2013 - FAVORITES {Happy New Year!}

2013 was a very ecstatic year. Lots of things happened, and I visited three countries (well, 2.. Hong Kong is a SAR of China) As every month ends, I always post a Favourites. But since a year will end, I figured to assemble all my favorite and most memorable moments of the whole year. Here they are:

- Hong Kong, 2013 - A prominent trip to Disneyland. Couldn't remember much (this post was posted like 4-6 months after the trip), but there was also a heck of a lot of night market trips. 

- Stockholm: The Vasa Museum - A ship sank on it's first voyage in the 1600's and was rebuilt (did I use a correct word to describe it?) with a really careful eye for detail. 

- Stockholm's City Hall - A quiet Sunday walk (almost) ended with a visit to Stockholm's City Hall. For me, it is one of the most iconic Swedish buildings ever.

- (Eats) Tim Tams from Australia! - I just love their dark chocolate ones :)

- The Stockholm City Museum - A class trip to a very educational and interactive museum showcasing the history of Stockholm. 

- Gamla Stan (Stockholm's Old Town) - An area with awesome building architecture, (some of my friends say that they have) good ice cream and a heck of a lot of museums to go to. 

- Munkedal, A Town Off Gothenburg - Sometimes all you need is good company, nature, and some potato and leek soup with fried bacon bits. 

- (Eats) All Star Sportsbar - Stockholm - The place where I started to get obsessed with sour cream / cool ranch dip. Try their mozzarella sticks.

- Bangkok, Thailand - A stop to get our Biometrics IC (Identification Card) for Sweden. Go to Terminal 21, probably my most favorite shopping mall, ever.

- Stockholm, Sweden - I've done numerous blog posts about Stockholm, and I live there. Go to Gamla Stan, and definitely check out the Vasa!! 

- Group Bonding @ Alabang Town Center - Blog post out on January 2! {shame that this was a spoiler}

*sigh*, this year was a blast. 2014 will come, and hopefully it'll be nice to us. Thank you for supporting my blog, everyone! This few months of blogging became kinda haggard with the charger and that....

I SHALL START TO POST MY ADVENTURES IN THE PHILIPPINES ON 2 JAN!
Starting with our unforgettable Group Bonding at the Alabang Town Center!

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Bangkok, Thailand !

So just before we moved to Stockholm, we applied for a Biometrics Visa in Thailand, since there weren't any machines that can process the card in the Philippines. But you know us, we don't go anywhere without travelling.

We arrived just before noon in Bangkok. So I remember this dilemma on exchanging currency because the converters wouldn't accept cash. We did found one currency converter at the rightmost end of the arrival halls though.

When my auntie went and greeted us, she told us that we booked a wrong hotel in Chiang Mai instead of booking one in Bangkok. She was very much welcome to let us stay in their apartment (with her brother) for the rest of our trip.

Once we got to their apartment, we settled in for about thirty minutes before my auntie and uncle suggested that we go to this mall called Terminal 21 and was divided into plenty of fun sections.

I think we took the SkyTrain for us to go there. A buzz of  different cultures welcomed us inside the mall, not just because of the people, but every floor of the mall was in the theme of a different city. We started off at floor three, which was themed to Istanbul. By the way, the "terminals" were the elevators, since they took you off to the different floor, hence different city theme.

Us Going To The Third Floor 

After some quick window-shopping and a whole lot of talking, we decided to have an authentic Thai lunch at this place in the fifth floor of the mall (I think). The fifth floor of the mall was supposedly "San Francisco" themed. Lunch consisted of Tomyum and Pad Thai with iced teas.

One of the most memorable and funniest moments of the trip is where we seated near the fountain at the mall to take a break and my uncle jokingly said that it's a wishing well but it only accepts banknotes. Kind of thin? Well, those are some jokes that I really like... So deal with it.

After we ended our trip to Terminal 21, we went to this park which is about a fifteen minute walk from the mall itself. Couldn't remember the name, though. So after about an hour in the park and spending some energy on the playgrounds, we went to another mall about another ten minute walk away and bought some snacks for the apartment.

The second day consisted of our application for the Biometics I.D card and going to Siam Ocean World and Madame Tussauds Bangkok, which is a wax museum.We also had a snack in this Ice Cream bar called "Swensens". Unfortunately, there were no pictures I can show you since we didn't have the chance to upload it. Once I find it, I will update this post and keep you notified.

So that wraps up our trip to Bangkok in Thailand. I am so sorry if I did not explain this trip in full detail, even though this happened just four-three months ago (July 2013). Cheers!

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