I took some time tonight to glance back at my posts when I first arrived in Thailand. All those things that were so new and strange to me then are now old and normal. I still really love living in a big city. I haven't driven a car in over 2 years and I don't mind a bit. I forget that it was something I used to do every day in my life in America. I love taking public transportation. It made me laugh when I read my past post about my first bus riding experience. I ride the bus every day now and it really is quite simple to use. I just memorize the bus numbers to go to certain locations. I can read a little Thai but by the time I can figure out what it says the bus is already gone so i don't rely on my reading skills to take the right bus.
I actually have a funny story to tell about my reading skills and riding the bus. A few weeks ago I was at the bus stop near one of the malls with Eric. Eric can't read Thai at all. Bus number 24 was coming and I could read that it said in Thai it would go to Victory Monument. I told Eric we could take that bus because it says victory monument. I've never been on that bus before and it's not one of the memorized numbers but hey I can read Thai and it says it goes there. We got on the bus and Eric even asked the lady if the bus went to Victory Monument (guess he didn't trust my Thai reading skills) and she confirmed that it did. I was so proud of myself until we got to the major intersection and it turned left. uh oh in order to go to where we live you have to go straight. Well the bus does go to Victory Monument but it takes a different route and it won't be passing by our home. We had to get off that bus and change to another bus in order to get home. So much for reading skills. I guess I should stick with the memorized numbers :)
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