This is all the time

Hello Blogosphere!

There are a certain few things that people always tell me I must do when I am visiting Southeast Asia. They are as follows:

1. Eat good, cheap food
2. Buy awesome, cheap things
3. Get good, cheap massage

Based on some of my reflecting this past week, I must say that I am unoriginal and I am stupid.

Want to know how I know? Because of this. It has happened five times already..

(I have been in Thailand for nearly two weeks now, and I have paid money for two Thai massages.)

BUT! In my defense, for my last massage, I thought that if I tried something different, I may enjoy myself more. I asked for a 60-minute head-shoulder-back massage from a massage parlor in Chiang Mai (instead of a full-body massage). The end results were as follows:

B: I would like a head-shoulder-back massage, please.
M: Yes, okay.
B: Will you please be gentle?
M: Yes, okay.
B: Why are you massaging my foot? I asked for a head-shoulder-back massage.
M: Yes, okay.
B: But you're still massaging my leg. And you're pressing too hard! Please, softly! And remember, not my foot. I asked for--
M: Yes, okay.
B: You are massaging my butt.
M: Yes, okay.
B: Oww! Can you massage more softly?
M: Yes, okay.
B: Arggghhhhh.
M: Hahahahahhahaha.
B: I actually would just like to relax. Could you just rub my back gently or something?
M: Yes, okay.
B: Ahhhhhooowwww!
M: Hehehehehehehe.
B: Um, excuse me. I think it's been like, 45 minutes. Do you think you can move onto my back, shoulder, and head now?
M: Sorry, no.

Love,
bcl.