In the temple, I see ppl even angmos asking for a lucky lot. so I tried too and this was what I got.
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As we walked out of the temple, we bought some meatballs, bbq corn, cooked coconut as well as cha nom to munch on. We found a flight of clean steps, sat there and people watch while we enjoy our tea break. It was a nice experience.
We head back to our hostel, recharged and walked our way to Fah Lanna. We sure were addicted. Today, we had a 2hrs massage instead of 1hr and by fate, i got my warm, fleshy, gentle hands again.
After which, dinner and shopping at the night market. Again. I wondered how can i squeeze all the purchases inside. Hence i started searching for a decent 55l backpack but non caught my eyes.
We stopped at Starbucks for a break and while resting, this man who was sitting in front of us, outside the shop, turn back and pointed towards the sign beside him 'Tarot Cards'. I signaled back 'How much?' and he mouthed '300bht',
Erica and i decided to give him a try and i went first.
He asked for my name then translate it to Thai and asked for my dob and calculated my age. Then he mumbled something in Thai. Asked me to place my hand on the cards and peace my mind for 2 seconds. After which, he spread the cards out and asked me to pick 10. I did and he lay them in sequence, looked at me and started analyzing.
He said i have kindness in my eyes, and i will have money according to my brows. He said i speaks the truth and honored my words. My lucky number is 3,8,9. I should only get married after 33yrs old. I need time to know if my boyfriend well enough to get married. My husband must respect me. 31yrs old will be a bad yr for me. Im born to be an employee but in my mid thirties, i can have my own business. But it should be a small/middle business, cannot be a large business. I must do something i like and i can only do this business with my family or good friends. He asked me to be careful of my signatures. He asked me not to tell my future husband how much money i have and to have my own savings. Never let my husband knows how much money i have. I should only have 1 or 2 children. Not more than that as it will be bad for my health. There's a 70% chance my guy will be someone with identical background/culture to me and 30% chance that hes a foreigner. He said that i can be a number 2 in work and when number 1 left, i will take over the position. He also emphasize that i'm easily cheated by man.
That was mine. Then Erica had hers.
We reach back at around 11pm, showered, i watched my hk drama on my htc and then went to bed.
4th day in CM
ET source for a Thai cooking class and as recommended by tripadvisors, decided on A Lot Of Thai (http://www.alotofthai.com/). The class started with a pick up in an antique baby blue Volkswagen which is ohsocool!!!
We were brought to our class which is the backyard of our teacher's house. It sure looks cosy. Yui is our cooking teacher and she started with my fav dish, Pad Thai followed by Stir fried chicken with cashew nut and green curry. Then she drove us to the nearby market and introduce some of the veggis to us.
We went back to her house at around 3pm and finished with tom yum gung, fried spring roll and mango sticky rice.
During the course of the lesson, we not only learnt how to cook the dishes, she also taught us some foundation to cooking. Like how to determine if the chilies is hot or HOT. 2 Chilies Padis can be hot and VERY HOT despite looking the same. She also taught us how to drain the oil off spring roll, how to deep fry the spring roll so it will be evenly cooked. In short, i learnt a lot from her.
Yui, not only taught us Thai cooking. I also learnt a lot off her. I could feel the love she has for her family, her gratitude towards the farmers, her respect for all the food she used as well as her appreciation towards the society.
I see her as a human (it might sound strange but many times, i'd met someone who behaves worst then an animal) with an extremely generous and loving soul, someone who has found what she wants in life and treasures what she has. She does not take things for granted and value what she has got. She managed to melt me and strangely, when she was talking about how she feel that small vendors should be supported, i felt my eyes getting moist. The kindness in her, its hard to ignore.
Hence, if anyone is to visit CM, go for her lesson. Speak to her. Listen to her. You might bring back home more than Tom yum gung recipe.
The lesson ended at 6pm and Yui, with her husband and daughter, drove all of us back to our hostel. We rest for a while and heads for where else but Fah Lanna. This time, we had a 2hrs massage and a 1hr facial(the tarot card reader was right, its easy for man to get money off me).
My warm, fleshy, gentle hands was busy with another customer so guess who i got this time. The manager!! Actually i didnt realised it was the manager and i was thinking these hands are not that warm and strong but his massages and positions are a level up. Serious, he's THE MASTER(said with hands in praying posture and head bow respectfully). The facial, there was the cleasing, scrub, mask and moisturing cream. He was so gentle! My goodness. I was wondering if there will be any effect as it seems like he's only cleaning the surface instead of scrubing away the dirt in the pores. But the next morning when i wash my face, it was so so so soft! Seriously. Fah Lanna is worth every baht!!!
But it sure feels strange to tip the manager 80bht. Sigh. To tip or not to tip? What will you do?
Went back to rest after the massage as it was already after 11pm. No plans yet for the next day!
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So, just wait, yah? =)
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