October 27, 2006 Bangkok Day 3...

I didn't get up for breakfast today. Wes woke me up 10 min before breakfast was over (10am), so I just stayed in bed, but he got up to go to breakfast. He also went to to the gym after eating, and I just stayed in the room. At about 12:30. we met up with the other guys and went to a mall called MBK. It's a bazaar/flea market type mall about 10 min from our hotel. Ok first of all, I think the worst thing about Bangkok are the cab drivers. Instead of running on meter, a lot of them try to gouge you and charge you a flat fee which is 200-300% more!! It sucks that you have to negotiate with cabs!! Anyway, most of us got to MBK ok, except Tammy, Terry, Yuri and Anne who ended up somewhere else. I don't know how they got to MBK, but I didn't even see them there so I don't know if they actually got there.

MBK kind of reminds me of Green Hills in Manila. It's full of fake merchandise, but more expensive!! I was really surprised that you couldn't bargain with them that much! (Either that or I just really suck!) We didn't really buy much. Wes, Anth, and James ended up negotating for a bluetooth headset together which was the best deal of the day I thought. I think they got it for about $30 cdn each. The mall itself is pretty neat. Each floor sells a different type of merchandise. The first floor for example was food, and clothes. Second floor was more clothes, third floor was fake clothes, fourth floor was cell phones and electronics, fifth floor was more food and furniture, sixth floor was souvenirs and accessories. All in all, a pretty neat concept.

We left at about 5:30ish and rushed back to the hotel in time for happy hour. Everyone was there, except for Tams, Ter, Yuri and Anne. We had a few drinks and headed off to the restaurant at about 8:15. The restaurant was called Sarah Jane. (Again, we had a hard time finding a cab who go on meter!) The food was pretty good! Again, can't complain about the food even though we were the only ones there! Labour in Thailand is obviously cheap, because there had to have been 20 employees (waiters, waitresses) at this restaurant, and we were the only customers (14 of us). So service was obviously very good, however... it's kind of weird eating dinner, and having a bunch of people just standing there watching you eat, and to top that off, speaking a language you don't understand... so for all we know, they could have been mumbling crap about us. (spoiled tourists!)

We walked back to our hotel, and just chilled in the lobby for a bit.

James, Chris, Bex, Dar, Tania, and Anth went off after dinner to watch some 'shows' at Patpong. The rest of us went back and just chilled at the hotel with some beers. Apprently, they didn't really get to watch a 'show' tonight, and Anth ended up joining us at Tams' room for some card games. Cards and beers, what can be better!

Terry winning as the dealer:

Victory!

Here's Yuri winning:

Here's Tammy thinking she won:

Here's us finding out that Tammy cheated:

Here's Herny's face after Tammy's lipstick art:

Nite nite!