i'm sitting here waiting for snapfish to upload my 95 pictures from vietnam...yeah, guys, get ready. ;p

i actually haven't been doing much sightseeing here in bangkok. yesterday when i arrived, i was a bit pooped, so i walked around a bit, had an interesting encounter (waiting to see what will come of this encounter, so i'll fill y'all in later), and slept in this morning. went to the national museum, and walked around a little bit more, but other than that, i've been pretty lazy about going to the sights (yes, that means less pictures...i know you guys are relieved...hehe). like i said before, the city is just...overwhelming...almost like how i think tourists might view los angeles (with better public transportation), and after my time in vietnam, i'm a bit pooped. need to recuperate for the rest of my trip. so i think tomorrow i'm just gonna hit one or two more "tourist" places, get a massage, and then head down to ko samui one of the islands in southeast thailand.

btw, i just saw an article on msn.com entitled, "are you a mosquito magnet?" kinda interesting read, but it reminded me of my mosquito woes while here in southeast asia. i've been averaging about 3-5 bites per week...usually i'll get bitten a few times on the same day, then itch for about 5 days, then right when my old mosquito bites are healing, i'll get fresh bites...weird, like God is prepping me for constant itching. the mosquitoes looove me! they're like fleas...one mosquito will bite me multiple times...chantha couldn't understand it. recent studies have shown that mosquitoes prefer me to chantha 5-1: on two separate nights, there was a mosquito in the room that bit me 4-5 times, and chantha got bitten once, and not at all. finally, i've been reacting very strongly to the bites...after a bite, there's an immediate burning reaction, and then the whole area (about 3-4 inch diameter...i'm not kidding) will swell up and get red. if i fall to temptation and itch, it gets ginormous.

i do have to say, however, that those bites do not compare to these random bites i've been getting from some unknown insect - one in angkor wat, another in koh kong province, and the last one at the mekong delta in vietnam - all on my right hand, all with similar reactions. seriously, i was tempted to take pictures, 'cuz everytime, my right hand looked completely different from my left hand due to the swelling...

okay, did i really just write about my insect bites for the last 10 minutes? you guys must be in pain. snapfish isn't done yet, but i'll spare you guys an even longer blog and sign off for now...