Bangkok Life part 13

This week agian as been fairly mad, what with my birthday last wednesday and then going out out on friday night with my mate Kim and three of her friends, Thanks Kim! Great night. We had a Korean BBQ, not what you think! In the middle of the table there is a open charcoal pit with a vented lid on it. A slab of steak is put on the lid and cooked, just as its about finished, the Waitress comes and cuts it into smaller pieces, these pieces are then dipped in spices, chilli's and salts, very nice.
Sunday saw Nuch and I venture out of Bangkok with two of her friends, it was Pla's birthday so we went to her home town to a massive Wat (Temple). The journey did not start to well, first of all it was 6am and then we had the unfortunate privilage of seeing someone lying in the middle of the road dead as a door nail, he had been either shot or run down, you didn't need to work for CSI to work this out, the top of his head was missing and his brains were splashed all over the road!
The Wat was very impressive, as big as Lincoln Cathedral, and resplendant in gold. It is a very popular Wat and the crowd was huge. First of all you buy Lotus Flowers, candles and insense, then you put the Lotus in water, light the candle and then light the insense. From there you visit the many statues of Buddha and put some gold leaf on the statues, As i've said many times, a very uplifting experience. I bought a Lottery Ticket, as it is supposed to be lucky to buy next to a Wat. Also at the Wat was a large Market, there they specialised in deep fried food, as you can see, the crabs did not look to appertizing, although I had some deep fried prawn balls which were lovely.
In the evening Nuch and I went to the Cinema, we saw "Stealth", not too bad, the first 30 minutes is nearly as bad as Top Gun, but then the rest of the film is Ok. We sat in the Emporer Class seats, it is a two seater settee, they bring you pillows and blankets and then a cocktail, very civilised.
Just when I thought the Rainy season was coming to an end, we've just had two evenings of huge rains, temperature during the day is always in the very high 30'sC with high 90's% humidity, night brings a little relief, the temperature drops to around 30C. You dont acclimatise, you just get a little more tollerant to it. You have to get used to whatever clothes you wear they will be ringing wet through in 10 minutes outside of aircon. I must shower at least 3 times a day and change clothes the same number of times.
This weekend i'm going to Penang in Malaysia, I will tell you all about it next week.