Despite Being Sick...

Despite food poisoning, I haven't been completely idle. On Saturday I went to the weekend market with my friend, Sina. She had to buy some last minute souvenirs. I only bought a little bag for coins.

Sunday night I went to Bangkok with Sina and Malte. They are both from Germany. We met up with four French people. We went to dinner and had some beers. I didn't drink much or eat much (a side effect of the food poisoning), but it was still a good time. Later in the evening, Malte and I decided we wanted Burger King so we went on an adventure. (I have been on a handful of Burger King adventures abroad, usually with my brother. Sometimes they work out, other times we get lost and give up. This time worked out though!)

On the way to BK there were prostitutes everywhere. It was about 2 am on a Sunday night so the crowds had thinned and the prostitutes were much easier to spot. They were unavoidable. I don't know how else to explain the prostitutes other than that they are very proactive. Aggressively proactive. They touch, and grab, and hold on tight. In all places. "Sabai! Sabai!" is the phrase I quickly learned. It means "Easy! Easy!" Usually that would do that trick. Nevertheless it was very interesting to see how eager they were to work…

At BK I spent $2 and got a Whopper Meal. On the way out, there was a crowd of drunk white guys in front of the BK. These guys were falling down and yelling random stuff. I ask the one seemingly sober guy where he was from. He told me he was from Colorado. "Great, Americans acting a fool," I thought to myself. So I asked where his buddies were from. He proudly told me they were all Canadian. To which I responded, "Oh thank God." I have never been so happy to see drunk Canadians. I really dislike the Ugly Americans that give us other travelers a bad name. I exchanged a cheerful high five with the other American and headed out with Malte.

We rolled back to the Villa at 5:00 am. Not too late…what a night.

I got about 4 hours of sleep, woke up, got dressed and headed to school to meet with Kathy, the international student admissions counselor. I showed her my college and introduced her to the international department here. We also had lunch together. It was a nice few hours. Especially to interact with some one from MO and CC! The admissions department at CC is pretty rad.

Kathy and me