I don't really enjoy Bangkok that much. It weirds me out that the population of Bangkok, a city, is double the population of New Zealand. You mostly notice it whenever you drive in "rush hour" any time from 7am to 9pm. Or that's what it feels like anyway.
Beau and I have mostly been hanging out with my younger brother and his girlfriend which is great, cause Peep and I don't tend to hang out. At least not in NZ.
She lives in a house on the outskirts of Bangkok and it is in a Complex of other identical houses. You have to go past a security gate to get into the Complex and even then every house has a gate of its own. The Complex has an awesome swimming pool and gym. I wants.
Beau and I went swimming today and got a bit lost going back to her house (seriously about a hundred identical houses!) and a security guard greeted us and then asked where we were from. When we couldn't find her house he walkie-talkied other guards with "there are two foreigners here who don't remember who they are staying with" (it's not my fault I only know her nick-name, right?) and when we found her house as soon as he radio'd he had to add that too. Gah! Stupid foreigners.
In the past few days Beau and I have been semi productive. We have gone shopping in over 4 malls, MBK (8 floors!!), Central Rama 3 (we saw 27 dresses there :), Siam Paragon (flash, flash, flash) and Chatuchak weekend market (utter outdoor madness! Also, hot, grumpy Giffy does not like being too fat for all clothes).
We also managed to get ourselves to a dentist. I didn't have to get any work done, but I got a lecture on how to brush my teeth and that I must floss daily! Short strokes at 45degree angle people! Beau had to get a filling. We both got our teeth cleaned. Total cost.... about $NZ75! SO worth waiting until we got to Thailand to get it sorted.
It's not even Nine pm and I am feeling wasted. Beau and I have been taking pics on our (new) digital camera. Hope to put some on facebook later.
I believe Jenni shall especially enjoy the pictures of the Ice-cream Fondue and mini-cones and I hope that Darchi shall be shown the pictures of all the gundams and other models that take up much space at my cousins house.
I *must* try to take more pictures of food. It's all so crazy and cute. Eg a sushi chain made limited edition heart shaped sushi for Valentines day! Bizarre!
We hope to go elephant trekking next week.
I can no longer make sense and am sick of having to correct the typos I am making in every second word. I don't care if it isn't yet 9. I am going to get ready for bed!!
Point of Fashion: I'm so Thai I can wear jeans!
Current Obsession: Number of Rellies to ask directly about when we are having children is 4. One of these was on the phone!!