I did it. I went out and had fun. It eventually happened! I guess God or whoever above finally answered to my prayer and send me a party crew. Last Saturday, my office held a bowling tornament and allowed employees to bring friends or family member along. So, I decided to invite two French girls, Emilie and Charlotte to come with me. I met them randomly a while back in a networking event. Please don't ask me why I don't put more effort in getting along with my Thai friends or co-workers. Been there, done that, got tired of it. This is not to say that I shun my own people. This only means I accept the fact that I somehow don't fit in, and it would be better to be myself and get along where there is mutual interest without loosing sight of who I am. I do have several very good friends who are Thai. It just so happens that they either live far from Bangkok or live abroad. My close friends are just like me; they crave adventure. I'm happy for them, but it kinda sucks when you only get to communicate with them via phone, Skype, FB or e-mail. Hey, when I spent my time abroad they probably thought the same thing, so it's theirs turn now. I'll just have to deal with it.
Anyway, back to the bowling tournament. If I want to brag about something, it is definitely not about how good I am at sport. However, if I really want to brag about something sport related, I could say I take pride in sucking sport...haha...The rule of the tournament was simple. Each team had three members, played theree games, and the team with the highest score won. E and C were pretty good eventhough they told me they hadn't play bowling for a long time. I, on the other hand, really sucked so badly. I managed to make one stikes among a dozen gutter balls, but that was it. E and C were so supportive the whole time that I felt bad. After we finished the game, my total score was only 88, while E got 218 and C got 243. My team got the lowest team score due to my...er...inability to play well. I was secretly embarrassed but tried to laughed it off. I mean the whole point of this tournament was for everyone to have fun, so I should have fun too. Besides, E and C kept reassuring me not to think too much about it. Well, I still wished I played better than this though.
I guess God might have pitied me because it turned out that my office prepared three cute stuff animals as a surpise for the team that had the lowest score. That was surprising indeed. Each of us got a cute doll. E got a horse, C hot a dog, and I got a teddy bear. That was quite lucky, wasn't it?
After bowling, E and C needed to do some shopping for their halloween costumes, so I volunteered to accompany them. We went to Siam Paragon, shopping and chatting. To me, E and C seem like very cool girls, and their French accent is so charming (hey, I can't help it!)
Last Saturday was probaly the most action-filled day I have ever had in a long while. Once we were done shopping, they said they didn't have any particular plan in the evening, and E suggested that we went to a karaoke. Of course, I didn't turn down. A fun opportunity like this didn't happen to me very often. So, we agreed to meet up again at 9 pm. E and C would bring another friend along to add to the troop.
What happened after that seemed to blend together as the night went by. We sang, we danced, and we drank. We sponteneously ended up in a new night club that was just open not too long ago (according to E and C). I realized that these expats know the night life of Bangkok way better than I do. I hope I can form a solid friendship with E and C. It's gonna be tons of fun weekends from now on.
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