I realized the previous entry is waaaaay back from when I was in Macau, which, surprise, I am no longer in Macau. I had a week or so holiday after I got back to lounge around and honestly, play a lot of video games. But all that free time was fleeting, as things are in full swing back at work and at school. I've also picked up another contract teaching evenings, which leads to some hectic days. However, on the plus side this contracting gig is less work than the previous, despite the same pay.
But nobody here wants to hear about someone's job (unless it's like, Shark Laser Installer). No, everyone is more interested in what sorts of shenanigans I've been getting up to recently. There's been a few meetups, including a bike ride around Bang Nam Pheung. It seems that this group is mostly an older bunch, with significant others who work while they do things like, well, go for bike rides around Bang Nam Pheung. Sounds like a pretty sweet gig to me! Where can I sign up to be one of those! Heck, why am I even working? Ella and I also started to go to an Italian Meetup, despite not being Italian. But in reality, everyone there is super nice and will switch to English when addressing us. Mostly it's a, "Lets go eat Italian food" meetup. But I still feel a little weird, ya know? This is their chance to meet their fellow countrymen and speak Italian, and there's this American with a few Chinese friends there. But still, pizza is delicious. It would appear we have a conundrum on our hands.
More exciting is that Ella and I went to Siam Ocean World, a large aquarium located in the center of the city. It's taken us this long to go because well, it's expensive. But they've been running a promo, and we also cashed in all of our spare change we've been accumulating for the past year or more. In the end it was about 2500 baht ($70?), so I think we can afford to spend a little bit. Unbeknownst to me until we were there, is that this was Ella's first time at an aquarium. And it's a pretty good one! It's pretty much on par with the Newport Aquarium, big enough but not mind blowingly huge. I think that honor would have to be reserved for the one in Kending, Taiwan. Nice aquarium, that was. Still, we got to see all of the standard stuff. I liked it, I think Ella really liked it. We still have about $50 of spending money to use, so the opportunities are endless (as long as they are under $50).
We also went to a sky bar, which is perhaps one of the more luxurious places I've been before. Like being in Macau, it's so fancy it makes me feel uneasy. However, once on the roof we were treated to some really great jazz music, with an amazing view of Lumphini Park. And despite the $7 or so pricetag for my cocktail, it honestly was one of the best cocktails I've ever had. With a big slice of pineapple to boot, I worry it will begin to spoil me. Please, cocktails. Stop being delicious. I really can't afford you every day. I can however, afford $7/liter Thai Whiskey. Although it tastes slightly less good.
Other than that, life is fairly normal in little old Bangkok. We had a few get togethers with friends, including another pair of new coworkers. We gathered at a night market, and it was a lovely and pretty crazy night. Phones were lost (not ours), and getting home apparently happened. Ella has claimed she will "never drink again" after that.
Famous last words.
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