Chiang Mai Easy
Every time i go back to chiang mai it gets more comforting and familiar. it's not the crazy hassle that it once was. we know where we want to stay, how to get around, how to say things in thai and where the cool places are. it's a nice break from the monotony of lampang.
hilary and i left directly after school on friday and arrived just in time for dinner with friends at a mexican restaurant. yes, i really need my fix of mexican food and it was perfect. then we went out for drinks at this reggae-type bar. it was chill and seems like someplace amy would like to go when she's visiting. we woke early on saturday and had a nice breakfast and then spent a loooong time shopping for books. there are some really cool used book stores and we ended up buying lots of poetry. i also bought the Little Prince cause Hilary had never read it which is sacrelige. as we were walking to the book stores we stumbled upon this temple that has the largest jade buddha statue in thailand. it was lovely.
after that, we headed down to the hip university district where we both got our hair cut. umm we were both a bit surprised by the short outcomes but it's nothing too drastic. actually, i almost cried but then i thought it's just hair and who cares if i look like a boy? it will look cute when it grows out a bit and it's starting to grow on me already. so after that we decided to treat ourselves to lots of nice flowy skirts, dresses and scarves and then chilled in a cute outdoor cafe.
somehow we decided that we wanted to watch a movie but there wasn't really anything interesting out. we decided on a new chinese film called "jasmine women." i would have to say that this movie is a ridiculous emotional journey that portrays motherhood as a depressing and lonely affair. besides which, i couldn't really get what the overarching message of the movie was. however, i have to say that surprisingly i liked it because it was told through three different generations of women and it was interesting to see how china was different at each time. also, we saw the preview for world trade center and hilary and i were both in tears. we definitely hope to go see it when it comes out.
saturday night, we had plans to hang out with chan cause she was in chiang mai visiting her family. rick wasn't with her, so we had a girls' night out. chan brought her neice who doesn't speak any english but somehow we managed to communicate all night. chan took us to the places where she wants to have her bachelorette party. the restaurant called Goodview is right on the river and it had a kick-ass band. there were song request sheets on every table and the band played an amazing selection of songs. also the food was good so we'll definitely go there. then we went on to a couple of night clubs. they were okay but crowded and a little bit of a meat market so i don't know if we'll go there or not. finally we ended up in the "farang" part of town at a little outdoor bar. chan and her niece left and we started talking to this british guy and his friend from bangladesh. the bangladesh guy was clearly tanked and was overly exhuberant. it turned out that he and the british guy had only met that day on the bus. it was their first day in chiang mai. well hilary started talking to the british guy so i was left talking to this crazy man who was telling me about moving from Dhakar to LA when he was only 12 and how strange that was for him. then it turned out that he was really rich *supposedly* and had houses in arizona, bangladesh, switerland, etc. as he was talking, he told me that his nickname is Rumi and i said, "oh like jelaladin rumi, the sufi poet?" and he started crying with joy. seriously. he was so happy that i recognized that name. i felt pretty awkward and just handed him a tissue. so then he proceeded to sing the praises of rumi's poetry. to make a long story short: hilary got the british guy's phone number while i got to talk to a crazy man who claimed he shot wolves from his airplane.
so today we got a massage first thing in the morning. we found this place that's inside temple grounds so it's nice to just lay there and see the lovely tips of the temple and lots of monks walking by. we did a bit more shopping at some weekend markets and then headed back. it was a perfect weekend.
hilary and i left directly after school on friday and arrived just in time for dinner with friends at a mexican restaurant. yes, i really need my fix of mexican food and it was perfect. then we went out for drinks at this reggae-type bar. it was chill and seems like someplace amy would like to go when she's visiting. we woke early on saturday and had a nice breakfast and then spent a loooong time shopping for books. there are some really cool used book stores and we ended up buying lots of poetry. i also bought the Little Prince cause Hilary had never read it which is sacrelige. as we were walking to the book stores we stumbled upon this temple that has the largest jade buddha statue in thailand. it was lovely.
after that, we headed down to the hip university district where we both got our hair cut. umm we were both a bit surprised by the short outcomes but it's nothing too drastic. actually, i almost cried but then i thought it's just hair and who cares if i look like a boy? it will look cute when it grows out a bit and it's starting to grow on me already. so after that we decided to treat ourselves to lots of nice flowy skirts, dresses and scarves and then chilled in a cute outdoor cafe.
somehow we decided that we wanted to watch a movie but there wasn't really anything interesting out. we decided on a new chinese film called "jasmine women." i would have to say that this movie is a ridiculous emotional journey that portrays motherhood as a depressing and lonely affair. besides which, i couldn't really get what the overarching message of the movie was. however, i have to say that surprisingly i liked it because it was told through three different generations of women and it was interesting to see how china was different at each time. also, we saw the preview for world trade center and hilary and i were both in tears. we definitely hope to go see it when it comes out.
saturday night, we had plans to hang out with chan cause she was in chiang mai visiting her family. rick wasn't with her, so we had a girls' night out. chan brought her neice who doesn't speak any english but somehow we managed to communicate all night. chan took us to the places where she wants to have her bachelorette party. the restaurant called Goodview is right on the river and it had a kick-ass band. there were song request sheets on every table and the band played an amazing selection of songs. also the food was good so we'll definitely go there. then we went on to a couple of night clubs. they were okay but crowded and a little bit of a meat market so i don't know if we'll go there or not. finally we ended up in the "farang" part of town at a little outdoor bar. chan and her niece left and we started talking to this british guy and his friend from bangladesh. the bangladesh guy was clearly tanked and was overly exhuberant. it turned out that he and the british guy had only met that day on the bus. it was their first day in chiang mai. well hilary started talking to the british guy so i was left talking to this crazy man who was telling me about moving from Dhakar to LA when he was only 12 and how strange that was for him. then it turned out that he was really rich *supposedly* and had houses in arizona, bangladesh, switerland, etc. as he was talking, he told me that his nickname is Rumi and i said, "oh like jelaladin rumi, the sufi poet?" and he started crying with joy. seriously. he was so happy that i recognized that name. i felt pretty awkward and just handed him a tissue. so then he proceeded to sing the praises of rumi's poetry. to make a long story short: hilary got the british guy's phone number while i got to talk to a crazy man who claimed he shot wolves from his airplane.
so today we got a massage first thing in the morning. we found this place that's inside temple grounds so it's nice to just lay there and see the lovely tips of the temple and lots of monks walking by. we did a bit more shopping at some weekend markets and then headed back. it was a perfect weekend.
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