I’m going to jump out of order here (since I’m WAY behind anyway) because of a very odd experience in Phuket (where we are now for the rest of November)…

On our second day in Phuket, Adam went to jujitsu class in the morning, leaving me in our apartment to sleep in and chill.  I Skyped with Padu and Kevin since we finally have good working internet, and about 30 minutes into our call, I hear people outside the door, and all of a sudden the door opens!!!

The cleaning people didn’t bother to knock, just busted right into the apartment with no warning.  They see me sitting on the couch with my laptop, with a look of shock on my face, and continue to walk right in holding towels saying “we clean?”.  I figured since they were here already, might as well let them.. It was then that they heard Padu and Kevin on the computer, and must have thought it was magic!

I never imagined video chat would cause  people living in the 21st century to be so intrigued, but I guess this is Thailand, and technology isn’t as commonly available as I thought.

So…back to the call…  Not that I invited them over to check out Skype on my computer or anything…they just came right up behind me staring at the screen….not realizing that Padu and Kevin can also see them (and were laughing at their expressions) and were waving at them.  One of the maids asked if I was talking to my sister, to which I responded “yes”, and they just kept staring….. and saying “Hi!”, and waving to Padu and Kevin, who were waving back at them. Lol.

The next 30 minutes were incredibly awkward (although funny), as the 2 maids were cleaning the apartment, while continuously looking over my shoulder at the laptop screen (not realizing that I can see them looking over my shoulder from the Skype camera, and Padu and Kevin could also see them and were laughing at them the whole time).  Padu and I turned to Skype messaging while on the video chat because talking became a little too weird knowing that these two women were listening and staring.

Kevin was so amused, that he snapped these pics, capturing the awkwardness for your enjoyment 🙂

I always feel like….somebody’s watching meeeee….

Not sure what on earth they were doing that took them like an hour to clean the room, but I have a sinking feeling that they were pretty distracted by the magic wormhole in my computer screen connecting me to the other side of the world, therefore making them work half as fast.

Since that day…they’ve started knocking on the door.  🙂