Cheers to Phyrum!

Dinner time is always a big hit in every YLDA events. It is a great time to relax and getting to know other participants more personally. Chatting, laughing and joking around are the only few fun parts of dinner.

We were in for quite a surprise tonight as this time we finally have an YLDA idol straight from the land of Angkor Wat!!

Cheers to Phyrom from Cambodia who was bravely sang Cambodian national anthem for everyone after dinner….ha ha ha ha

After spending all day in the conference room for the sessions, everyone is excited about dinner. Especially Kittya (from Bangkok FNF office) already told us about this exciting Japanese restaurant where they served yummy Japanese food, the Grand Ramen. We all waited for the bus on the main road and after squeezing our 18 bodies into the mini-bus on a busy rush hour trip, we alighted with happy faces a few meters away from the Grand Ramen.

As usual, choosing the food from the menus sometimes creates confusion among the participants, not only about what we’re in the mood for…shrimp? Chicken? What about beef?…. but also guessing what the food actually is, because it is written in Thai…thankfully, Krittiya and Predee (our participant for Thai) were there and kindly answered many questions from us. Not sure whether we are really hungry or simply just too excited about the dinner, most of us chose large size instead of normal size of food…(well…we all worth it!)

Before the food arrive, everyone got very chatty, and tonight, the main topic is about shopping at the night market (especially among the girls!) and the guys already have a plan to hang out at the near by bar. Strangely, when the food arrived, everyone became quiet for a moment (hum…maybe they need to concentrate…*ha ha*). As expected, you cant be quiet during dinner, comments, tasting and sharing the food, really kept the table alive.

When it got to the end, hey, still some food left. Anyone wants more?? Phyrom came to the rescue. But, he gave up in the middle… no no no keep going! Phyrom! Phyrom! Phyrom! Everyone gaves their support for him, but it didn’t work, Phyrom chose to do the punishment instead. That’s why he has to sang his national anthem to entertain all of us. Hey, his voice not bad at all…

When we walked out the restaurant, we walked to the near by train station but….Aaaahh, the rain started to fall… what a bummer! But nothing can stop us to enjoy the beauty of Bangkok has to offer, we decided to stop at the Siam Paragon Mall and have a look around until the mall closed. After that, to cheer us up, Predee has a great idea, to take us to Brahma Erawan where we can see the statue of Brahma, this place is famous for the people to make a wish and usually the wishes will come true! Cool, right?? We even luckier when we finally there, we saw Thai traditional dance. So pretty! So interesting!

Finally, it almost midnight, we should head back to our place. All the interesting places we went to, the friendship we started to build and the laughing, surely will send all the participants to bed with a smile in their faces.