient B on the hardened base. maaf, base nampak selekeh. then put it in refrigerator until the cheese mixture solidified. for my case, i let it overnight. as i planned to eat it for breakfast. maybe its not the right time, but who cares..







then.... tada.......! the cake is ready..

*messy.. coz the base is too thick.

my cake, missing 1/3 of the base

     preparing this cake manually (obviously) is very tiring and require a lot of energy, so i guess, i deserved those calorie in it.

and i want to complaint one thing, why these lemon is very expensive. never buy it before...

58.25 THB.. Pheng maag

this whole process make me think..

whether its easy or hard, its up to the level of hunger you are in.

*betulkan bahasa omputihku klu salah.

*the quantity mentioned in this recipe is halved from original recipe. so just double it 

tak jadi takpe, leh buat lagi.. rasa tak jauh lari nyer...

selamat mencuba..

สุขสันต์วันสงกรานต์ "suk san wan Songkran" "Happy Songkran Day"

let make 'em wet

     Songkran festival celebrate on 13-15 April every years which supposedly the peak of hot season in Thailand when temperature can go as high as 40 C. Previously set by astrological calculation.

Maple, Piyanoot, me & P'Pao.

     Also celebrated as Traditional Thai new year. Most common thing during Songkran is "water throwing" scene. Well this is my first time for me to celebrate it in the middle of thai's community. all the pic inserted was an advance celebration in my workplace which consist of internal parties only. but it did look extreme for me, yet i enjoyed it maag maag.

IQA girls & me

     Start by prayer by monk and then cleaning Buddha statues by pouring water with some fragrance. it is believed that his can bring luck and fortune (i didn't join this activity). Originally this "water throwing" activities is the way for thai's people to respect their elders. the water that used by Buddha's cleaning believed as "blessed water", younger people will pour the water slowly to their elders shoulder for fortune and luck.

lihat lah betapa extremenye mereka demi memastikan org lain basah (P'Toi)

     My friend did warn me to cover all my electronic gadgets and wallet with plastic bags during this season as one thing that you cannot expect during Songkran is "dry". They will not let you dry, its like they hate dry ppl!. then i start thinkin', how can i capture those memories with my camera in plastic bag.. we'll see how...!
                                                                                

    During this hot season, we called it summer, most of thai ppl will wear colourful shirt /dress with floral design on it. i never wear those kind of shirts before. it just look weird when you wear it without enough "character". but in here, if dont wear it, you look weird.

     Ppl may ask " what should i do if i dont want to be wet?" my answer, don't go anywhere, stay at home coz most of the time you won't have the time to explain why i cannot be wet. Or a foreigner said "they should respect me if i don't want to wet?" my answer, where are you now? and you should know on this festive season what should you prepare.

rapeeporn & me

     but if you're going to Bangkok, only certain areas are allowed to celebrate songkran. but to be safe, just keep everything well packed in sealed water resistant bag. In Nakonratcasima, the celebration is everywhere, even the motorcyclist included.

     Another thing, u cannot scold ppl if they make u wet and its applicable to everyone.. so go to teach them the wet lesson too...

*play by the rule....

usah terlalu bersedih kerana ia berakhir, bersyukurlah kerana ia pernah terjadi.

      i've been there before... losing another side of my life.. i've been surrounded by emptiness.. world seems to be nothing except big hollow.. and i lost the reason to live that time..

      i dun understand how this unseen thingy affect my life that much. but ppl will truly agree on the existence of the feeling, the smiles they bring in, the colors they are painting, the feels, the taste.. no words can describe them.. they change us all.

     but fid i know your wound is deeper then mine. much deeper.. stuck in pain.. Losing the person u love d most.  but dont ever let your sadness control your mind. stay relevant at all time.

    we still here, your family will always with you. takes your time.. see the world from different angle. time will fade d pain, will cure the pain.. and there will be a stronger you..

    we luv u
    us...