Terry called me at 9am this morning to let me know that the Canucks game was on (using our sling box streaming it over the internet). So I got out of bed to watch my first complete hockey game of the season. At the end of the 1st period, we went downstairs for our daily buffet breakfast and I quickly ate. I just had a bowl of cereal and fruits... nice and healthy. I immediately headed back upstairs to watch the game. 2-2 at the end of the 2nd. I went downstairs to the lounge for the 3rd period and watched the game with Anth, Terry, Yuri, and Anne. We were hollering and hooting during the game which was okay, because the lounge was fairly empty. The Nucks ended up winning 3-2 in a shootout. I've been trying to read what I can over the Internet about the Nucks, but news is so sparse out here in regards to hockey. It definitely sucks! I'm not really too home sick... but things that I really really miss are watching the nucks, playing ice hockey, and playing volleyball. I'm itching to play again, yet it's a catch 22, because I don't want this vacation to end. Anyhow, there's only 1 week left... which really sucks! I've had so much fun here.
Bangkok has been very nice so far. It's not really what I expected... I was expecting it to be more like Manila (dirty, populated, busy, etc). It's actually very clean here, it's not busy, and the roads and drivers are very civilized. It also helps that our hotel is fabulous, and the staff here has been top notch.
After the game, we met downstairs and headed to the weekend market (Chatuchak) in Northern Bangkok. Chatuchak Weekend Market is the king of markets. The scale of it is pretty unbelievable - it covers an area of 35 acres, contains more than 15 000 shops and stalls, has over 200 000 visitors each day, and they spend an estimated total of 30 million baht (approx US$750 000). The range of products on sale is extensive, and includes household accessories, handicrafts, religious artifacts, art, antiques, live animals (which unfortunately are frequently caged in cruel conditions), books, music, clothes, food, plants and flowers etc...
One word to describe it: NUTS!
It's busy, hot, crowded... just nuts. Things were relatively cheap. I bought about 6 collared shirts for about 30 bucks CDN. Shirts that would typically cost me $40 bucks cdn each. So all in all, I left a happy camper. Lisa bought a bathing suit for 300 baht (9 bucks) and we bought some silk pillow covers (4 for 6 bucks). The household accessories are really nice here... Lisa and I keep wishing we had more room in our suitcases so we could bring some more stuff home... but all in all, I guess it's a good thing, it prevents us from spending more money.
We got back to the hotel at about 5:30PM, showered and headed down to the lounge. Happy hour commenced once again. We sat and drank till about 8PM.
Herny, Terry, Tammy, Anthony, Yuri and Anne went for a buffet dinner at the Sheraton, while Christina and Jimmy T went for dinner with Jimmy T's friends from Boston. Lisa, Becky, Darren and myself went out for dinner at a seafood restaurant called Bann something or other.. hehe We had soft shell crab, morning glory, prawns. Dinner was excellent. Here are some photos to prove it!
After dinner, we pretty much called it a night. Lisa crashed, and I went downstairs to hang out in Henry and Anth's room. We were watching this beauty pageant with all these hot girls. When I walked into the room, Darren and Anthony kept egging me on whether I liked this girl, or that girl... and of course I answered 'yes' cause they were pretty hot. Then Miss USA came out, and she was nasty! And then Miss Malaysia.. nasty again!!! I'm talking NASTY! Anyhow, I started thinking to myself that these people looked a lot like men. And then I respond "hey, these ARE men!" and Darren, Anth, and Becky are just cracking up and rolling around howling. hahahaha, it was pretty funny. I still think Miss Philippines and Miss Thailand are hot! hahahahha... Anyhow, Jimmy T followed into the room later, and we were doing the same thing to him, except it took him forever to figure it out! 15 minutes at least! hahahaha... too funny
Anyhow, time to call it a night. See you tomorrow!
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