May 11 2008
You ever wonder when God’s coming back with a lot of barbecue sauce?
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Not really much to write about at the present. I'm just enjoying my stay here in Bangkok before leaving again back for Rote, Indonesia in three (3) days.
I've said it before and I'll say it again — Bangkok really is a great town. But it also has a tendency to drain money from your wallet at an alarming rate (and this is coming from an ex-pat who's living here — I can only imagine how much money all the tourist 'falangs' are forking out while here on holiday).
Just today, I bought a new rice cooker, a French drip coffee pot, and new headphones for my iPod. This is in addition to the books and DVD's I bought to take with me to Rote, as well as all the movies I've been seeing (including the new 'Speed Racer' movie … which sucked on too many levels to discuss right now without suffering a cerebral hemorrhage), and the new clothes, and the yoga classes, and the coffees, and the lunches, and the dinners, and the nightclubs.
It's kinda like Miami — it's so good it's bad.
Thankfully, I had the foresight to plan ahead — like I said, I leave again in 3 days. I really need to get out of this town and back to the peace and quiet of Indonesia before I go broke … or wind up marrying a Thai hooker, whichever comes first.
Okay, I'm off to go play poker with a bunch of Swedes — dammit, there's another 1000 baht I'll never see again.
Matt, I am doing my surf-shopping in the next couple days. Let me know what I can get you from here.
Cyn
skip the bbq sauce. might be cheaper to offer them some tasty birds marinaded in gazebo room dressing. my asian neighbors know I grill in it on sundays and they never seem to miss that meal.