I'm fat, The Cat Empire in Chiang Mai, Thai TV

I met up with Joy (travel agent turned friend from last time) and we went to the bar her friend Sherrie works. Sherrie saw me and said, "Oh, I know you from before! Yeah? Last time you smaller, right? This time you bigger? Yeah?" And then waited for an answer. Then she brought me over to a wall of pictures and showed me a photo from Joy's birthday party from January. Cool! "Yeah, you bigger now." Thanks Sherrie. It's not rude, it's just Thai.

Later, a DJ a reggae bar played "Hello, Hello". I absolutely freaked out. It was a version I had never heard before. I ran over to the DJ and started asking him a billion in English, really fast. I forgot I was in Thailand. He just smiled and shook his head because he had no idea what I was saying. Then I tried speaking slower and he just kept smiling and shaking his head. Oh well.

This morning I watched TV and found an international channel that shows The Office, Arrested Development and Sons & Daughters! Nice! And also such hits as Desperate Housewives, Rockstar Supernova, One Tree Hill, Kevin Hill, Boston Legal, 3rd Watch, JAG, and Two and A Half Men, which they advertise as "America's Most Watched Comedy". That can't be true, can it?