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Jun12

THAI cooking Lesson

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Today was probably one of my memorable days in Bangkok…

Well a week before I was on the train with my kids. And Mj my 5 yr old who just loves to talk to everyone he sees. There was a lady seating next us and my son started showing her the map and just chatting with her.

So as a natural way of things I also started making conversations with her. The cut the story shorter than short. We ended up spending the whole day with her. A very lovely lady from Israel who is visiting Bangkok with her husband and they are here for 10days.

So after the day we decided to organise dinner so our husbands can meet.

So after all the meeting Shira my new life long friend from Israel and I decided to take the Thai cooking class.

Oh this lady was super cool. The teacher, she basically took us to the Market and we shopped and asked all our questions about thai food and spices.

I can now make Thai Papaya salad and also make another dish that Shira and I actually added a little twist to it and call it fish around the world. We also cooked shrimp in red curry paste. Yummy and really truly a fun filled day for the two of us.

Here are some pictures of our teacher and her name is May she has a Facebook page called Thai cooking school. Check her out if you are in Bangkok. It makes me now appreciate Thai food even more.

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At the market shopping for our groceries..

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Now this was awful to look at…

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I loved this stand…fresh fish and fillet for you

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Turtle…Thai people buy baby turtle and they let it loose in the river it’s a believe that it’s for good luck. So this is for sale but not for eating.

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Ok those…I almost threw up…gutted frogs…

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Lots of veggie options

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And that’s their sweets…Lots of colors

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Grilled banana…

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Me and my new life long friend

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It was not easy pounding this stuff…making fresh red curry paste. And we are told in the olden days in Bangkok a man choose his wife with this activity….how much noise she can make when pounding the paste with the stone morta….I probably will still be single based on that…because my arm was tired after a few pounds. LOL! !

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And our curry is on the fire

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That’s our around the world fish prep

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Time to trying our around the world fish dish…yummy

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And we are all done and happy with our teacher…we have our foods in our bag to take home and share with our family…great day teacher.

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Friends all around the Globe…

Bangkok exploration  continues. ….

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Jun11

Kidz get to be Adults in KIDZANIA

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If you come to Bangkok with your young kids..make it a point to take them to Kidzania at Siam Paragon on the 5th floor..It’s so worth it.

It’s a city just for our young kids to be like adults….you know apply for a job, wait to be hired, work and get paid. take your cheque to the bank and cash and then decide to spend your earnings or save it for your next trip to Kidzania…

The place was so alive and looks like the streets of bangkok…The skies looks real and the work places was really made for the eyes to believe its real.

My kids light up and was jumping all over the place. Now if you go over the weekdays at 12:30pm you get a 30% discount so keep that in mind. Weekends are more expensive. Super cool place made just for kids.

some pictures below

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And he is a Vetinerian…

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She tried all the jobs…construction worker

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She loved this one…flight attendant…

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Such a pleasant Filight attendant

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Ready to save a burning hotel…my fire fighter

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She loved this…a Surgeon

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Ok what should I do with the heart…? LOL

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I have to save this soul…

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Still dropping off parcels….

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Ready to build the future highrises…construction worker

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I am ready to take you to your destination safely…

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I am enjoying this job…

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Ok time to get this big bird up in the sky….I actually love my job…and I am getting paid…yeyy

She is ready to drop off some mails....

She is ready to drop off some mails….

Time to serve my first class passengers..

Time to serve my first class passengers..

That was her first job when we arrived. A Vet...

That was her first job when we arrived. A Vet…

I love my new job...a VET

I love my new job…a VET

Bangkok Exploration continues

Jun10

A blade less fan…Thai invention continues

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Today as we walk into the Gateway mall…which by the way my goal is to go through all the malls in bangkok at lease the 30 malls around sukhumvit area…and with my girls it makes it even more exciting…Window shopping all the way…. So back to subject…Thai inventions… Ok so we so a blade less  fan…maybe you have seen it before but from my western african countries I don’t think a blade less fan is even in our imaginations yet…LOL!! This Thai people rock hands down…they know how to go all out with inventions. Check out the blade less fan… image And they made it portable…lol… Bangkok exploration continues. … Posted from WordPress for Android

Jun10

Best thing I ever ate…who knows that show?

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Well…this chicken wings was truly the best wings I ever ate in my entire existence…wow!!!

Crispy on the outside and juicy and flavorful inside…it was really yummy…finger licking face smacking kind of chicken wings…

And what really surprised me is that am in Asia I did not expect Thai people to know much about wings…but tell you what who ever invented the seasoning for them chicken is my new wingman….LOL!!!

Pictures below

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And that’s the place we ate the wings at…

It’s at the emporium mall in Bangkok

Bangkok exploration continues…

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Jun10

Free mall shows in Bangkok

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Bangkok can never be boring…even without money….you get free entertainment.

Well start offs will be too many malls 1 mile from each other. LOL! !

And the malls are so huge it can take you a couple of months to really go through each shop and what they offer…

Then you have weekend markets and on and on and on…

Then my favourite…malls with free fashion show or just what the heck show…LOL!!!

since Monday I have see famous actors and shows all for free and at a great view.

Check out some photos

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Bangkok exploration continues. ..

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Jun9

Thai people amazes me every day

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Could you believe what we saw today…???

Well a nitrogen ice cream stand…my kids are so fascinated about it…

So we had to try it. Very scientific buying moment.

Pictures below

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That’s the guy pouring the nitrogen into a chocolate milk to make a mud chocolate ice cream…

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That’s the company…

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And our nitrogen ice cream is served…

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Jun8

Date night with a free show

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So  what I love most about bangkok is ……ok shopping!!! But it’s the free shows all around. They have fashion shows, music shows all for free at most of the malls.

So today on our date night we went to siam mall and they had a show there with a thai famous actor…wish I could understand what he was saying…the show was in thai. But it was entertaining and just watching how he was swamped by his fans….pretty awesome. All this for free….datenight rocks in Bangkok.

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Will have to scan his face to the website to see if I can find his name…lol!!

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After his show he  was then interviewed…

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That’s his poster on the wall

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Finally got some selfies in….without my selfie stick…

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Beautiful malls all over Bangkok…

Bangkok exploration continues…

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Jun7

Another Weekend Market

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Wow!!! That’s all I can say….But Thai people know how to make a weekend market (which is only Friday,  Saturday and sunday) look like our regular all week market in Ghana ( Makorla).

And Thai people loove to shop…LOL!!!

Today at the weekend Market…got to spend the whole day with all the kids but was able to slip away with my oldest for a girly moment while the others play at the park. Super safe for the kids.

Pictures below….

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That’s Destiny and I getting a foot massage. It’s her first time so she is super excited and was very grateful that I let her experience that.

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Paella in Asia…that guy definitely not Asian…lol

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Looks yummy now let’s check out the taste…

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At the park we did it all…eat, play and shop.

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Let’s dig in family…family that eat together stays together…lol!!

Bangkok exploration continues

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Jun6

Bangkok weekend market filled with inventions…

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Today we spent the whole day in Mo  Chit which is where they have one of bangkok’s largest weekend market.

The place was super packed with people all over.

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Coolest popsicle maker and chiller…

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All the choices we have to choose from..

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And she got 2…so hot and that’s exactly what she needed to cool off…

Bangkok exploration continues….

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Jun5

Girls only day out….

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Well while today my son and hubby had all boys day out, we the girls also decided to get out and enjoy the warm weather in Bangkok.

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She gets eaten by the dinosaur

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Got to love them

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Ok she is saying….she will own one of this soon…lol…

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Just a screaming selfie

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Now Destiny is holding up a deep fried chicken breast…she was in a queue for about 15min trying to buy that…seem like thai people like some southern fried chicken too…lol!!

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Aasha is saying not sure if she likes this one…

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