Sunday, July 31, 2005

Just give me the money, nice and easy like...

So I'm learning thai.

Rein poot pasae thai. Poot dai nit noy.

But I can ask you what kind of bills you have. As in do you have 20 B bills, 50 B bills, or 1000 B bills.
Khun mii baang aray kha?
(What bills do you have)

Dichan mii baang yii-sip (20) kap roy (100) kha.
(I have 20 bills and 100 bills)

Khun mii baang yii-sip tao rai kha?
(How many 20 bills do you have)

Dichan mii baang yii-sip sam bay kha?
(I have 3 20 B bills.)

I have three twenty baht bills, basically. So now (because we're supposed to be practicing our thai with actail thais) Ben and I are going to ask all the people on the BTS (Bangkok's El train) what kind of bills they have and how many of each kind.We just need to learn how to say "We're trying to decide who to rob" first.

Dichan mii paakaa sii dang song an paakaa sii som nung an kap dinsaw sii dam hok an. (I have two red pens, two orange pens and six black pencils. Points to any non-thai speaker who can guess which words are which.)

Monday, July 11, 2005

Hello, Cambodia??

I have now been to Cambodia!

1. I rode a tour bus

2.Walked through begger children with beggar children (smaller versions) tied to their backs and didn't let them pickpocket me.

3. Stood in a line for a rubber ink stamp (like those beautiful cards my Lindsey makes but much harder to come by.)

4. Had a digital picture taken (which websites say is viewed by the FBI in under two minutes. But they aren't looking for a brunette with a ponytail. They're looking for a brunette with a beard and a little white hat.)

5. Had lunch at a casino that was AMAZING. I bet it's better than the one in Aurora.

6. Had a Chocolate Cruch [sic] Frappe at the Starbucks rip off joint. It even had the pretty lights and the logo was this (holds up fingers about a cm apart) close.

7. Got back on the bus. So now I've been to Cambodia. It was fun.One border run down. 6 to go.