It is 4:39am in the never sleeping city of Bangkok. We just got off the 8 hour bus we took from the island, Koh Tao. We are staying at Lek's house but we don't want to wake them this early so we went to the only "safe" place to go to at 5am... wait for it, McDonalds. I feel ashamed going in, being a zombie, and waiting until 5am when breakfast starts but I don't really have another choice. This McDonalds is located at the center of the foreign backpackers bar and club street. What would one expect? Lots of drunk people. That is what. I went to the toilet and a drunk guy paid for my entry (sometimes in Asia you have to pay for the toilet). I guess he was feeling good. I return and these two guys come in and not long after them talking very loud do I figure out their goals in life. I'll use more appropriate language but basically.. Bang girls. These guys are loud and when leaving knock over a chair. An employee yells at them and they yell back, "hey man, this is McDonalds." It upsets me to see people like this but in a sadistic way also makes me feel good because I'm happy I'm 19 and have a better head on my shoulders. Oh ignorance is noisy!
On a side note, it's almost 5am and I'm happy to be able to eat something. I have the hunger! Before we were able to take the bus we had to take a series of public transportations to get off the island. We took a taxi from the hotel to the pier where we met a couple. The man Charles, from France and his girlfriend Terra from Michigan. Nice people. Charles is studying business in Seoul and Terra travels Asia for fabrics and gems and sells them for high prices in the USA. We had lunch, rode the boat together, and then departed at the pier while they waited for a train to Malaysia and we waited for the bus to Bangkok. Charles to me is the typical Frenchman. He's fashionable, a bit rude, loves sweets and adventure. Most French guys I've met are more or less like this. Terra is a free spirit. She feels for the Tibetan people's sufferings and says she takes things from all religions and lives her life and bases her actions on Karma. She got her iPhone stolen in bangkok and to my surprise actually said, "I don't know what I did for this to happen to me!" but not in the normal why I'm mad way but the why did karma punch me in the face. I'm a good person right?
Meeting people so different you start to see how they turned into who they are now based on the little intrinsic details they tell you. People observing to me is very interesting. I like to think I understand people but I don't. It's more of an activity I enjoy telling myself I'm good at.
Look a the time! 4:58am! Time for my McBreakfast. Sawasdeekrap!
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