Whirlwind In A Mama's Head

Earlier this month we had a short 5-day family trip to Bangkok, the capital city of Thailand. The last time I was there was in September last year with my mom, my aunt, and Miss Kiki. This time, we had a larger group. Both my parents and my baby sister and her boyfriend went with us. DH stayed home because he already booked a long vacation for our upcoming trip. In the morning, the 6 of us stuffed ourselves into a Silver Bird and rode to the airport. We flew out of Soekarno Hatta's T3. Unlike when I was going to Singapore with DH, this time we had enough cards to get all of us in to Sapphire Lounge for free.  The Sapphire Lounge is nicer looking than the older lounges in T2, but the food items are about the same. Of course, it is cleaner! They served Ardent Coffee at the coffee bar, so that's a huge improvement. The free bottle of beer is limited to one per person though, in that sense it's not as good.  Even though the lounge offers...

On the day after Miss Kiki's birthday that happened to be her first day of exam, DH had to go to Singapore for work and I decided to tag along. It was a very short overnight trip anyway. We arrived at the Soekarno Hatta's new T3 and after we went through immigration we sat at Toastbox near our gate and looked out at the gloomy weather through the curtain wall. It was a rain storm with low visibility. Luckily it had subsided by the time we boarded our GA flight. Singapore's Changi airport was beautifully decorated for Christmas as usual. This time, we arrived at T3 so I went to check the Hello Kitty Cafe out. I heard somewhere that this cafe was scheduled to permanently close at the end of this year. We took Grab car to our hotel in Tanjong Pagar area. I chose Klapstar Boutique Hotel because it was located very close to DH's office and it had good reviews. The room we were given had very high ceiling, motorized curtains, and a VERY UNUSUAL sh...