A Kiss in Time

I look straight into her grass green eyes. I’ve never seen eyes that color before.

“Thank you, my prince,” she sighs,

Then the green eyes widen.

“Who are you"

And that’s when she screams

Kiss in time is one of the fairytale-themed books of Alex Flinn. It's based on the classic Sleeping Beauty waking up with her true love's kiss.

I've always been an impatient person when it comes to reading books and even on watching movies. I easily get bored especially when progress of the story is too slow thought I know it’s important for the author to build rapport at the beginning. But anyway, this book was like those books that you shouldn't give up because it gets better and better.

So the story was set in Europe with Talia, princess of Euphrasia, sleeping for 300 years, being found by Jack (from Miami, who is on a student tour in Europe) who waked her up from her sleep through a kiss. But what if she's not her true true love's kiss? And imagine how a princess waking up after 300 years live in the 21st century. I like the wittiness of the story and how the point of view of both characters was presented. I love the way the author let her readers feel what it's like from two different perspectives. And the moral lessons just how old fairytales go. Obedience. Kindness. Go forth your dreams. Plus the realizations on how's life gone by in the present times.

“I have never heard of a party without gowns. This is turning out to be a very disappointing century.”

Now I can't wait to get "Cloaked"! =]

Hotel Review: First House Hotel

We checked in at First House Hotel during our 3 day stay in Bangkok.

The hotel location in the central of Bangkok' main shopping areas pratunam wholesale market Shopping area at your feet , Platinum Shopping mall , MBK , Siam Paragon , Siam Square , Platinum and Pantip Plaza within 10 minutes walk of the hotel and 20 minutes walk to BTS and 10 minutes Airport Rail Link is the fastest most convenient transport link between the Suvarnabhumi International Airport and the Bangkok inner city. – http://www.firsthousebkk.com

So I’ll start this with the positive ones:

• The location is there advantage. It’s located in the center of shopping malls/market. If one of your purposes in going to BKK is to shop for low priced goods, FH can be one of the hotels you can consider.

• There front desk staffs are welcoming and easy to talk with. Language barrier is one of the problems in BKK, but I can see the staffs are trying their best in communicating and understanding what the guests want.

• The rooms are clean. No cockroach/insects or bad smelling bed sheets. Hot and cold shower is working. Though the entirety looks old and need a revamp, I’m not demanding and choosy so the room can be regarded as acceptable. (The space and power outlets would be another. =))

The not-so-positive things I noticed while were there:

• On our first day, the bell boys helped in putting down our baggage so after checking in we went up to our room, all the while believing that they will bring up our baggage because they placed it in their pushcart. After a couple of minutes, we went down just to see it was just left on the side so we just brought it up ourselves. Thanks a lot for the help?

• The room was ok but more space won’t hurt. I heard there’s an ongoing renovation so I think that’s the one they are showing in their website. Plus they only have two extra power outlets. Hassle on charging your gadgets. We just plugged out the tv to make use of an extra outlet.

• NO FREE WIFI. They charge 100baht to access their wifi for an hour(cumulative). Ahmm..seriously?

So to sum it up, it’s good enough for you to rest on after a long day of shopping. It’s suitable for those who want to have access on the main shopping malls/market in BKK. But perhaps, they should really consider offering free wifi. As in. lol. XD

Bangkok trip: Day 3

Day 3: Bye BKK!

Our last day was spent on last minute shopping and stuffing everything in our bags. Good thing we brought 2 loose baggages for extra space.

Big Bang!

On the way to the airport.


Bye Bangkok!


the loooong line for the checking in of baggage for our flight.


Saw this group of Thai students with the same haircut while waiting in line at the immigration. I wonder if that's a requirement for them. seriously?


that purple bag attracts meeeeee. XD



Searching for candies to munch on in their Duty Free shops.



-the plane we're about to board in. ~~up up here we go go!



the very spacious Thai airport



We arrived around 6pm and there's no free gate so we disembarked using a mobile staircase.



Hello Philippines! Waiting and searching for your baggage can get tiring. The customs people are not too strict with the inspection this time compared to what my mother kept telling us. Maybe because it’s already past 6pm and they’re already tired. Hehe. We got an X mark on two of our baggage. One of it was because of the tamarind candies that scattered that kept clanging inside. And the other I innocently dusted off because I thought it was just a dirt dust. Haha! Papa picked us up and then went straight home. We were supposed to eat out because it was papa’s birthday the next day but just opted to do it on the original day.