November 7, 2009
Excitement is finally finding some
pandas leaves at the wet market today after searching for it for more than 4 years now.
A lot of these leaves are actually being used on a daily basis in the Thai kitchen, so technically, it should not be that difficult to find them, right? Wrong. For some reason, we have been completely out of luck with finding these leaves, especially when I see the need to use it. Strange but true.
What’s stranger for us is that we have been going to the same wet market for several times now to get fresh, halal meat ,and we have always keep an eye for the pandan leaves, just in case. So far, no luck; till today that is.
In truth, I don’t have the need for its immediate use, but I felt that I have to just get them just because they are available. I have this nagging fear that I’ll never find them again when I actually have a need for them.
But then again, I can always start using them by making some fragrant pandan tea!
November 7, 2009
The weather almost killed me today. It was unexpectedly super hot, and certainly not a good day to be walking around Chatuchak to run some errands. Feeling like I was about to melt while trying to navigate the crowded, no-shelter market did not contibute too well to my diminishing patience nowadays…Good thing for a good plate of chicken rice to the rescue!
I think I spoke too soon when I mentioned that ‘winter’ came early to Bangkok this year.
November 4, 2009
It’s tiring enough to have to sit through a meeting in 65% Thai for almost 3 full hours today, given my fluency and perfect understanding of the local language. What makes it more tiring is having to read between the lines of things being said and sifting out condescending words and tones being said, which of course are not necessarily music to the ears. Why can’t people just say exactly what they mean so we all can move on with our lives. Falling short of being politically correct of having to say the right things in meetings, isn’t constructive honesty always the best policy to get the best out of people?
