Crazy Markets and Sake Bombs

Me at Leo Burnett!
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So...7:30 am this morning came REALLY early. Our first agency this morning was DDB, and it was way out in the middle of nowhere so we had to leave almost 2 hours early.  But it was well worth it as it was one of the best agencies i've seen so far.  The office had a great feel to it; there was a meeting room complete with bean bag chairs and an amazing view, and a giant magnetic poetry wall when you first walked in.  And who ever said advertising in not a fun industry? ...

We had some free time in between that one and Grey group, so we wandered around for a bit and ate at this great little bakery.  My entire meal was less than $2, and i had 3 sandwiches and dessert!  After Grey, we went to Mong Koc; basically a huge overcrowded outdoor bargain market.  Known for it's proficence of knock off purses, I set out to get some great deals.  What I found, was a terrifying environment of crazy pushy sales ladies so desperate for sales they would literally bruise my arm before letting me leave without the latest fake Prada.  I ended up with two amazing paintings insteady, which are probably my favorite Asian finds so far : )  Although I did manage to talk some lady down from $200 US dollars to $50 for this great black leather "Prada" (which I still did not end up buying haha)...

did manage to talk some lady down from $200 US dollars to $50 for this great black leather "Prada" (which I still did not end up buying haha)...

Me attacking my green tea ice cream at dinner
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After that, we stumbled upon this amazing little Japanese restaurant...We had to take our shoes off before entering, and sat on the floor around a table.  Great food and great drinks; some of the group tried to recreate Sake-bombs (since apparently those are actually an American invention) with disasterous results.  We had a really fun time until we realized it was almost 10pm and WAY past our bedtimes considering we have to be ready to go at 7:30am tomorrow...

hasta manana!