LITTLE MISS YAWWN~!: Hubby Visit

Everyone have been asking me...so how's HCM? Had fun? Bought anything? Going back there soon? Hmmm....how shd i start? HCM wasnt exactly how i imagine it to be. Its not a bad plc, know what i mean. Maybe i shd say it's not as fantastic as BKK but better than Malaysia...not sure if that description's even right but that's just my feel. Traffic there's teeeeri-gible! Ppl there...not very honest nor friendly. Hurhur...but anyway...my objective was to visit Toh so well.....objective met~~

My in-flight meal...sad to say..its yummy~!!

Took the 5.40pm flight, reached HCM at aound 7pm(local time). It a 2hrs flight + Vietnam's an hr behind us. This was the plc i spent my week at....nice apartment thou :P

His apt lobby...

Fri was boring as Toh couldnt take leave. So i took the shuttle bus to Diamond Plaza...guess what? I had KFC! hahaha..not like i want to can? Coz there's nothing nice there to eat....

View from Diamond Plaza

After Toh's back from wk, we went to Legends Hotel for dinner (Crystal Jade)! Hurhur..i know..but that man already misses Chinese food and has been wanting to go there..so well y not?! But trust me....its very much nicer and classier than Crystal Jade Spore can?

Roast Pigeon~~

Sat,25 Oct
Toh brought me to the main town - Dong Khoi

Hang ard and came across this pretty interesting cafe selling diff varieties of curry

How can you not try the 'jim tao lor ti' when in Vietnam??

They've got alot of international brands here and tah dah~ LV!

The best way to end a tiring day...nice cocktail :P

Sun, 26 Oct

Toh got his driver to bring us ard town, so we ventured further to District 5, where Chinatown is for dim sum. We were told that this plc's pretty famous~ Hmmm....

Gota wake soo early for breakfast?? SNORE!

Look @ that smile on that dumb arse...!

But i've gota say the dim sum's really good + cheap!

We then went to check out Saigon Square...the truth is, things were not as cheap as i thought. Definitely more ex than BKK and everything die die muz bargain!!Else.....good luck man! I've gota say Toh's really an aunty when it comes to bargaining can??Kudos to you baby!

I WANT THAT PAIR OF SHOES!!I WANT!

There's this mega-mart next to Toh's apartment where only the locals can go. But his colleague passed him this card that somehow allows him to go in la...things there are really cheap and are sold in bulk. This plc reminds me of Carrefour.

Yeahhh~ Time to go hm!

The apartment that Toh stays at is full of Koreans. In fact there are quite abit of Koreans in HCM. So its not difficult to find Korean restaurants in the main city. For us, we dun have to go too far coz there's one at where Toh's staying. We were lazy to go out too la...so might as well. Definitely not cheap....a meal for 2 can cost up to S$40 but that's the price to pay for being lazy...hurhur!

Mon, 27 Oct

Toh took the day off today..yippy! Tigerair has got this 1 cent promotion, so Wanxia decided to take this opportunity to come over for a short trip. Woke up extremely early today to go pick her @ the airport *yawn* Before that, we bought breakfast..Subway..errmmm but Vietnam style! You'll see those roadside hawker selling this almost everywhere in the morning by the roadside, its 'jiam tao lor ti' with egg and some errmm duno what wrapped in...newspaper....trust me, i wasnt too keen but this man was...so i only eat the bread..and egg..hurhur~~

Look carefully..its newspaper can??

NOOOOOO~~~

After picking Wanxia, we went back to the apt, dropped her luggage then we went to this plc that Toh's colleague highly recommended serving wanton mee.

Errmm..definitely not some 'ar tas' plc but it was good~

Everyone knows that Vietnam's famous for their kopi. In US they've got Starbucks and here..you've got Highland Coffee. You can find this eveeeerywhere!

Another must visit plc...Ben Thien Market

Woowww... more 'jiam tao lor ti'!!

Hats anyone?

ORrrHHh~!!!!!!

Dinner Time~!! Other than Highland Coffee, the other thing that you'll see ALOOOT is PHO 24. You'll see this eveerywhere!Yes....everywhere! There can be 2 PHO 24 on the same street lor! There's one at Toh's plc too!& the price's very reasonable..abt S$3.50 per bowl.Btw PHO means noodles in Vietnamese.

Do you really think this is all he'll settle for??

Eeeek!*puke* No idea how to eat this as sides lor....think i'm cow ah?Mooooo!

Sluurp!

Know where's the best plc to 'lay pak' in HCM? Sheraton Hotel~! They've got this roof-top bar on the 23rd floor.

Cheers~

HCM by night...doesnt it look like Shanghai to u?hurhur

This is what happens after a few round of drinks.....

Tue, 28 Oct

Toh had to wk today, so its just me & Xia. Enuff of shopping, we've decided to take our time to chk out other plces

The very good thing abt Toh's apt is that they provide shuttle bus to a few plces in town.Its a lot of savings as its not cheap to take the local taxi lor.

Notre Dame Cathedral

Local Post Office...nice ya...

Wei Wei~

REX Hotel...i like! Heard they've got nice roof-top bar too but no time to check it out :(

Since it was our last night in HCM, we've decided to pamper our tummy and have a nice dinner at this really posh..errmm not exactly la..Vietnamese Restaurant.

Its not difficult to find a nice cafe in HCM city..every corner of the street will have a nice cafe where one can just 'lay pak' and rot.And since it was Xia & my last nite in HCM..its only right that we go to CIAO Cafe..hurhur..i know, its lame.