Late blog! :) This happened last week, nung mga panahong kakasweldo lang ginastos ko ang pera sa mga damit. Haha. :P
Our initial plan was to visit Pratunam, but we heard about this "JJ Market", actually the largest market in TH, which is, mas bet yata naming unahin. Uso din daw ang tawaran ;) And everything you need, you'll find there. They call it "JJ" because they read its name as "Jatujak" instead of "Chatuchak". So, there.
We consulted Google map to find our way to go there. I'm used to ride the BTS (Bangkok Mass Transit System) Skytrain so I prefer this more than public buses or sorng taeow (pronounced as "song tew") which is like their jeep in PH.
We started at On Nut Station. Needless to say, I'm with Kristine :)
After around 30 minutes, we reached the last station of BTS which happens to be the nearest to JJ Market, Mo Chit Station. You need few hundred steps to reach to stalls. I encountered a lot of foreigners from different races. Walking down made me feel like I'm only in Baclaran or Divi, hehe. But honestly, it's way way cleaner here.
To get to the main market, you have to turn right, and lots of very affordable stuff will welcome you. I didn't bring a huge amount of money to control myself, hahaha. But I made sure that I'll buy enough to get my needs and pamper myself at the same time. ;)
Ito pala yung sinasabi nila. Independence. It was my first time to have my real "shopping". I mean buying a lot of things using my own money. My first time to select my own clothes, without my mom to ask kung bagay ba sakin yung color or yung style. My first time to budget my money for clothes, shoes, foods and everything. Ganito pala yun. I didn't even realize that I'll be attracted to dresses and skirts. I'm the shirt-jeans-backpack type of girl in the Philippines and I admit to myself that I'm really old-fashioned. Yeah I know. :))) Pero para akong nag-transform. Harhar. Feeling ko nagdadalaga ako dito :""> I'm transforming, in a good way, I guess. :) Of course I have to act my age. Siguro sa loob ko nalang yung pagiging immature, pero sa panlabas, I should act as a lady na. Ansabeh. Haha. Slowly, slowly, I will come to that point. ;)
And I'm improving my eating habits na din. Whether I like it or yes, Thai foods are more of veggies. I have options of what type of food to eat, but its ingredients vary from veggies or veggies or veggies. O diba? :)) Btw here's fried rice with chicken which costs 50 THB. Ang yaman nila sa pang-garnish :D
After eating we went back straight to shopping :) Di ko na pinicturan yung mga binili ko, but I was able to buy a pair of shoes, 3 dresses and 3 tops (for office) and a SpongeBob shirt. Hihi.
While strolling, I randomly saw this boy who plays an instrument. IDK how they call it, but the melody he produced was good. I liked it and dropped him few coins.
I also found a unique ice cream here which costs 30 baht. It's a coconut ice cream wherein you have to eat it in a coconut shell. So cute!
Here's a closer look. Coconut ice cream on a coconut shell, plus peanuts for toppings. There's other toppings to choose from and they will let you pick two more. I chose corn and nata.
Yuuuum! :) And more eye-catching foods around, but I didn't try yet for now. Hihi. Maybe next time.
After 4 or 5 hours of shopping, we decided to go home. Wala na ding pera e, LOL. It was indeed a veeery nice experience! I will surely come back next time, when I get my next salary, probably. Haha.
Thank you JJ Market! Aprub!!
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