My inconvenient truths
SO THIS FRIDAY, I went to make my Thai passport with Ma. Were promptly served a number in the waiting room, got to a desk quite chop chop and thus set to fill out the various forms in Thai and English. All went well enough, except for the following two ..situations:
#1
LADY AT DESK: Before I input this data, I need your consent that the information is correct, and you are standing by this unorthodox and incorrect spelling.
SHAZ: Huh what? Did I misspell my last name in thai again ahaha this happens all the- WAIT a minute, why are you pointing at my English name?
LaD: This is wrong, there shouldn't be an "H" here.
SHAZ: ......what uh no. There should. I should know. It being my name and all.
LaD: Are you quite sure?
SHAZ: YES.
LaD: *IMPASSIVE STARE* So please sign here to prove that you have seen and approved of this incorrect spelling.
SHAZ: Grkkkk-- okay fine HERE.
I mean, "SARON"? That isn't even a Thai name, if my uh, very western last name didn't hint at that already. "CHARON" I could have bought as an alternative, but "SARON" just seems one "U" away from ~*SAURON*~ to me.
#2
DUDE MEASURING HEIGHT: Okay, please stand here. HEIGHT: 176cms!
SHAZ: What! No wait, you must be mistaken, I'm actually taller than this. RETAKE IT.
MA: Sharon! Sit down and stop being such a baby!
SHAZ: MA I AM NOT 3CMS SHORTER THAN I ACTUALLY AM THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR MY SELF ESTEEM OKAY I NEED TO RETAKE THIS.
DMH: Whatever. *redoes* HEIGHT: 176cms! Look.
SHAZ: I REJECT THIS REALITY, there is obviously something wrong with your measuring thing.
MA: This is the standardized Thai national height measure, Sharon.
SHAZ: SHUN THE NONBELIEVER, SHUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNah
(the next day at the BRH hospital for my vacc)
SHAZ: So nurse, could you also measure my height please?
NURSE: ...HEIGHT: 176cms!
SHAZ: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooOOooOOoOoooooooooo
Fucking hell, where did I get the notion I was taller? I liked being 179cms! Now I'm just ...on the large size of average, instead of being a short tall person. URGH. It is amazing how much I was actually at turns pissed off and really sad at this, lolol Dad kept making fun of meeee.
Otherwise, hello hello from Ma's couch and laptop in Chiang Mai! She and Andy are fast asleep since like, 9PM, I guess because life is HARD up north, or they weren't actually asleep and the walls are thankfully more soundproof that I expected. It has been nice so far here, with minor quibbles with Ma that I figure are mostly due that I am being excessively hormonal at this time of the month and am willing to pick fights over her requests for me to get up earlier ("because Andy doesn't like to wake up late and lie around the house") and swear less ("I just want you to look the best in front of Andy") ...the latter at which I utterly fail at, because my filthy mouth has reached a subconscious level?? OOPS MY BAD. My default reactions were basically indignation that I should have to force myself to be on my best behavior to someone I've known for a while and hello, HOLIDAY, but yeah. *shrugs* Today was manicure and pedicure day for the whole family- I got my nails painted! A not-quite blood red with black and white teeny cherry blossoms!-, followed by chillaxing at home and some WALKING STREET NIGHT MARKET, where I bought some gorgeous and cheap black stone and detailed silver earrings that were made and sold by an equally gorgeous guy. Seriously, dude looked like a manlier version of Ananda Everingham, all toned and slighty scruffy, dressed in the boho artsy look so many favor here that would have made him look like a gigantic tool, except for the fact that, hello HUNK. *fans self*
ALSO: AJ still cute, and apparently a fiend for electric shocks, as he chewed through the last wireless router whatever cable. LOLOLOL
ALSO: FEDERER IN US OPEN FINALS WOOOOOOO and AUSTRIA FUCKING BEATS FRANCE AT FOOTBALL 3:1 AHAHAHAHAHAHA FANTASTIC
#1
LADY AT DESK: Before I input this data, I need your consent that the information is correct, and you are standing by this unorthodox and incorrect spelling.
SHAZ: Huh what? Did I misspell my last name in thai again ahaha this happens all the- WAIT a minute, why are you pointing at my English name?
LaD: This is wrong, there shouldn't be an "H" here.
SHAZ: ......what uh no. There should. I should know. It being my name and all.
LaD: Are you quite sure?
SHAZ: YES.
LaD: *IMPASSIVE STARE* So please sign here to prove that you have seen and approved of this incorrect spelling.
SHAZ: Grkkkk-- okay fine HERE.
I mean, "SARON"? That isn't even a Thai name, if my uh, very western last name didn't hint at that already. "CHARON" I could have bought as an alternative, but "SARON" just seems one "U" away from ~*SAURON*~ to me.
#2
DUDE MEASURING HEIGHT: Okay, please stand here. HEIGHT: 176cms!
SHAZ: What! No wait, you must be mistaken, I'm actually taller than this. RETAKE IT.
MA: Sharon! Sit down and stop being such a baby!
SHAZ: MA I AM NOT 3CMS SHORTER THAN I ACTUALLY AM THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR MY SELF ESTEEM OKAY I NEED TO RETAKE THIS.
DMH: Whatever. *redoes* HEIGHT: 176cms! Look.
SHAZ: I REJECT THIS REALITY, there is obviously something wrong with your measuring thing.
MA: This is the standardized Thai national height measure, Sharon.
SHAZ: SHUN THE NONBELIEVER, SHUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNah
(the next day at the BRH hospital for my vacc)
SHAZ: So nurse, could you also measure my height please?
NURSE: ...HEIGHT: 176cms!
SHAZ: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooOOooOOoOoooooooooo
Fucking hell, where did I get the notion I was taller? I liked being 179cms! Now I'm just ...on the large size of average, instead of being a short tall person. URGH. It is amazing how much I was actually at turns pissed off and really sad at this, lolol Dad kept making fun of meeee.
Otherwise, hello hello from Ma's couch and laptop in Chiang Mai! She and Andy are fast asleep since like, 9PM, I guess because life is HARD up north, or they weren't actually asleep and the walls are thankfully more soundproof that I expected. It has been nice so far here, with minor quibbles with Ma that I figure are mostly due that I am being excessively hormonal at this time of the month and am willing to pick fights over her requests for me to get up earlier ("because Andy doesn't like to wake up late and lie around the house") and swear less ("I just want you to look the best in front of Andy") ...the latter at which I utterly fail at, because my filthy mouth has reached a subconscious level?? OOPS MY BAD. My default reactions were basically indignation that I should have to force myself to be on my best behavior to someone I've known for a while and hello, HOLIDAY, but yeah. *shrugs* Today was manicure and pedicure day for the whole family- I got my nails painted! A not-quite blood red with black and white teeny cherry blossoms!-, followed by chillaxing at home and some WALKING STREET NIGHT MARKET, where I bought some gorgeous and cheap black stone and detailed silver earrings that were made and sold by an equally gorgeous guy. Seriously, dude looked like a manlier version of Ananda Everingham, all toned and slighty scruffy, dressed in the boho artsy look so many favor here that would have made him look like a gigantic tool, except for the fact that, hello HUNK. *fans self*
ALSO: AJ still cute, and apparently a fiend for electric shocks, as he chewed through the last wireless router whatever cable. LOLOLOL
ALSO: FEDERER IN US OPEN FINALS WOOOOOOO and AUSTRIA FUCKING BEATS FRANCE AT FOOTBALL 3:1 AHAHAHAHAHAHA FANTASTIC