Movies, Shopping through the weekend market, Nightlife, Silom

The post following should have been about the classes at Bangkok University, the little thingies Thai students do, that we don't and the weird and very distinct rules they have for each class.
I think I will learn a lot more about the subject in the near future so lets forego that and save that for another time, I am sure there will be more puns by then too.
Classes, classes, classes. To do something productive despite that it's off to shopping (more window shopping) to MBK. I am looking for a Backpackers backpack, maybe 75 L for the upcoming trips that hopefully happen ;) MBK is full of those at very cheap prices. Since I have some time I will compare the prices with some others too and then settle. Let's just hope the cheap copy brands don't break during the first use. I don't wanna see all my belongings scattered on the floor somewhere. I am getting one more set of 'sexy' uniform fór the university and my shopping is done for the night. Woohoo, even more classes tomorrow.
Friday night is movie night. Or so we decided. After a dreadful taxi ride (since Sukhumvit Rd more resembled a parking lot than a road) we switch to the Skytrain and make it to Siam Paragon Center and the movies only over an hour after our appointment with the others. Hey, it's Bangkok.
The foodcourt in Siam Paragon is yummyyyy... well not really the food I picked, but everything else definitely looked the part. And if you don't know how to get your shopping home... be my guest and buy a Lamborghini on the way out. Very nice sports car show room. So if you are not sure what to get me for my birthday....
The movie we end up seeing is 'One Day'. Straight up... none of us really liked it so go save your money and see a movie with a real plot, not a movie that's trying to be a movie, but not succeeding. But the snacks are great. Popcorn is all sorts, sweet, spicy, salted and whatever else. Best thing is for an extra charge you can get your popcorn in a Harry Potter Cauldron and your drink from a Wizards Hat straw. There's a few more of these for other movies too. That's innovative. I resist the urge to get some of those trinkets. 1 for me.

Weekend market, school uniforms

What's Saturday night? Right, parteyyyyyy night. But the day starts off with a visit to Chatuchak weekend market. I meet up with Markus, another exchange student from my home university but whose courses don't start till late October. So he's got some time on his hands. So the saying goes that in Chatuchak they have everything you need and everything you never even know you wanted. The bargaining is not as good as in other places, they start with the prices already reasonably low. Sometimes you get a few Baht cheaper but not more than 50%. Doesn't beat the 95% or so you often had to haggle down in Shanghai. There's clothes, antiques, furniture and let's just say stuff. Stuff, stuff, stuff and more stuff. It's a real great place to just look around. But I would come here either to just look around, or if you need something specific, go in, find it, get out. You can probably get everything here at MBK or another place in Bangkok too, but it's just nice as it's on weekends only there's a sea of people so the people watching is just great, that is, if you don't mind crowds. And I am not talking tourists only.
The snacks on the market are fabulicious. Just go through and try everything that looks good, and when you are full just get some fruit juice to wash it down. There's too much to mention and everything we tried was really yummy. I should come back just for the food....

Weekend market, Shrimp rice balls

 

And tonight... Party at the residence first at the 'Finnish House' and then continued at the 'Swedish House'. Some silly drinking games were invented and the party continued till late on RCA. For some later (earlier) than others. There was the ID-story, the key-story, the bathroom-massage story, the taxi-story, the peanut-story......

Finnish connection + Udo

True to form Sunday is sleep-in day, why, I leave up to your imagination.After some pooling our party of 7 leaves for some Mexican food at Coyote. I think what lured as was the 2 for 1 Margarita offer. Over 75 kinds of Margaritas to choose from, that's a nice and tasty selection. The food is really good for a Mexican restaurant in Thailand. It actually does resemble Mexican food more than whatever I've gotten sold in Austria under that name. The prices are outrageous for Thailand, still have the price of what it would cost back home but around 3-6 times as much as in a Thai restaurant. So for desert we need to look for another place. The high price but average portion size leaves some still hungry and hunting down the next Street Food stand where the chicken costs 1/6 and apparently tastes better than at Coyote. So next time that means... drinks only for us.

Glass chars on the walls to prevent break-ins, detected in Silom

Desert leads us to a hidden Waffle place, where we separate. We head off through Silom towards the Skybar while the others head home. One cheap Chang at Markus Hostel and we try our luck with Sirocco Sky Bar (Hangover II location). Since the visit wasn't planned we don't fit the dresscode, no Skybar for us tonight. We try get the needed shoes and pants at the next market, but its overpriced or ugly. Sirocco will see us another night. A bear in Jameson's Pub on the way home. There's also an Ice Bar there. I wonder if it's same as the one in Stockholm. Maybe try that also another night.
At Jameson's there's a Hot Hot Hot Hot Wings competition. If you can finnish them in under 10 minutes you get them free plus a T-Shirt that states your survival. The sauce is made with the infamous Ghost Chili of 1.000.000 Scoville. The boys agree to practice and come back in December for the challenge. Lets see. I for one will be watching only.

Taxi PoGo, Dingelingelin

The lucky two of us catch the best Taxi in town for our ride home. It's not just a racecar, it's a discotheque too. He opens his Laptop and puts on some nightclub music as well as the red disco lights in the cab. It's freaking amazing. At every red light he takes off the steering wheel and uses it as his dancepartner. Best freaking cab ride E V E R. The moment he notices we speak german he switches to german dance music and asks us for recommendation on what to download next. Damn, I would like to always get a ride like that. He also knows english, puts the meter on and uses the most direct roads. Transportation Bliss.