Unlike my previous posts, this one isn't going to have, how do you say, a central theme. No, this is just a semi-coherent list of things in Bangkok that interest me. 1) Sun-tan lotion. There is no such thing. In its place is something called whitening lotion. It's like sun-tan lotion, only it makes you lighter, not darker. I couldn't believe it existed, but apparently its opposite day lotion wise all the time in Thailand (or perhaps its opposite day in the U.S. - Hmm). 2) I go to the same place to eat for lunch usually. P'nings place, It's called, after, perhaps not surprisingly, the owner/chef/only employee - P'ning. I'm convinced that P'ning is the second coming of Einstein in cook form. The first day I was here I commented how I like mushrooms. I
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