A New Friend

I don’t have a lot of friends in Thailand due to my language barrier. Sometimes, I don’t even understand their English.

But recently, I know this nice lady from my kids’ art class and she’s quite a pleasant person to talk to. To me, there is a huge money gap between Thai people. They can be quite poor but those rich Thai people are very very rich! Serious! You can see the difference by the way they dress, talk, the schools their kids attend and maybe by the locations of their houses. But I am quite surprised with this rich lady because not only that she’s friendly to be my translator (oh ya, there are other mothers too), she even helps me with my kids when I pick them up and bring them to the car park.

In Thailand, it’s best to pack your car with the front facing out so that it’s easier to drive out. Other cars can pack in front of yours in N mode, and that’s legal. No one scratches your car if you do so, thus don’t worry.

But yesterday, a big truck was packed in front of mine, and as I was busy buckling up my kids, this lady approached me and gave me a hand of pushing the truck. I know that I could not do it on my own, and even if I could, I might have pushed it too much and hit the car behind. Gosh, who’s auto insurance should we claim if that happens? LOL!

I’m quite touched to see her stepping out from her BMW and gave me a hand. It took us quite a while to push that big truck too, aiyo, 2 ladies pushing a truck is no play play man. LOL! Where were that security guards when I needed one? Sometimes, they will just follow me to my car if I’m pushing a trolley. They will help me to push the trolley away and also lead a way for my to drive out. Ya, the “parking service” in Bangkok is awesome.

But funnily, we could not spot any security guard yesterday. Thank god this nice lady was willing to help me. Besides that, it’s nice to get a new friend.