back from thailand

did you miss me?


marj and i bought back a crazy amount of stuff

23 shirts, 2 pairs of ballet flats, 2 pair of slippers, a huge elephant cushion, 3 handbags, 1 long pants, a frog musical instrument and many other miscellaneous stuff.

we went for a traditional thai massage which cost $8 for an hour. i thought it was super cheap.

the table tennis girls were really a bunch of shopaholics, we queued up outside MBK waiting for the shops to open. the thais have a superstition that they have to sell something to their first customer. so the price could be pushed down really low.

i bought a belt which originally cost 299baht for 200 baht because i threatened to leave. thats around $4 lower.

the thai shop keepers are mostly very friendly, until you decide not to buy an item. they would show you a really pissed off face and ignore you.

i found the thai language really whinny, the thais like to drag whatever they are saying. like sawatikaaaaaa.

the table tennis competition wasnt really much of a challenge, we won almost everything because the students there really wasnt that strong. the younger students however were really good for their age. i guess table tennis as a sport is just begnning to warm up in thailand.

marj and i made namecards prior to the trip with our email address and a thai girl just emailed me. =D