On Friday, I finally met some pediatric residents who weren't afraid to use their English and weren't excruciatingly shy. One of the people is a 2nd year NICU fellow who will be coming to NY to do a rotation at Columbia for the month of May; his name is Narongs or Pluk. He claimed me and took Chris & I with him and the rest of the NICU team to go to lunch & we proceded to have a feast of Thai food (& I tried everything that was put in front of me--but I don't think any of it had seafood in it) with many different small dishes including the infamous Spicy Papaya salad--after that I felt like I should have gotten a nap.
Then, when Chris & I were on our way out for the evening we met 2 girls who are 4th year Medical students at Downstate who are doing rotations at Siriraj for 6 weeks. Jessica & Maly actually live across the hallway from me. Not that I am not enjoying Chris' company exclusively, but it was nice to talk to some other people who were from home and who had been there a little longer than me. We went & found dinner on Sukhamvit & during dinner a man walked up with a baby elephant selling sugarcane to feed the elephant. Of course Chris failed to bargain and bought 4 bags to feed the elephant. Elephants are quick to grab sugar cane out of your hands if you're not paying attention. We then proceded to try to go to a club in Bangkok--we ended up at a very obviously non-thai club full of foreigners that closed at 12am (apparently all clubs close early in Bangkok). While the club was not really what we were looking for, it was absolutely fabulous people watching.
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