Quick video I put together.  Just a lot food and wandering around.

So this post is about my quick weekend trip to Bangkok a few weeks back.  If you were thinking of a quickie...OMG YOU'RE FREAKING GROSS.  Get your head out of the gutter!

Anywayzzz.  Frenetic, bustling, beautiful, artistic, metropolitan, sinful.  Those are a few words that come to mind when I think about my impressions of the city.  (I'm a terrible writer, so excuse my limited vocabulary and poor descriptions of what is a pretty cool city.)   Now given that it was a quick weekend trip, I really didn't get to see a lot of the city, especially more of the cultural side (all the temples and palaces were kind of out of the way).  It was more of a fun drinking, eating, and partying type of trip.  And even so, someone was soooo lame that he went to bed after dinner on a Saturday night.  (Hint: it was me.)

Here are some pictures/videos/highlights/impressions:

• Yes, what you've heard about the sex industry in Thailand is pretty true.  Sex workers will line the streets just for you to pick them up.  Walking down the street seeing all the girls in matching costumes sitting just rows was kinda depressing actually.  Same goes for the guys.  (PS They also weren't cute.)
• In Thailand, Thai tea is just called milk tea.  Mind. blown.

This little stand was a whole family affair.

• The Thailand malls could give the Singaporean malls a run for their money.  Almost.
• Thai street food is bomb dot com.  But I totally didn't know what I was doing so I just went to the stalls that had the most people.

Some Thai noodle soup.  Tom...Yum! Get it?! (It actually wasn't tom yum soup.)

Yes.  That is Thai street fried chicken.

• Coconut water in Thailand is the sweetest in all the lands.
• The giant flea market is a total maze but I didn't really buy anything.  Just more eating.

The very touristy flea market.

Until next time Bangkok! 

Song of the Week: I know everyone is literally crying to Adele's new song (which has ALL THE FEELS).  But I'm gonna highlight my high school alumna who might have not gotten as much press but had an equally heartbreaking song.

"Do you wanna uh...grab a coffee or something?"

Actively trying to make new friends is not something people usually have to do until they are thrown into a new environment or into new life circumstances.  I can't remember trying to actively make friends since my early-mid college years.  Now here I am, in a new environment trying to to find my Joey, Rachel, and Gunther.

I wouldn't say it has been particularly too hard to meet new people here.  Maybe it's because Singapore is made up of so many expats that people understand what it's like to be alone in a new city.  Or maybe it's because I’m so cool, fun, and funny that everyone just naturally wants to hang out with me.  Yeah, you're right, it's just me.

Getting durian sago dessert with the Lil Sib!

What I find particularly hilarious is how sometimes trying to make friends is almost like dating.  You inevitably end up going out to grab drinks with these people...or dinners...or coffee "hangouts." Like dating, you ask the same questions just to different faces:

"What do you do?"
"Where are you from?"
"What’s your favorite sexual position? I’m guessing reverse-cowgirl."

And of course, you have the whole internal process of assessing if there is a personality match - is this person really friend material?  Do they laugh at your terrible and often unnecessarily dirty jokes (“Dildos?  More like Dildo-n’ts!” [I literally just thought that up as I was typing...I’m too funny!])  Are they themselves funny?  It’s a constant flow of making snap judgements - my favorite hobby.

And like dating again, you are also secretly insecure and constantly try your best to show off how cool you are. How funny you are.  How smart you are.  How much of a DAB* you are (“No, I’m not drunk. Yes, I will take that 8th shot with you! Woooo, I’m such a Bro!!!”)

Or maybe, I’m just overthinking the whole thing.  If a person is cool, just hang out with them.  There, I just solved making friends/dating.  You’re welcome.

*Down Ass Bitch.

Song of the Week: This song is just great.  The video is awesome (just keep watching).  And the lyrics have all the Feels!

Bonus Song (because it fits this week's blog post theme)