Bobae

Wecome to Bobae market: Basically the fruit market capital of Thailand, doing your months groceries in 5 minutes under the tarp covered alleyways here would not be difficult. In my short time walking through in the past I've always seen people throwing pinapples over passerby's heads and loading them onto a truck, rhambutan salesmen, fishermen, etc. Yesterday however I was blessed with a more revealing look...
I guess we weren't quite as done with Health Expo as I would have liked. The day before yesterday I got a call from the Hospital design team and they were wondering if I could put together some backdrops for these boards we're using at the mall. (There's 7 and they're massive) So I did about 3 and thought they'd work pretty good but then met with them again and found out they were looking for something completely different. Doug calls it "managing expectation" lots of times people we work with here want EXACTLY what they have in their heads, but with the language barrier and different design tastes it seems like several re-do's are always in order until they're satisfied. Anyway, I ended up having to redo the a lot of the work and it took me all night, I came back from the office at 6am and slept for an hour before hopping on a boat (yes, a BOAT to get to work) and going to the Hospital to drop off the files because they're so massive. It takes about 45 minutes with all the traffic to get there so several hours later I was back at the apartment, exhausted. I started to close my eyes BUT my phone rang! Apparently the hospital had forgotten to copy ALL of the 7 files and only had 3. So, I hopped back on a Song Tao, that took me back to the boat, that took me back to Bobae market and back to the Hospital where I dropped off the rest of the files.
The second time walking through Bobae market I noticed SO much more than the first time. One of the fish salesmen was chasing a trout down the street, somehow it had flopped out of its box. A woman was selling rats on a stick....NEVER seen that before. And I totally saw a guy steal from the dragon fruit lady!
When I was stepping back onto the boat to come home finally after the second trip, I got another phone call. Guess what?! We had more documents to pick up at the Hospital. So I stepped back onto the dock and walked back through Bobae market and back to the Hospital!
Needless to say, I got home at 4 in the afternoon and was TIRED. I slept until dinner, had dinner, then woke up this manana!
People who think design isn't a difficult job or a true Missionary position...please read above. haha