So we walk down a tiny alley in Chiang Mai and come across the exact springs I need for my snow blower at home ... Except at home they are $16 + HST and here they are $0.30! So I go into the store and there is a woman and two kids working there ... I use hand signals to show her what I want and I speak in really simple English ... Then the youngest girl who is sitting at the computer looks at her sister and says I think you may have won a trip to Singapore in perfect English! I was rather taken aback and said wow your English is perfect (and by perfect I mean better than mine perfect!) So a conversation ensues ... Both girls go to English school ... (Grade 3 and Grade 7) and the Mom had done her Masters in Economics at Michigan State. I then proceeded to tell them I came all this way to Thailand to find these springs and they thought I was nuts and laughed. (Always great when people get my sense of humour) I then had to have her google snow blower to explain what I was even talking about. We had great fun chatting with them and I paid for the springs and told them to go buy an ice cream with the change! What a very cool experience ... Life is funny that way ... You just never know who you will meet when and where!
Posted on: Sun, 07 Dec 2014 05:38:19 +0000
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