back door coffin

the weekend was different.

on saturday, dan and i met up with his family. had dinner with Rehman (his cousin) and future wife's family. it was bloody awkward, but everything was fine. except for my stomach which was terrible! it felt like there was a gust of wind preventing entry of food. but i forced them in. the food.

went to watch football at night, at a kedai "bar" kopi. along arab street of thailand. apparently, there was no selling of alcoholic drink for the rest of the week due to the election of governer of bangkok. so, no problems.

met a swedish lady in the bar, alile(her name sounds like that, though i doubt it's spelled like that). she speaks perfect english (at least i think so). it isn't hard to start a conversation with a stranger when you are isolated in a foreign country. she was alone in thailand, apparently on holidays (a long one).

she was very friendly and very open and very warm and funny. as expected of these europeans. we chatted about almost everything and anything for an hour i think. it was concluded that, i don't know ALOT about the world going on in other continents. daniaal was there too.

on sunday we went to Rehman future wife's house, a new modern contemporaray concept house she bought for 4.4 million baht. which is VERY CHEAP! for a 3 level house. i kinda fell in love with the idea and concept of that house. went to chatuchak weekend market following which with daniaal's family and Rehman. went back to the hotel, then off to MBK (motherly big k(c)omplex). but there was no sign of a single guitar shop, pathetic. but lunch at MBK was awesome, sorry no pictures. but it was egyptian cuisine for lunch.

then off to nana, pakistani area in bangkok, for dinner. awesome dinner, although my stomach ain't getting any better.

thanks to daniaal's mom for the stock of food she brought from singapore and the treats. very much appreciated.

work was fine today. did another batch of seed sterilisation and culture. ended work at 5.30pm. a relief for a very lethargic day at work. probably my stomach. had chicken rice for lunch. pee nawan served me again. didn't get to talk to her much, she was very very very busy. but she seemed happy to see me. haha ;)

went home, and was very very surprised to learn that i have to pay for the phone bill that i've been using for the slow ass internet. it's a dial-up. a total of 295baht for the week.

the bloody long record of usage that costs 295baht. great! another responsibility to shoulder. had prata for dinner, with sugar and condensed milk, from the push-cart downstairs. fyi, the whole stretch of road by my dorm has 'pasar malam' selling food everynight. but most of em' are selling babi. so what's the point.