Sushi and a Fortune Teller

First of all, I would like to confidently say that I've just had the best sushi of my life. Holy wow. Maybe it was the fact that it was unlimited, as in all-you-can-eat. Yes, all you can eat sushi, made to order. Not just sushi, but high quality sashimi, tempura, and endless other Japanese dishes. I can't stop thinking about it. It's borderline love affair. For under $10 we kept plates coming faster than we could eat them, and probably consumed hundreds of dollars worth of food. Maybe it's not healthy to eat a few kilos of raw fish. I don't care because it tastes better when you know you can get another plate of these delicacies at the nod and a signal to the waitress, who by the way was staring at us the whole time. She was probably in awe at our superb garbage-disposal-like wolfing abilities. This kind of meal is sort of a splurge on the Thai wallet, but I am willing to get a second job to keep eating here (and probably an extension on my gym membership will be in order as well).

After dinner we went to the 39 baht fortune teller lady in the middle of the market. I don't know if I've ever been to a fortune teller before, but I thought I'd give it a go. The woman is Thai so I had two of my Thai friends taking notes and translating for me. It was Tarot card style and I had to choose 10 cards with my left hand and then she flipped them over one by one and told me about, well, me. Here's what I gathered from the translation: I am easy going, sociable, and charming. I like to talk to people and make new friends easily. I will see my family soon. However, I am lonely at times because a "soul mate" is very far away. So, that's that.

Then I get to ask 5 questions. After each question I choose three cards with my left hand. My first question was, "What will I be doing for work over the next year?" She said my work may include some travel and it will be very hard and tiring. Second question was if I will ever have children (which is oddly the answer I was most afraid of hearing), and she said very clearly, "Of course." The cards I picked showed a happy couple on one and a happy family on the other, and the last card signified 2. Two kids. I also asked if my family will have good fortune over the next year. She said everything with my family will continue as normal, that they are very loving and are good at helping people. The last two questions I asked were followed by answers that freaked me out a little too much to share here. For something like that, translated into another language, mind you, to hit so close to home made my jaw drop a little. It's all in the cards, I guess.