10 things You must do when travel to Hat Yai

I guess the same things can be applied when you travel to Bangkok too :p

1. Do not bring any of your toiletries.
You can buy them all in 7-11 which is everywhere you go, you can find those familiar brand like Darlie and L'oreal in travel pack size which cost you so much cheaper than M'sia! For eg: Toothpaste is around 50baht and shampoo is around 20baht.

2. Do not bring extra clothing.
To be safe perhaps you may bring the bottoms, T-shirt is cheap there, you maybe get it at 100/150baht after bargaining! You may find clothing range from grandma style to baby. It applies to shoes as well :)

3. Shop at Boots.
A UK brand which sells healthy and beauty products. Boots Cucumber series are quite recommended from what I've researched, from skincare to lotion, reasonable price, and it smells nice too :) Another brand recommended by friend is No.7, which price is cheaper over there. (On my shopping list next time ;p)

4. Bargain!
Remember to bargain for whatever you buy! (Except those fixed price item, no one would bargain at McD or 7-11, heh.) Counter it with half of the price they offer you, then slowly increase the price you wanna pay if they reject. (That's what i do, and it works for me :)) Do smile and be friendly when bargaining, it helps. And when you're shopping with friends, bargain together! NO bargain NO gain! Oh, speak Hokkien do help to shop at Hatyai too!

5. Try Chinese food at Hat Yai
Surprisingly there're lotsa chinese food at Hat Yai, prolly it's near to M'sia and lotsa chinese there. Most of them can speak Hokkien dialect. Lotsa pork dishes there! Must try their dim sum, which they only steam it when you order, it costs around 15baht per plate, cheap! And they do have dim sum with bak kut teh, which i don't understand why, but don't worry they are still as delicious as they're supposed to be!

6. Eat! Makan makan and makan.
Street food are yums! List of must makan food - bird nest (100baht, cheap), fruits (especially pineapple! damn sweet!), mango sticky rice (signature dish of thai), seafood (but please beware of the price, some restaurant may con tourist and you may have to pay more than the local), roasted coconut water (oh me love!), coconut ice-cream (which i can't find it yet)... The list may go on.

7. Check the price before getting on tuk tuk.
The standard price to travel within the town area is 20baht per trip per person. But if you are planning to travel further like to the floating market, please ensure the price is acceptable for you before taking the tuk tuk, some is negotiable!

8. Massage (Everyday!)
It's everywhere on the street, the prices are mostly are 50% cheaper than M'sia! Recommended foot massage for the first timer! Standard price is 250baht per hour, but i do heard people getting cheaper price than this. Thai massage is another good choice too (200baht per hour). And yea some may be bargained as well!

9. Learn simple Thai language or Hokkien
Most of the Thai people can understand Mandarin and simple English, not much of communication problem there. However some locals may only speak and understand Thai and Hokkien, so it's always easier to communicate with them if you can speak Hokkien. Just learn some simple words/lines like numbers do help in negotiating and bargaining. You may pretend as local if you can speak a lil more Thai language :p

10. Try Samurai pork burger at McD.
Everyone said that, so i did :p It's not extremely delicious to me, but anyhow the burger is quite soft, plus it's not selling at M'sia so i guess it's worth to try. Anyway, you may try to pork burger at 7-11 too, which is so much cheaper than McD (only 20baht), recommended by my online research and it tastes good too! As a sidenote, 7-11 chicken burger is another cheap good food too!

Anyway, it's my personal opinion from my research and my merely first visit to Hatyai, and yea I did not visit any temple during this 3 days trip, opps. Hat Yai is good for a short relaxing trip of massage, food and shopping :) For those who have travelled to Bangkok may not find it fun at Hat yai as it's really a small city. Well, I shall tell you that after I visit Bangkok *wink*

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Preview,

Miss me not.

Because gastric ruined my night,

the pain like seriously killing me :'(

The flowers are all in gigantic size, me like!

Slept the whole night, so it explains why I'm here at this hour. It's still a good day thou,last wish before sleep: colder sunny day tomorrow! ;)

A Short Escape.

A day trip to Sekinchan, a short escape that i needed, to get me out of my messy life, temporarily. I've been stucked in all the mess in my life. People will only see me, physically, not knowing my inner complication, guess that i must be hiding it very well. I feel, so-not-me. I no longer can cry so easily, to be exact, i no longer have tears. When i feel like crying, the tears reluctant to fall and there's no other way to express my sorrow, except blogging i guess. I feel numb, can't feel anything inside, or perhaps, the heart is missing. But, thank god i'm still able to smile, is that means i'm gonna face all these with my smile, despite sad or happy :)

I've read a story, a mental patient thought himself as a mushroom, squatting at a corner, not eating or drinking, acted like a real mushroom. Then his psychiatrist, follows him, also squatting beside him. The patient asked the psychiatrist: "Who are you?", the psychiatrist answered:"I'm a mushroom too". The patient nodded and continue to be a mushroom. After a while, the psychiatrist stood up and started to walk around the room, the patient asked: "Aren't you a mushroom, how can you walk around?", the psychiatrist replied: "Why can't a mushroom walk!". The patient found it makes sense, so he also started to walk around. After that, the psychiatrist began to eat, the patient asked again:"How can you eat as a mushroom?", "Mushroom can definitely eat!" the psychiatrist answered. Thus, the patient started to eat too. After a few weeks, the patient is recovered and live like an ordinary people, eventhough he still thinks he is a mushroom. 

We could continue to live with the wounds in the past, as long as the pains do not affected our whole life, we can still carry on, live happily every after. So yea, i'm a mushroom. 

Wounds are recovering, though the scars might leave. Or i should say, the scars will always remain there. There're options of conceal it or leave it and accept it, aikss, i hate scars.

Anyway, to whosoever reading this and thinks i'm not alright, i'm actually fine here :) i'm a tougher mushroom.

p/s: I shall write the whole trip out after i arrange the 1200++ photos, provides that i have the time and mood ><