I have nothing to add from my last post since it has been a little too long…
It’s pretty long in terms of both distance and time, actually. The US of A seems to be so far away and so long ago I’m afraid I’ll forget all about it soon.

That’s sad if you think about it. I’ve been in Thailand for less than 2 weeks! Not that I’m completely adapted to “Thai way of life”, but I’m getting close. Last time I came here was 5 years ago as a “tourist” with a few filthy American dollars to spend. I remember I was mad at almost everything Thai. I was mad enough to write a complaint to a newspaper about it. Not that it made anything better, but it actually made me more mad. (or madder? is that a word?)

It’s totally different this time. It took me no time to drive, eat and sleep like a real Bangkokean. (My wife is still adjusting really hard, though. She’s still living like a San Franciscan.) Talk about driving, I drive pretty crazy without feeling a thing about it. I could go all the way from the left most lane to the right most without much problems. Why? Because now I know that Bangkokeans are extremely skilled at avoiding driving accident. I could just switch lanes (with about 1 second of turn signal) knowing that the car in the lane I’m switching to WILL either break or speed pass me. The drivers are all really alert, like driving is their second nature or something.

Everything is crazy here. A lot crazier than the Bay area. It’d be nice if I could go back to the bay area… But it’s not possible now. I’ve spent a lot of money for the house already. I’m going to just settle here and be happy about my situation as hard…no..happy and hard should not be in the same sentence. I’m living in the moment and I’ll be happy. That’s what I’m doing.