Surreal Halloween
Or to be more accurate: Halloween at Surreal. Surreal is the bar here in Nong Khai that hosted the Halloween party we went to.
Halloween was a stressful day by my new standards. By 1pm Caroline and I had run costume-acquision errands to the covered market, to Tesco (I was lured along on this one with promises of a proper espresso machine located in the same mall), to the post office to pick up a package from her mom with costume makings enclosed (by which point we were so exhausted and frustrated that Caroline threw a temper tantrum when she realized her mom had not sent the right stuff), and to the fabric store.
To be fair to Caroline, she was working with only a few hours of sleep thanks to her new puppy. Yes, we have a baby at Mut Mee. His name is Sid (short for Siddhartha) and he is eight weeks old. But I digress.
By 7pm the whole group was in costume and ready to go. I had managed to put together a white toga with a gold ribbon belt and a headdress of plastic grape bunches. It was a vaguely Bacchanalian thing, you see. Caroline was a pink devil complete with body paint, wig, horns, etc – all pink. Simeon was a mummy. Petra was snow (cooler costume than it sounds, really). Lee was a nerd. And Julian was Oscar the Grouch (green body paint + plastic trash can). It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that with all the body paint floating around, by the end of the night my white toga was less than pristine.
Surreal was my first actual bar experience in Thailand. Like most bars I’ve peeked into, it was more like someone’s living room than a Western bar. The highlight was that Jose catered the party so there was a gorgeous buffet with Carribean-style shredded pork, black bean chili, mashed potatoes, veggies, pasta. I ate like a maniac. A betoga’d pork-eating maniac. And also enjoyed my fair share of lime/mint/vodka smoothies.
The party was ok fun. It was mostly just our group, a big crowd of Travel to Teach volunteers and some random Nong Khai-ers. Once everyone was liquored up we had a bit of a dance party. Oh, and Caroline won the limbo contest. But the shot she was given as a reward pushed her over the edge from fun drunk to way drunk, so I had to take her home not long after.
And that was Halloween. Sorry for the lame entry. I will try to make it up to you soon with photos of our night.
Tags: Nong Khai, Thailand
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