25 Days Later

So Noot has been here for 25 days. She’s been adjusting as well as can be expected. We found some great Thai markets, so she’s been cooking up a storm. In fact, most of my meals this month have been home cooked (and quite delicious). She’s been able to stay in touch with friends and family through VoIP. She’s seen lots of new and interesting things in a whole new world.

On the downside, she’s anxious to start English school. We didn’t have enough time for her to start this month since we’re off to New York. She’s shy about her English and she really wants to learn so that she can communicate and make new friends. I’m glad she realizes how important it is and I want to get her started straight away.

We’ve been lucky that Kenny has been around to hang out. She’s known him for a few years, so she’s really comfortable around him. She also had fun hanging out with Kohler, who was able to communicate with her easily through the (heavy) use of pantomime.

Oh yeah, that flight back was pretty fun…

Last Night

(Yes, it has been a while since I’ve updated, but I’ve been microblogging here.)

Thailand was lots of fun this time around. It was awesome seeing P Andy, Nong Mod, Martin, and Pin. I also met Mattie, who is super cool. He’s a friend of Andy’s from high-school wrestling (it’s like High School Musical but twice as ghey). They fell out of touch, but Andy rediscovered him ten years later (or something). He’s been living in Thailand for the last five years. He’s really fun and a little crazy.

Anyway, my last night in Thailand did not go as planned — not by a long shot. I hate going out on my last night. Although it’s helpful getting hammered before a trans-Pac flight, saying goodbye to friends gets me said. I was just planning on going out to dinner with Andy, Mod, and Martin. Martin flaked, but Andy, Mod, Noot, and I went to Bob’s.

Bob’s has this 700 gram burger called the “Wagon Wheel”. If you eat it in under 45 minutes, you get half off. Kenny has been daring me to do this for a while. Since I don’t think I’m going to Thailand any time soon, I decided to take the challenge. Like Kenny, Andy didn’t think I could down it either. He made a side bet with me: if I did it, he would pay for the other half, but if I didn’t then I would pay for his dinner. Here’s a pic of this monstrosity courtesy of P Andy.