Dear pipsqueaks,
It was another super early wake for me, but it didn't feel as painful because I went to bed at 11pm! That must have been a record as I almost never sleep before midnight, but I knew I would probably die mid-day if I didn't. So it was all good. A delicious and healthy breakfast also helped: salad plate, two chocolate pancakes, three pieces of sushi, the end of a french bread with cold cut stuffing, glass of carrot juice, shot of super juice (I think it was dragon fruit with pineapples?), and tea. If you know me, that was a SUPER breakfast. In a way, it did good both physically and mentally because I was in such a good mood for eating good. It's not secret...it's a cycle!
(Yes, I had only remembered that I should have taken a photo when I was half way into the salad...so no photo today! Maybe tomorrow ;P)
Something that caught my eye at breakfast- a mother attending to a girl of maybe 7 or 8 years old. She had a cute ponytail and a pink baby backpack. All dressed up, the only thing that was totally out of place was her smile. You could tell she was in a grumpy mood as she didn't want anything her mom plated for her and refused to go select a dish herself. There was no pleasing her. Yet, the mother didn't give up, and tried again and again back and forth looking for something to her liking. It crossed my mind that I may had very well been this way when I was younger....what a nightmare!
Just think how much effort the parents had to put into arranging the trip and the amount of money forked over...and now they have to put in more energy to deal with this crap. 'Ungrateful child' was the only phrase I could come up with. Then again, kids don't know any better. So what can you do? Well, you make it up for all the stupid things you may have consciously or unconsciously done now that you're fully capable to. For every time that you caused a negative, you give back a positive. Somehow. Anyway, I was in too much of a happy mood to let myself sink into the thought much more and left as soon as I was done. Breakfast, check.
After my morning duty, luckily, I caught a group of our people heading out for lunch and was invited to join them. Despite having absolutely no idea where the heck we were going, it didn't bother me so much as I enjoy a good surprise. Turned out, we took the advice from the hotel and ended up at a high-end local cuisine restaurant. The set up was great and the food was authentic, but the bill was certainly very non-Thai. Regardless, we agreed it was a delicious meal and left it at that.
(This place certainly rings Thai- authentic flavours just the way I like them :))
(THAI ICED MILK TEA!!!!! *heart*)
Then, I managed to stay awake and sit through a whole meeting of 'discussions in circles'. It's not that I can't do my job- but rather, it's difficult when my job relied on the results of another's ability to do theirs. Nonetheless, I got out of there alive, but was severely plagued by hunger. But, where to eat? What to eat? With the deadline tonight, I didn't have much time to head out. So, for the first time ever, I ate in the hotel lobby bar while working. How odd is it that I'm in Thailand, yet I don't even have time to head out for food? Then again, it was probably because I didn't have the time to go out for a quick scan of the area just yet. Maybe I'll do that sometime tomorrow...
(I almost never had latte, but I needed some caffeine, that's for sure!)
In the meantime, I need to SLEEP! With a block of free time tomorrow morning, I shall head out to see a little bit of Bangkok. Not too sure what yet, but anything's better than staying in!
Nights for now :)