Day 17: Got our hair did...

We're bringin' sexy back.......to ourselves. We went to the hair salon with Kosum this morning, and 4 hours later, we felt like new women! Tan? Check. Sexy hair? Check. So...we've completed the first two steps in our amazing transformation from "fat, pasty white, nappy haired Americans" to "tan, smooth-haired, 'thick' Americans with good intentions." And now that we're on a strict "Thai food only" diet...and walking everywhere still, perhaps that losing weight thing will start happening. But I will say that I've been doing crunches about every other day...that's more than I was doing. So things are only looking up from here people.

The salon was fun today, but it took for-EVER! It's hard work gettin' sexy. We had some straightening treatment done to our hair so we don't have to worry about the frizz and lack of hairdryer/straightener problem. Supposedly, now all we have to do is let our hair dry and it will look perfectly frizz-free and straight. I'll believe that when I see it. Kosum brought us breakfast while we were gettin' our hair did...our second street food experience--pork on a stick and sticky rice with Thai tea. And it was yummy. It was so funny when Kosum wasn't sitting there with us because Allison and I could for sure tell when the Thai girls were talking about us. I mean, we may not understand a dang word that comes out of your mouth, but when you cut your eyes at us and laugh...it's kind of obvious. Haha. Whatever. It was funny. We needed some entertainment anyway because we really did just sit there for 4 hours.

So, other than the trip to the salon, today was rather uneventful. We pretty much just chilled out in the apartment lobby and caught up on blogging and lesson plans. We did walk down to Paragon for dinner at our favorite food court. Allison and I have dinner down to an art now. She gets the water, the silverware and the table, and I order the food, get the chili sauce, and find the soup spoons. It's cute, really, how we already have our routine and just do our thang. People are starting to recognize us at the food court now since we're seriously there everyday. Our cook dude knows our regular order, and the ladies we pay just smile and talk about us in Thai every time we walk up.

Honestly, I really do think Allison and I could take over Bangkok. When we walked out the mall, we popped our iPods in and danced the whole way home. The "Times Square" area next to the mall is a perfect place for a music video...there's water fountains, tons of stairs, plenty of people. Hmm mmm. Too perfect. In fact, we actually did make our own music video. And the funny part is, it's exactly the way people see us walking down the street....when you watch the video, you can't hear any music because it's just us and our iPods. The music is all in our heads! So WE hear it...but nobody else can! Haha. I love it. It feels like we're in a movie. I stole Allison's camera and posted the video, but you might have to cock your head to the side to see it. We didn't hold the camera right, and I couldn't figure out how to edit it on my computer. Haha!

Well, I'm going to go make lesson plans now. I have to teach math tomorrow, and I want to make sure those smart Asian kids don't make me looks stupid. Stay tuned for tomorrow's blog...I think I'm going to do a "cultural spotlight"...noting all of the things I always observe and then think to myself, "Hmm...I should blog about this," but then I always forget. So get excited blog stalkers...it's gonna be a good 'un.


I'm out.
Cwalk.