Sounds like my weekends here are dwindling already, everyone keeps threatning me and saying the last few months go the fastest. I totally believe it, JANUARY is almost over!! Holy Cow!!
I was looking at a calendar trying to budget the last few weekends with some friends...between now and the date I'm leaving ***(I think/hope/cross my fingers/pray-I still dont have the ticket yet!)*** I've only got 3 free weeks left! HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?!
The bucket list goes on, but...whats a girl to do chai mai? Only so much time in eight months...I really shoulda been packing more in.
Goi and me had an epic girls day out randomely after work. We decided to go 'su kong' or 'shopping' at Ramhamhaeng street market just down the road. Several hours later with several bags and an ice cream cone we made it home looking like twins as always, somehow we always seem to end up looking like twins. Well sorta... she still always looks like the cool Thai chick and I'm her giant farang-barbie, haha. After that we went out to BBQ! My personal favorite. You sit around a personal fire/pot/grill thing and roast your meat with chopsticks and add veggies and stuff. You have to eat a lot too because they actually charge you for whatever food is left ON the barbecue after your done O.O Later, Goi and me still weren't tired so we stood on the street corner, and decided to take the next bus and find out where it went (its always a gamble in Bangkok, bus route maps don't exist and the numbers are sometimes subject to change...one time we got on a bus and two blocks later it broke down, woops!) So this time we ended up downtown near Siam/Na-Na...a little sketchy at night, easy to witness Bangkok's infamous nightlife and almost everyone speaks English because its a tourist or 'farang' district.
I'm pretty sure I saw a purse snatcher, unless the man was holding the purse for his girlfriend AND playing tag? Haha, good thing my wallet was safe.
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Tam-Ahan-Thai
I've pretty much dedicated the last weeks to cooking or 'tam ahan' in Thai. We've all been doing some budgeting to save up for some more travel...my time here is already over halfway through! Kind of a sad and exciting thought at the same time.
Cooking however has been more of an adventure than I could have ever expected. First P. Yuwana, a friend from work, wanted to cook with Goi and me on Sunday so we made quai-teow-jiin this noodle dish with a bunch of spicy toppings, it was definitely a group project.
After Sunday Goi decided to make mien soup and eggs, and then it was my turn to surprise them with some form of Mexico meets Asia. Finding ingredients here was a pain and it ended up being more of a Thai dish in the end anyway...a bit of a letdown. It was rescued from some salsa I received from the states (shout-out to Zach and Kayloni!)
After those three dishes though we've been haunted by leftovers the last week, we cant seem to get rid of ALL the remaining ingredients at the same time, haha. So I've been buying random new Thai vegetables I've never tried and trying to cook and combine them with whatever we've got left, somehow creating more leftovers to combine into the next day...and so on. I THINK tonight should be it. Our last dish I got to make these freakish green-beans that I adore...theyre super weird looking and a bit tougher, but taste the same:
Cooking however has been more of an adventure than I could have ever expected. First P. Yuwana, a friend from work, wanted to cook with Goi and me on Sunday so we made quai-teow-jiin this noodle dish with a bunch of spicy toppings, it was definitely a group project.
After Sunday Goi decided to make mien soup and eggs, and then it was my turn to surprise them with some form of Mexico meets Asia. Finding ingredients here was a pain and it ended up being more of a Thai dish in the end anyway...a bit of a letdown. It was rescued from some salsa I received from the states (shout-out to Zach and Kayloni!)
After those three dishes though we've been haunted by leftovers the last week, we cant seem to get rid of ALL the remaining ingredients at the same time, haha. So I've been buying random new Thai vegetables I've never tried and trying to cook and combine them with whatever we've got left, somehow creating more leftovers to combine into the next day...and so on. I THINK tonight should be it. Our last dish I got to make these freakish green-beans that I adore...theyre super weird looking and a bit tougher, but taste the same:
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| The Chinese Long-Bean |
Friday, January 14, 2011
hola
It's been super busy at the office just catching up on all the projects that built up while everyone was gone but with the help of a little caffeine its been productive.
Shockingly I even managed to put in a little time on the ol' website and finished that up, you guys can feel free to take a look and gimme some feedback! :)
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