Kee Hua Chee Live!: 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