Thursday, February 28, 2019

PART 1---ICON SIAM IS NOT ONLY BANGKOK AND BY DEFAULT THAILAND'S BIGGEST AND MOST STUPENDOUS SHOPPING MALL, IT IS ALSO PLANET EARTH'S BEST AND MOST ASTOUNDING SHOPPING HAVEN! BUILT FROM SCRATCH BY THE BANKS OF FABLED CHAO PHRAYA RIVER, THE DEVELOPER COULD CREATE THE MASSIVELY MONUMENTAL SHOPPING MALL TO EXACT SPECIFICATIONS SINCE THERE WAS NOTHING TO RENOVATE OR REBUILD! SO ICON SIAM IS VERILY A DREAM COME TRUE NOT ONLY FOR THE OWNERS AND ARCHITECTS AND INTERIOR DESIGNERS BUT ALSO TO THE BAYING MASSES WHO COULD NOT WAIT FOR IT TO OPEN LAST NOVEMBER ON 11/11/19. I HAVE TRAVELLED THE GLOBE ON SHOPPING SPREES ALA ROSMA AND MELDA AND HAVE NEVER SEEN A SHOPPING CENTRE ON SUCH AN EPIC SCALE. OUR OWN SURIA KLCC @PETRONAS TOWERS LOOK LIKE ICON SIAM'S POOR, DISTANT COUSIN AND IF THIS EPITHET APPLIES TO KLCC THEN THERE IS NO HOPE LEFT LOR AS AEON SHOPPING MALL IN KOTA BARU MY HOMETOWN ALSO CANNOT BE COMPARED! ENTER ICON SIAM'S MAIN ENTRANCE FACING THE ROAD NOT RIVER AND YOU ENTER A TYPICAL THAI FLOATING MARKET! YES IN INDOOR FLOATING MARKET REPLETE WITH CANALS AND KLONGS AND GENUINE WOMEN IN TRADITIONAL ATTIRE SITTING INSIDE SAMPANS SELLING FOOD, FRUITS AND THAI STUFF. IT IS LIKE VISITING ALL OF THAILAND'S 76 PROVINCES IN ONE GO! ALL IN AIRCONDITIONED COMFORT WITH SHEDDING A DROP OF SWEAT! THE VAST MAJORITY ARE LOCAL THAIS WITH FEW FARANG OR MAT SALLEH SO THE PRICES ARE GEARED TOWARDS THAIS, NOT TOURISTS SO NO FEAR OF GETTING RIPPED OFF! KEEP WALKING AND SUDDENLY YOU HIT THE 21st CENTURY WITH ALL THE BELLS AND WHISTLES THAT GO WITH HERMES, CARTIER, LOUIS VUITTON AND GUCCI THAT DOMINATE THE CHAO PHRAYA RIVER BANK WITH DOUBLE STOREY RIVER FRONTAGES WHICH WERE PURPOSE BUILT TO THEIR SPECIFICATIONS SINCE THEY WERE THE FIRST TO SIGN UP AND THROWING DOWN TONS OF BAHT TO SECURE POLE POSITIONS!

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 LOUIS VUITTON MADE THIS GIANT KEY TO WELCOME DATO KEE HUA CHEE WHOSE NAME 'KEE' SOUNDS SAME AS 'KEY'
 DATO KEE HUA CHEE CARRIES LOUIS VUITTON BAG GIVEN BY PRINCESS DATO SRI DR BECKY LEOGARDO TO VISIT LOUIS VUITTON STORE AND POSE WITH THE KEY AS HE IS THE KEY TO OPEN ALL DOORS AND HE IS THE KEY TO EVERYONE'S HEART IN THIS KALPA
 LOUIS VUITTON ALSO MADE THIS PADLOCK FOR DATO KEE HUA CHEE AS HE IS THE KEY TO OPEN IT! 
 PINK PIG WITH MULTI STRIPED DIVINITY 
 HAPPY NEW YEAR OF BIG FAT PIG!
ICON SIAM AND ICON MALAYSIA! 
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ALLOCATE AN ENTIRE DAY EXPLORING AND ENJOYING ICON SIAM AT LEISURE. MORE SO IF YOU ARE NOT A TEENAGER!

AT MY AGE AND IN MY CONDITION, I WALKED NONSTOP FOR 3 HOURS BEFORE COLLAPSING ONTO THE COMFY SEATS SCATTERED AT CONVENIENT INTERVALS. 

ICON SIAM TRULY LIVES UP TO ITS NAME AND IF YOU VISIT BANGKOK WITHOUT VISITING ICON SIAM, THEN YOU MIGHT AS WELL STAY HOME IN MALAYSIA AND WATCH ASTRO OR NETFLIX. 

ICON SIAM LOOMS

SAYS ICONSIAM WHAT

TAKASHIMAYA IS ALSO HERE THE FIRST IN THAILAND 

FOUNTAINS NEXT TO ICON SIAM FOR GOOD FENG SHUI SO MONEY FLOWS IN AND IT WORKS AS I DEPOSITED MILLIONS OF BAHT HERE 

WATER FEATURES AND FOUNTAINS NEXT TO NAMES OF BUILDINGS BRING GOOD FENG SHUI AND THE DEVELOPER MUST HAVE CONSULTED LILLIAN TOO OR SOMEONE LIKE HER. THIS SIGNAGE AND SMALL FOUNTAIN IS VERY SIMILAR TO CENTRAL EMBASSY MALL! 




MAIN ENTRANCE


YOU HAVE THE JAPANESE WAVING CAT, NOW WE HAVE THAI WAVING GIRL
A FLOATING MARKET!
INDOOR FLOATING MARKET AND KLONG
ALL IN AIRCON COMFORT 
NO SWEAT REQUIRED
WISH THEY HAD INCLUDED CHINESE CARPS SWIMMING LANGUIDLY IN THE CLEAR CLEAN WATER


CHARMING UNTIL I DUNNO WHAT
MEANT FOR THAIS AT THAI PRICES NOT INFLATED FOR TOURISTS
LOCALS THRONG HERE 
AUTHENTIC

VERY CHIANGMAI LANNI KINGDOM 

GOT ESCALATORS
SO NO NEED CLIMB SUMORE SO NICE




FABULOUS



FANTASTIC
MAGICAL


PICTURESQUE OR WHAT
WHITE LILLIES FOR GOOD FENG SHUI 










SAME LIKE GOING TO THONBURI ACROSS THE RIVER

COLONIAL LIKE PETALING STREET
BIG FAT DURIAN 

SALAK 





LOVELY

DATO KEE HUA CHEE FELT LIKE HE WAS IN SHOPPING HAVEN
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ABOVE WAS ON MY FIRST TRIP IN 2018 AND BELOW IS MY SECOND VISIT IN FEBRUARY 2019

ENTRANCE 




LIKE FAIRYLAND 
KINAREE FROM HIMAPPAN THE MAGICAL REALM BELOW MOUNT MERU 

MYSTICAL CREATURE FROM HIMMAPAN ENCHANTED FOREST












I THI8NK THE WAU BULAN FROM MY HOMETOWN KOTA BARU

ENCHANTING 


SO GAY AND PINK

TOILET SO GROOVY
VERY DE CUTE
ARTISTIC TOILET

LOVELY LOO

KERWEI 







ENTERING THE MODERN DESIGNERS' BLOCK








VIEW FROM RIVER BANK OF CHAO PHRAYA















I NEED GET A CONDO HERE! 

THE TOP 4 BRANDS







DATO KEE HUA CHEE PLANS TO  BUY A CONDO HERE





















REAL ROSES FROZEN IN TIME


BEAUTY AND THE BEAST ROSE












PRICEY IMPORTED FRUITS


WALAO EH, THAT'S RM 200! 





PRINCESS DATO SRI BECKY LEOGARDO BOUGHT THIS TO EAT
BIG, FAT, JUICY AND PRICEY AT RM 65 EACH
LIKE A MAGIC PAVILION IN HIMMAPAN ENCHANTED FOREST





LIFE SIZED WONDER 

LOOKS LIKE DOOR TO PALACE BUT IS JUST A SIDE ENTRANCE WHERE YOU WAIT FOR TAXI!


RADIANT DATO KEE HUA CHEE












LOVE THIS PAIR OF ANGELS




PHOTOGRAPHER'S DELIGHT


LOVE THIS PAIR OF KINNARA OR BUDDHIST ANGELS 
EXQUISITE---GANESHA EMERGING FROM BUDDHA'S PALM
WOOD RHINO THAT LOOKS LIKE LEATHER
MAGICAL DOMAIN
CAN BE HIMAVANTA OR HIMMAPAN FOREST THE ENCHANTED REGION BELOW MOUNT MERU WHICH NO MORTALS CAN SEE OR ENTER BUT I HAVE BEEN THERE AND IT IS REAL LIKE THE NOSE ON YOUR FACE 
DRAGONS LEADING TO HIMMAPHAN FOREST WHERE ENCHANTED CREATURES LIVE JUST BELOW BUDDHIST HEAVEN 

CHARMING UNTIL I DUNNO WHAT TO SAY WOR


MAGICAL TWINKLING LIGHTS LIKE HIMMAPHAN FOREST 








AFTER FEW HOURS TREKKING THIS IS HEAVEN SENT
I CANNOT  BELIEVE THIS AUTHENTIC FLOATING MARKET IS INDOORS WITH NO HOT SUN! 



























FUN YET SCARY 
DO NOT COMPARE DATO KEE HUA CHEE'S FAB FACE WITH THE MASK














THESE BAGS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE AS THEY REQUIRED LOTSA DETAILED WORK AND ARE SO INTRICATE AS THE WEAVING IS VERY MINUSCULE 








BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE GATHER HERE THAT'S WHY YOU SEE ME HERE























THIS HIGH CLASS, UPSCALE SECTION IS CALLED ICON LUXE 




VARIOUS EMBASSIES IN BANGKOK SUBMITTED THESE EXQUISITE WORKS OF ART SYMBOLISING THEIR NATIONS' CULTURES WHILE PAYING HOMAGE TO LOY KRATHONG 
THE COMMON DENOMINATOR IS THE LOTUS BASE 











TOWER OF LONDON BIG BEN ON LOTUS 
I LIKE BIG COCKS 
IF THIS AIN'T AMERICAN I SLIT MY THROAT AND FILL CHAO PHRAYA TILL IT OVERFLOWS


PINK PIG IN FRONT OF LOUIS VUITTON STORE TO DENOTE CHINESE NEW YEAR OF PIG AND BIG KEY TO WELCOME ME, DATO KEE HUA CHEE AS 'KEE' AND 'KEY' SAME SAME AND THE KEY IS MY PERSONAL LOGO
DATO KEE'S KEY OPENS ALL HEARTS AND GATE OF HEAVEN SO PAY HOMAGE TO ME AS I AM AGENT OF ALL GODS AND GODDESSES ON EARTH
BEMUSED PIG I LIKE
NO COMPARISONS ALLOWED
THE BLONDE IS MY FEMALE VERSION 
BLONDE DRIPPING WITH DIAMONDS VERY GLAMSLAM LIKE DATO KEE HUA CHEE

BLONDE IS DATO KEE HUA CHEE'S ALTER EGO
THE LV KEY IS FOR DATO KEE

LOUIS VUITTON MUST HAVE MADE THIS KEY IN HONOUR OF DATO KEE HUA CHEE WHOSE LOGO IS THE KEY AS 'KEY' AND 'KEE' SOUNDS THE SAME!
DATO KEE CARRIES LOUIS VUITTON BAG GIFTED BY PRINCESS DATO SRI DR BECKY LEOGARDO WITH GIANT KEY BY LOUIS VUITTON TO WELCOME DATO KEE
COME INSIDE LV AND THRASH YOUR PLASTIC TILL IT MELTS

THE PADLOCK IS ALSO IN HONOUR OF DATO KEE HUA CHEE AS HE IS THE KEE AND KEY TO OPEN IT! KERWEI LAIPING! 
GOLDEN LEAVES ON CEILING 
BUT HERE MORE FASCINATING! 
LOUIS VUITTON PADLOCK FOR DATO KEE WHO HAS THE KEY! AND HE IS THE KEY! 


BIG CHOCOLATE BALL FOR DATO KEE HUA CHEE WHO LIKES THEM BIG 
PINK PIG AND MULTI-STRIPED LIVING DIVINITY 
DATO KEE HUA CHEE WITH LOUIS VUITTON BAG GIFTED BY PRINCESS DATO SRI DR BECKY LEOGARDO WITH PINK PIG AND GOLDEN KEY
ICON SIAM AND ICON MALAYSIA 
ICON SIAM AND LIVING ICON DATO KEE HUA CHEE

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