Had dinner at Pete's Place, Hyatt last night. Food was great, ambience was good. Bills is never best. had a little talk on thailand with a couple of my friends to add on the previous entry.

No cheapo shopping. i can't enjoy shopping further in thailand. i can't fit into their clothes. Certified by jon. Thai guys generally are slim and middle-build. and it's hard to find size XL. ARGH~! come to think of it, i think i will fit better in ang-mo countries. In size and build of course. Gimme another chance to go bangkok. This time, i will open my eyes bigger. i want to prove myself wrong.(excuses~)

I also can forget about buying shoes there. No sizes either. not that it's cheap but better designs and stuff. Shit, i sounds like a girl. Anyway, the conversation below might sounds familiar to you. It happened to me at several shops.

At a shoe retail shop,
xiaoqiang: " Do you have size 44 for this colour?"

After a while,
Thai salesgirl: " Sir, try size 1st. i go check colour."

After a while,
Thai salesgirl: " Sorry Sir, No size. take this colour. Nice colour, same price. Cheap cheap."

xiaoqiang: " no thank you i only want this colour."

Thai salesgirl: " Sorry Sir, this colour no size. This colour nice colour, same price. Cheap cheap."

xiaoqiang gets up and walks away: " thank you."

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Came across one journal entry by rene40: interesting facts. Just for fun, my comments are in orange.

1. In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase "goodnight, sleep tight". ( hmm.. what about sweet dreams?)

2. It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month or what we know today as the honeymoon. ( i wouldn't want a son-in-law if he becomes an alcoholic in our time. But i don't mind honey beer. sweeet~)

3. In ancient England a person could not have sex unless you had consent of the King (unless you were in the Royal Family). When anyone wanted to have a baby, they got consent of the King, the King gave them a placard that they hung on their door while they were having sex. The placard had F*.*.K (Fornication Under Consent of the King) on it. Now you know where that word came from. (hahaha... another word for whoredom in those days. Nowadays, we hang "Do not Disturb" on hotel doors.)

4. In Scotland, a new game was invented. It was entitled Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden... and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.(Hahaha.. Now i know why ladies in Scotland don't wear skirts then and how kilts come about.)