So far today Busy morning. We had a meeting at immigration at 8 a.m. that didn’t end the visa process. We’ll need to return this afternoon…and we were there on Friday. It will be resolved – we would just like to do it in-country and not make a visa run to Cambodia. We are looking forward to visiting there but later.
After immigration, I successfully dropped WBoy at school in time for Tae Kwon Do. Phew. Traffic cooperated. It’s the first class for him.
I then left napping WGirl with WNanny and headed to MBK, Bangkok’s air-conditioned counterfeit HQ. You can get Thai silk and elephant statuary, as well as clothes and everyday household items plus a mind boggling array of food all under one roof.
Malls here are incredible. I keep saying that if Mae Sot had had 1 floor of 1 mall we would have been happy there forever.
Anyways, while waiting for my train I ran into the man who sold me my new gorgeous couch pillows. What are the chances? The city is 11 mn strong and I bought the pillows far from my station. When I mentioned my shopping trip for “interview clothes” to Mr. Happiness, he volunteered the name/phone number of his friend who is a dean at Bangkok’s #1 uni, Chulakorn University. He said he would be talking to her Thursday and would put in a word. So nice!
Who knows where it will lead, but the gesture and happenstance made Bangkok feel a bit less overhwhelming for a moment.
As I am writing this I just got an unrelated job interview for Wednesday. Hurrah!
