THANKS TO MARON FOR THIS

Thanks to Marion for this, a very astute account of life here, Marion & Michale must obviously have fond memories of the things that can drive you insane in our little world. Hope to see you both soon X X X X X
1. You can go for weeks without toilet paper. (Water based system)

2. It's perfectly acceptable to drive down the wrong side of the street.

3. You decline to wear a motorbike helmet because it'll mess up your hair.

4. Half your wardrobe is the color yellow. (National Color for the Royal Family)

5. You no longer wonder how a civil servant who earns 400 USD per month drives a Mercedes. (duh..)

6. It is no longer surprising that the only decision made at a meeting is the time and venue for the next meeting.

7. Hearing "Mai Mii!" or "Mai Dai!" for the 300th time in a day and doesn't bother you anymore. *I don’t have and I cannot

8. Curry is perfectly acceptable breakfast food as long as it has an egg on top.

9. Au Bon Pain is a chic hang out serving good food. (Au Bon Pain...like Subway but much more high class)

10. You can rely on the fact that any given night of the week, somewhere there is a model getting free drinks. ( i would say every where)

11. You are careful to cover your mouth when picking your teeth, but openly pick your nose at the dinner table.

12. You keep a roll of toilet paper on your dinner table, but not in the bathroom.

13. You are not surprised when three men with a ladder show up to change a light bulb.

14. It's exciting to see if you can get in the elevator before anyone can get off.

15. You'd rather SMS someone than actually meet and talk.

16. A t-bone steak with rice sounds just fine.

17. "Love You Long Time" is no longer a satirical quote from Full Metal Jacket, but an actual saying.

18. You know when people say they're "going to bed" that they'll actually be partying until 2AM in a cylindrical nightclub resembling a spaceship. (its not that bad a place)

19. "Sexpats," "Yellow Fever," "Rice Queens," "Pirates," and "Piratey" are all in your vocabulary. (people who like Asian girls/boys/both)

20. You can silence a group of whores in Patpong with just one angry stare. (patpong...main sex district)

21. You regard My Name Lon - You Like Me? and Colonel Ken's Tales of Misadventure in Asia as classics in "Asian Literature," shamelessly promoted at airports everywhere.

22. It's just part of the adventure when the waiter correctly repeats your order and the cook makes something completely different.

23. You regularly fumble for five minutes to find a 10 baht coin despite 10 people waiting in line behind you. (10 Baht = 30 cents approx)

24. When shopping at the supermarket, a farang stares you down when he catches you looking into his basket while you wonder to yourself what farangs eat. (Farang = white people)

25. You realize half of your personality is complaining.

26. It doesn't bother you anymore when someone calls you 'FARANG!'.

27. When A Thai says "see you tomorrow at 10am" you know exactly it means 11am ( a bit like making an appointment with Tad)

28. The sight of a whole fish on a plate doesn't frighten you anymore. (thai fish..awesome!)

29. You can walk pass a crippled beggar on the street without feeling anything. Sometimes you even think they block the traffic and get annoyed. (they are annoying..)

30. Everything you buy, you ask for discount

31. Your mom who comes visit you in Thailand says you smell like cooking oil.

32. Your favorite eating place is on the street. ( a whole meal and more for only 1-2 dollars)

33. you use fake brand-name products you buy in silom and tell everybody they're real.

34. you can't be bothered to cook anymore.

35. You've slept with Misty. (she puts out a lot)
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36. you've used food poisoning as an excuse to miss work more than twice in the past month37. you don’t think twice about the irony of putting a helmet on while riding in a small motor boat with no seat belt, no life vest, and smoke pouring out of the engine38. you don’t go to the new mall until its been open for at least 2 days because you know there will be casualties from faulty construction39. when you hear the word zen you think of shopping (big ass shopping center now called Central World)40. you think its rude when Americans don’t stop and salute when they hear the star spangled banner (Thai stand still during the national anthem)

41. You think the mall is the perfect place to do your laundry, see your banker, grocery shop, have a work out and then a massage, all in one go.

42. You think sitting in 2-hour city traffic can actually be kind of therapeutic.
43. The first thing you do upon hearing of a military coup is to grab your camera and run towards the army tanks so you can take a photo with the soldiers while flashing a peace sign.

44. You start writing a list like this.