Bangkok vacation
To continue on this theme of "Life is Good".. My vacation in Bangkok is an eye-opener. The people are warm and friendly, the food is not all that spicy (though the tom yam is) and the shopping is good (if you know where to shop).
Though this trip did not involve going to some more interesting sights (like the floating wet market, other ancient ruin cities, etc.) I saw a side of Thailand which I cannot read or hear about from books or other people. All things are in Thai naturally.. from their PC magazines, the TV shows (they translated Buffy the Vampire Slayer to Thai- imagine that!), to their uhmm.. pop songs, MTVs, etc. They are going through the same kind of westernisation the rest of Asia or even the world is going through.. Yet, things still seem more practical, more user-friendly..
Take for example their eating places, little hawker stores (on boats, in Rang Sit) , cafeterias (in tourist locations like Pattaya) all have this little tissue dispenser on each table. These little dispensers are for customers to freely use of the tissues and I do think it is a nice little thought which Singapore should also adopt.
Gotta go.. more updates soon!