having a moan

coming back from somewhere where things work very efficiently (hong kong) really makes the inefficiences/annoyances of thailand stand out in contrast. some examples in the past few days since i've returned:

- the confusing left or right turn after exiting customs; the dozen 'taxi, sir?' people standing around near the airport exits

- the air conditioning in my bedroom still not working right despite having been fixed repeatedly; the shower in my bathroom always being at either scalding hot or freezing cold; the ants in my bathroom visiting from downstairs that can't be exterminated (though they've mostly all died off from old age); dead cockroaches that were somehow unseen by the maid

- the two completely independent systems of payment for the skytrain and the subway; the inevitable 'i don't have change' from the taxi driver; tripping over a randomly raised point on the sidewalk; motorcycles revving their engines to get you out of the way on the sidewalk

- mai dai; mai mee; mot leow (aka 'finid')