Casino Royale.

Quent and I had a super ex-pat sort of day yesterday of shopping, dinner and a movie. It was tops! Headed off to the modern part of town in a cab and hit the MBK centre to finish off our Christmas shopping and also to replace four pairs of footwear we've been travelling with which have taken an absolute hammering over the last three months (Quent's trainers + jandals and my beloved Converse plus Birkenstocks). We brought away the most worn out of all of our shoes, hoping they would last the distance, and they've done us proud. It was also a good plan of attack because you have to leave your shoes outside loads of the shops and temples in Asia, and no-one even contemplated taking our tatty old numbers.

Dim sum for lunch (yuuuuum), then we headed to the ultra-swanky Paragon centre for some window shopping. Floor three of this place is the car and sound system floor. Enough to make Jeremy Clarkson wet himself - a Ferrari shop, Lamborghini, Aston Martin, Porsche... no idea how they got them up there, there must be a special luxury cars lift around the back somewhere.

After a cheap meal in the food court, we headed skywards to the deluxe movie theatre for the new Bond film. We got the cheap seats, but they were still plush leather numbers that slightly recline (thank goodness it was an action movie or I would have fallen asleep) and have super-wide arm rests, so you don't have to worry about sharing. I almost forgot I was in Thailand, until a couple of the titles came up in Thai partway through the film.

Came out of the film and sped off into the night back into the cheap end of town.