Then I bought some fake jade bangles. They wanted 350 Baht for one. I talked them down to 300 for a pair. Thus I ripped myself off, thinking I had made a good deal for jade. It does make me awfully suspicious when they eagerly accept my first offer... I'll have to be a little more extravagant with my haggling in the future.
I was so frustrated with life. Walking down Sukhumvit road, I was grumbling that I had forgotten how utterly disgusting Bangkok can be. It smelled like shit and garbage. Perhaps my mood amplified it.
So I bought a hammock to cheer myself up.
Then I got sunburned from relaxing by the pool.
So I bought two soap stone Buddha statues to cheer myself up. Twice I bought the strange orange juice that is sold on the street. I dropped off my laundry. I researched forms of transportation to Kanchanaburi. I had an expensive lunch of Indian food.
I missed out on all the temple and palace adventurings that others went on, but in spite of my miseries, I've been very productive today. I suppose you could think of it as a mistake worth making - losing my wallet. I am having quite the enriching experience in Thailand. I couldn't be more enriched than I am right now.
It has been a trying day. But on the brighter side, I never liked those ID photos anyway. Good riddence to all those dismal plastic cards that we call civilization. I'ma just go back to Naga island.
The only truly upsetting thing about the wallet scandal is my list of mathematical jokes that I kept with me at all times. Here's to you, Robert:
What are you, when six large belligerent objects collide into you from all sides?
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