i got back yesterday morning and it was so very weird to be back. everything here in SF looks familiar and yet so unfamiliar at the same time. i feel like i’ve been away for years, yet not really much has changed around here. it was definitely really good to see everyone again. the first thing i had to do when i got back was to get a burrito from pancho villa. i had been craving burritos for sooo long and it was great to finally have one… especially one that was so good.
erica organized a party to celebrate my return and also to celebrate sharon’s b-day and it was a blast. it was so much fun to be able to party w/ everyone again. as the night went on, and people got more and more drunk, i put on some cd’s of music i brought from thailand. the 2 cds’s i had were las ketchup (the ketchup song) and a thai cd that had 2 tracks on it that i had heard about a million times in thailand. it was only 3 tracks altogether, but i just played them over and over in my room and soon everyone was in my room dancing and rocking out. it was so funny! i had totally expected people to think the music was too cheezy or lame or whatever, but people were psyched. also, i guess the ketchup song goes along w/ some kind of funny dance and tom knew it, so soon enough he had taught a bunch of people to do the dance and was just hilarious to see my room full of people doing it.
there’s a link to a video of the dance on this page: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/10/18/earlyshow/leisure/music/main526093.shtml
it was great… the songs for me totally brought back the excitement of thailand and it was cool to be able to share that w/ others. people ended up staying pretty late and i didnt go to bed till about 5:30am… and by then somehow out of the 12 bottles of rum i brought back from thailand, only 4 were left.
today i spent the day hanging out w/ joey, sharon, chearon, and jordie. got some indian food, checked out joey’s new place, and watched some movies. such a small world. i cant believe that joey, rob, and catherine all live just 3 blocks from me now. how cool.
right now i’m feeling really tired. not looking forward to work tomorrow. but… it’s been a really nice, fun, and relaxing weekend. honestly i thought my first weekend back would have been a lot worse and harder to deal w/, but i ended up really enjoying it. i guess i’m just lucky to have the friends that i have…
-v
Hahahaha! I love those three songs… maybe that’s why I bought those two CD’s too. Wish I coulda been there to rock out with you guys. It’s definitely weird to be so far away and it’s weird that you’re not here to shoot the shit with anymore. Anywayz, have a good day at work and hope you’re not too jetlagged. I’m off to wander the streets of Chiang Mai (again). BTW, I signed up for the same cooking class you did, along with another one about vegetable carving. I’m so stoked!
dude, work sucked ass. didnt get much sleep last night cause i didnt take sleeping pills. what a mistake.
the same class i did as in the same place? or the same exact menu? hope you have fun w/ it.
-v
Sorry work was poopy. I had a hard day too! 😉
Um, I’m taking the class you took, in addition to a veggie carving one – I took that one today. I’ll post about it shortly. 🙂