Cleaning Up

On Sunday, May 23rd, I witnessed several hundred volunteers working in the central business district. They were all there to clean up after the protests and fires. Many of the workers looked like high school and university students; I was really impressed with their hard-working spirit.

Some images:

Masked workers cleaning graffiti, sweeping, collecting garbage. The smell was awful.




Armed police still patrol the area.

A Guest!

A few days ago, I was washing the dishes and out popped something from behind the plates. What the heck? It was a gekko! Now that is something you don't find in your kitchen back home eh?

Lunch to go

I visited the Emporium Food Hall again to pick up some lunch. This time, I decided to try out a new phrase I learned in Thai:
"hok klap baan" (pronounced: hock glap ban)
which means,
"to take home".

I was very happy to see the phrase worked. The lady at the shop prepared two plates of glass noodles with seafood (yum unsen in Thai), put them into plastic containers and off I went.

When I got back to the hotel, I took this photo. It was VERY spicy. I had forgotten to ask for less spices! ^_^