Yesterday and Today
Yesterday morning I went with the REACH team to ECB, an international English-speaking church in Bangkok. It was a really good service.
Then, after eating lunch with the team, I met my friend Kwan, and we did our typical Thai massage followed by eating and window shopping. Kwan is so much fun to be with; she is in some ways not so typical Thai because she speaks her mind. But I like that about her.
This afternoon, I went to run errands, and found this stand stand selling grilled squid.
From there I took a bus to The Well to take care of some business, then headed to my favorite little restaurant close to the sky train. This place has a really fun family working there; the guy is always joking. He is the one that said I eat so much chicken my face is starting to look like one.
Tonight I told them to choose a food item for me, so they served me stir fried liver and garlic stalks??? served over rice. It was VERY tasty, believe it or not. I will probably order it again sometime.
After I ate I asked to take their picture; immediately they asked if I am returning to my home country already.:)
At 7:00, I met Anita, and we went looking for Christmas decorations in Bangkok.
We also visited the Erawan Shrine, also festively decorated. It is sad to see all the people that bring offerings and incense there in hopes of good fortune. Check out this website for more history on this shrine: http://www.thailandguidebook.com/erawanshrine.html
Check out the video below to see the action at the shrine.
After leaving the shrine, we discovered a McCafe, apparently a McDonald's effort to become part of the coffee shop scene. I had a caramel macchiato. It was really pretty good, but a bit sweet. Thais typically like more of a light sweet in their treats, and I've come to like that myself.
After a nice time sipping our drinks and chatting, we headed toward home. Now I can't sleep because I have caffeine in my system.:)