... Or something like that. Had booked a cab to take me to hospital this morning for a comprehensive health check up, as much cheaper here then in US. Somehow in 24hrs I'd forgotten about the traffic here, but 40 minutes later I was there. The hospital xxx is incredibly modern, more like a deluxe hotel then a medical facility. And inside, on the 11th floor at Heath screenings, it's more like the UN. Name your nationality, they have it, patients from all over the world. The initial check up took about 3 1/2 hours, and I added a check up for the odd chest pains I've been having after the broken ribs. Turns out there is no relation, altough the mystery is not fully solved yet. I won't have full results until tomorrow, but 8 doctors and 23 nurses later I feel pretty good, and confident that if anything was wrong they would have found it by now.
I went to xx a park a few skytrain stops away, a nice change from the noise of the city. More mass otdoor aerobics, skaters, players of bagminton, joggers, and even a game of petanque. I watched, trying to muster the courage to ask if I could play. The moment passed, and then it was too late. The worse part was how I blamed myself for not asking, until I pretended Chantal told me it was ok, I'd ask next time. Next to the park is the night market, and I ventuted into the maze, until I found some unusal curtains for the house, light curtains, litterally:-). A decouvrir. I placed an order, and will pick them up on my way back in February. I'd spotted a restaurant with fab reviews on the other side of the river, but it was pretty far, so decided to give a try to the moped taxi. Oh boy! Imagine Bangkok at night, massive traffic, little observation of red lights or directions, mopeds zizaging between cars to get to front line, speeding up as soon as there is an open lane, and you have some idea. The best was at the end, when we neared the restaurant and theatre, and the moped driver couldn't find it. We got lost in small market alley ways, with food stalls on both sides. Moped speeding in between people, food stalls, cats, dogs, very James Bond like. Much better then the restaurant which I haven't tried yet was the thatre, with fringe festival that just started yesterday. The show had just begun, so I hopped in, open air dance performance. 3 shows: thai, indian and norvegian.
baby elephant
dinner Aurelie Matthieu
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