Lately.

We haven't posted in a few days, so this post is going to be a random compilation of things from the last couple of days.

Having a beer at school before heading out to dinner... Sasin's version of TG !

One of the entrees at group dinner...
fish/egg cakes, with a texture similar to a hot dog. 

First - Friday night we went out with a few of the Thai kids in our class. They have been very warm and welcoming, and organized a dinner / night out for our group. It was a great time! We got to know a few of them better, and learned alllll sorts of interesting things about the Thai culture... At dinner, some of the Thai students just ordered a bunch of stuff for the table to share, so we tried a bunch of random stuff we probably wouldn't have otherwise ordered.

Pastry shop we walked by called
"Mr. Jones' Orphanage Milk  Bar"
Looked Amazing! Need to come back!

Kate and Jen at girls dinner Mon night
Curries served over a flame

Kristina and me, dinner Mon night

Sweet Texas find on the streets of Bangkok!

Yesterday (Tuesday) another group of Kellogg folks showed up - woohoo! They are all starting the Hong Kong study abroad program in a few weeks, so made a stop-over in Thailand during their travels. We started the night with a big group dinner at a very "low-key" (e.g. folding tables set up outside) Thai restaurant - cheap and good.

Group shot at dinner

Then, naturally, we thought we would head out for a "crazy night in Bangkok" and go "rage" at some clubs... We were feeling pretty good about this as we walked up to the "Bed Supper Club", a very sceney club that looked like a space ship. Oh man, we thought, this will be sweet. 

However...Not ten seconds later we were promptly rejected. "No flip-flops!! No shorts!!" (E.g. "no sorry-looking-American-students allowed.") 

This was a bit of an ego-bruise... but we rebounded quickly and headed directly across the street to a Karaoke bar which looked promising. 

Matt and Mike led the way, striding in confidently... only to be promptly rejected (again!). Ouch. 2nd rejection in a span of 5 minutes. "Only Korean men allowed here! You NOT Korean!!". 

Wah -wah. Roach looking pitiful, getting rejected by 2nd bar

Luckily, all hope was not lost! Within less than a block we found a "bar" more our style...

An old VW bus, gutted and transformed into a bar, parked on the side of the street, with tables set up outside... so we essentially hung out and drank in the gutter of the street. Oh we so classy.

Regardless, it was a great night!

thrilled with our new find - "yes, this will do!"

Third time is a charm