Ever been to a Ping Pong Show?

So we landed in Bangkok and were wandering Khao San Road when we heard someone mention a 'Ping Pong Show'. A friend had recommended the show to Jackie so we thought we should check it out. We met a couple who are teaching in Bangkok, and they told us to find a show with no cover, because apparently it would be "tamer". Now, what exactly do you think a 'Ping Pong Show' entails? Because Jackie and I seperately concluded that the Thai must be really into the game and we were about to see a serious underground ping pong tournament with intense gambling and crazy ping pong tricks (think back flips, etc) and maybe even some bloodshed.

Anyways we met a friend named MJ while getting Pad Thai on the street (he is from Jordan and is working as a diving instructor in Ko Tao) who decided to accompany us so we hopped in a cab and went to the area known as Pat Pong. We finally got to the show, and needless to say we were sorely mistaken. If you are not as naive as us I am sure you have deduced by now that a 'Ping Pong Show' is code for a sex show (which by the way Bari knew and neglected to mention. Sicko.). There were naked women doing special... tricks... which I really believe require some serious talent. Anyways it turned out they lied about the 'no cover' (if this was tame I don't want to know what you get when you pay for it) and after getting into a lovely fight with some scary Thai women we decided it was time to book it. Quite the eye-opening experience.

Bye Bye Bali

After 2 weeks of long and arduous work, we finally finished Habitat! Wahoo! Unfortunately we didn't actually manage to build a whole house, but we did dig a hole and lay a few stones...

I know it sounds like we didn't do any work but we actually worked our butts off to make that pit and foundation, so NO LAUGHING!

Obviously after that, we needed to spend 5 days relaxing by the pool at our own private villa with our most favourite new friends, Anne and Nicole.

In Ubud, Chelsie met her cousin Sylvia for the first time. Sylvia was really nice and all, but she did call me a crazy woman? Not sure why, I'm really not all that CWAZY.

Then we jetted to Bangkok, where we had the pleasure of finding out firsthand what people mean when they call it the "World's Single Man's Playground''. For more details, keep reading... (take it away, Chelsie...)

p.s. for any of you who are supremely bored, here is our Habitat's Flickr page http://flickr.com/gp/44683272@N04/2a852z

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I will be guest posting for these hot messes during our time in Bali to keep you (2 loyal followers) up to speed on all of the exciting sartorial happenings.

Happy Bali-ween!

So, we were able to convince the group to dress up as fools and have our very own Baliween celebration! Our hotel set up speakers for us by the pool and we boogied 'til the wee hours of the morning... actually, only 'til 11 pm.. but judging by the average age of the trip, that was late enough.

Even with limited supplies we managed to come up with some incredible costumes. Anne was an egg (the only edible food we are given on the trip), I was a skeleton, Bari was a mummy, Chelsie was Cleopatra, Joseph was a Toga Fratboy (not a far stretch from his normal persona) and Nicole was herself after the trip, with rice packets and chips attached directly to her thighs. Other costumes included a black-eyed-P, surfer boy, mechanic and a zebra.

(Nicole doing limbo) (when we put stuff in brackets, it's as if the writing isn't actually there, so Nicole can't actually get mad)

Warning: we are not actually this tanned or red. Bari just has the "darkened skin tone" mode set on her camera. Woooooo we love Canons what, what

Bali

Arrived in Denpasar, Bali, where we had people waiting with signs for us and then we got leid...

We spent the first two days touring with the team

(This is our friend Nicole, we promised we wouldn't blog about her)

Before we got to work

Jackie won biggest nerd award and carries her epipen in a fanny pack around her waist

China

China was amazing. However, unfortunately thanks to Mao, the china firewall blocked our blog, preventing us from updating you on our worldly travels. But now we will fill you in on everything that we did. Get ready.

First, we went to Beijing. It was smoggy and a bit gross. We were caught in a Tornado one day and Bari almost flew away. No joke. Otherwise Beijing was jokes. We met hilarious Canadian financial guys mining for Vandium??? We joined their tour group at the Forbidden City because they felt sorry for us little girls... and they seemed starved for female attention.

We also climbed the Great Wall!

Then, on to glamourous Shanghai where we spent our time shopping and running away from homeless men trimming their beards with nail clippers and yelling boo at us.

Hong Kong was next. We arrived at our hostel, confused why it looked like a sweatshop factory. The place was called Chungking Mansions. Only after we checked in, did we get an email from Allison Hennick saying, "Whatever you do, don't stay at Chungking Mansions!" Whatevs.. it's all part of the experience... right?

Japanese, they're just like us

They have a YMCA.

They go to school!

They sleep on the subway!

They take Kaplan courses!!!

Day 2 and 3

Warning: the letter after 'a' isn't working, so we will replace it with '-'

Yesterday, we went to Harajuku, the area where all the Japanese street hipsters hang. There were lots of market stands mixed in with expensive stores. I could have spent the entire day there, -ut o-viously, -ari and Chelsie threatened to a-andon me if I did :(

We later did some -oring stuff that Chelsie wanted to do, while I was still dreaming a-out Harajuku...

jk... we o-vs did fun stuff.. we are in Tokyo, it's impossi-le not to! Sooo we did an architecture walk around the expensive area of Aoyama and ate at an organic restaurant frequented -y the likes of Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder. The architecture tour was cool -ut the organic food was... uhh... it was.. mmm... organic food.

Yesterday, we got up early and went to the fish market. It was sooooo cooool!!! I had a sushi -reakfast. It was so fresh and delicious!

We later went to the Imperial palace and made friends with a few exchange students who invited us to join their guided tour. Our favourites were Tom and Geri. Tom (only -oy i picture -elow) was so cute! -ari tried to flirt with him -ut he wasn't really getting it. He was just too shy and young. While those shenanigans were happening, I made friends with Geri (2nd from left). She was awesome and gave us some great tips a-out the city that we will put in good use for today!

Sayonara for today,

xoxoxx

J-C

Konichiwa!

Dear family and friends,

After 13 hours of flying, one veggie, one kosher and one peanut free meal later we have finally arrived in Tokyo, Japan!


We are so happy to be here. It is difficult to type on Japanese computers.
Everyone is very nice here. Actually sooo nice. The type of sooo nice that we can't comprehend back in Canada. One stranger threw out his bowl of soup he was eating to escort us for 20 minutes to our hostel.

We arrived at our hostel tired and disgruntled, but then we saw these magnificent robes aaaaaand.... we think we are turning Japanese, we think we are turning Japanese, we really think so dooo dooo dooo



We didn't want to go to sleep yet, so we decided to wander around the city. 10 dollars on the subway later, we found ourselves in the area of Asakusa (Ah-sock-sa), where sensoji-temple lies.


Love,
JBC

11 days 'til departure

Get your bags ready, bitches! Wooooooooo

Don't forget to bring a towel
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