What we did: shopped, fixed lengha
Budget: 3000B/$100; Spent: 2480B/$83
What got us out of bed this morning was definitely the breakfast buffet. We dragged our butts down to the lobby before breakfast was over at 9:30am. The breakfast was definitely worth it. It's nothing amazing, but what they do, they do well.
We did a little research, blogging, and email after breakfast, and we got a message from Frank and Dan to Facetime them. We spoke to them a bit about Italy and what's going on in Winnipeg. In case we didn't mention this earlier, we'll be meeting Patty's parents and Frank and Dan in Italy in May. That should be a lot of fun.
After a couple hours, we went back up to our room. I took a shower and Patty fell asleep. Patty looked so comfy that I couldn't resist joining her for a nap so we just slept for a while. It was a much needed nap.
We eventually woke ourselves up around 2pm and, as usual, made our way over to MBK mall. Patty bought some fake MAC makeup (that hopefully does not burn off her face) out of desperation and stinginess for the wedding tomorrow. The fake makeup is so cheap its difficult to resist.
We then went looking for a belt for me, but instead I got a much needed hair cut. It was such a relief. I almost shaved my head like I usually have it, but instead opted for a little longer on top, on Patty's suggestion.
We then went back to the hotel to see if Mala had sent us a message. It turned out he hadn't, so we sent him a message to see what was up for tomorrow. Honestly, it was a relief to not have any wedding functions today. We were still pretty tired from the night before, and honestly we're still recovering from Kolkata.
So we decided to head to the street markets to find me a belt that I can wear with my new dress pants. In the area we're staying, vendors are set up everywhere selling all manner of things, from men's and women's clothing, to electronics, to beauty products... it's really quite convenient.
We had also decided we were going to buy food on the street tonight for dinner. We first bought some meat-on-a-stick type of food that wasn't great. At least we saw it cooked right in front of us. Actually, the pork wasn't bad, but the chicken had a funky taste to it. We just hope it was actually chicken.
The streets were packed with people. The temperature outside was about 35 or so and humid. It’s pretty uncomfortable at times. I feel like the only way I could be anything but uncomfortable would be to be completely naked. We’re getting a little more used to it, but it's pretty intense at times, especially when there's no wind blowing!
Patty ended up buying a little hair straightener for a couple bucks, a leopard skin belt for $2, and some knock-off OPI nail polish for $1. There were tons of vending stalls, but not much food. And we were hungry! The only thing that had kept us going to this point were some dim sum-like food we had found.
Finally, there was a break in the clothing stalls and we found some street food. The first one we came across we went with. We were desperate and very sweaty at this point. We approached the girl who was just finishing packaging up some guy’s dinner to go. When she finally looked at us, Patty pointed to what she had packaged for the guy, to communicate that we wanted to order what he had, which looked super tasty. She just shook her head and looked down and pretended she was busy. We stood there for a minute trying to gauge what just happened. Then the older lady, who we assume was her mother looked at us and asked if we wanted chicken. We just went with it. The daughter fried some chicken and put it on some white rice for us and it cost us over $2. We felt pretty ripped off and quite unhappy with the whole situation. People from Bangkok are nothing like Indians -- many of them are just not friendly at all! Makes us miss Indians.
On our way back through the stalls we saw a guy we had tried to barter with for some sunglasses on another day. He was rigid and refused to budge... again! That was annoying, especially because Patty really liked one pair of sunglasses he was selling.
When we got back to our hotel we saw a message from Mala saying the wedding was taking place at the only Gurdwara in Bangkok at 9am. That didn’t leave us with much time to get ready for tomorrow. Patty still had to fix the mistakes with her Lengha made by the tailor, and they were pretty serious mistakes. An entire side of the dress bulged unnaturally in the hip area and a little hook fell off the choli (the top) so she needed to also sew a hook back on.
We watched Life of Pi as soon as we got upstairs just to unwind. Once the movie finished, which we somewhat enjoyed, Patty got started on her Lengha. I helped out where I could. She finished about an hour later. It's always impressive to see Patty do something she's never done before and do it well. She tends to do that quite a bit.
After she was done with the lengha, I passed out while she painted her nails. She apparently stayed up about an hour after I went to sleep. Poor thing. Early morning tomorrow!
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