Bangkok Week 82 January 21, 2010 A weekend of weddings, wellness and walking! Woo! View fullsize Friday night out, at a Vietnamese restaurant. Can you guess which shop house is the restaurant? View fullsize Modern, hip decor, and a surprising friendliness toward vegetarians. View fullsize Four fun new dishes. The one on the left is drizzled with veggie shredded pork. (And no, this was not a vegetarian restaurant.) View fullsize Dessert of warm sesame-filled balls in ginger soup. Yum! View fullsize A cute Chinese car, the Chery QQ. A knockoff of the Daewoo Matiz. View fullsize I'm missing a few necessary joints and bone segments! View fullsize Heading home from visiting a gym on a tuk tuk -- because it's the cheapest transportation option! View fullsize A year later, it still requires 4 hands to dry a thick head of hair! View fullsize Heading out for a crazy wed-ful night on the town! View fullsize Groom and Bride Set #1: the bride also went to MIT. View fullsize All alone! Arrived too early. View fullsize Bride and Groom Set #2: about to make their grand entrance. View fullsize This event had a string quartet to compliment the MCs' hosting. View fullsize A big wedding? The room holds 3600. View fullsize Very dramatically slashing up the cake -- which I just learned is fake, but for the bottom layer. View fullsize A new wedding costume for me, courtesy of Mum in Mexico. View fullsize The roommates reunite... again. Seems to only happen at weddings, these days. View fullsize Not MY cake! View fullsize The aftermath! View fullsize The huge gang of Brownies hang out after the party's over. View fullsize Posing for the groom. Not what he had in mind. View fullsize There was a huge kiddie fair outside Paragon for National Kids Day. (And the week before and after it.) View fullsize A kid at heart, complete with ice cream cone! View fullsize Riding the buckin' water buffalo. View fullsize This boy is flying high on a trampoline, and squealing like a girl. View fullsize Riding home with another big, awkward purchase. View fullsize Almost home. Just a few more steps! Don't give up now! View fullsize Despite the Pro & Con guidance from mum, still puzzling over which gym to join!
