Last Weekend
On friday I went to a job site and by the time we got back it was pretty late (about 7). After getting back to the office I had dinner and a few beers with some co-workers. I was supposed to go downtown to a bar with some of the other students in my program, but it was already 10 and I wanted to actually get some sightseeing done in Bangkok so I was planning to get up the next morning at 7am to get an early start. I figured it would be a smarter idea if I just went home and got some rest. In addition, it was pouring like crazy and it didnt really encourage me to go downtown and then walk around looking for the bar that they all were in.
On saturday I went by myself downtown with the intention of going to the museum, grand palace, and a wat (temple) or two. But I got quite lost on the bus and it took me over 2 hours two get tow here I needed to get to the museum and then I ended up spending most of my time there. It was a really good museum that really explained thai history from the 7 AD to present day. And then I met this dutch guy who was a 45+ year old software engineer for philips who still liked to travel the backpacker way. It was really cool talking to him because he was pretty familiar with the area and he had some interesting bits of information to share.
After that I went to one of the big malls (a total of 8 stories) in a part of town called Siam Square to meet up with some friends for dinner and a movie. Dinner was alright (it was mall food) but the for the movie we watched Spiderman 2, which was really cool. It wasn't a deep or thought-provoking movie at all, but it was quite entertaining.
Afterwards, we all went to one of the girl's apt to hang out for a bit. She is a local here and just likes hanging out with all of us farangs (pronounced: fuh-lawngs; it means westerner) where we all ended up just spending the night. It was a pretty cool just chilling out on the balcony with a view of bangkok at night hanging out with all of them.
The next day we went to the weekend market where they sell just about everything from pets, meat, clothes, fruits, tea, and crafts. Its mostly clothes and crafts though. I tried to bargain a bit with the shirts that I bought, but when I was with my german friends they would not budge. I got them to go down a lil bit when I was alone. I think the next time I go to buy some bigger things I will go alone so I can really bargain with them and get a better deal (because the shirt I bought for 200baht or $5 was overpriced).
After the market we went back to the girls apt and orderred dinner and hung out. We counted that we had about 8 countries and 4 continents represented in a room with a bit over 10 people in it. For not being really planned at all we were all quite impressed. I did learn how to make a brazillian drink that night was fun. Its a mojito without the soda and mint and with vodka instead of rum. Its a definately a step up from the milder mojito (cuban), but with all the lime in it you can't taste the alcohol at all.
So then sunday night I finally went back home.
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