Local Candies...

A slight departure from the Pop Rocks phenomenon, it seems that if you chew sour menthos and drink pepsi at the same time, it'll explode in you mouth.
(Actually, i found that the menthos variation actually does have an origin in Brazil... go figure!)

While the Pop Rocks experiments might be a bit more dramatic, with all the noise, the extra CO2, etc., this experiment did prove a point:

The Difference between an Engineer & a Chemist
One of the engineers in the group stuffed three in his mouth, took a big gulp of pepsi, and grinned as he waited for an explosion. The chemist, however, took a pink menthos, put it in a cup, and poured the pepsi into the cup.

The engineer experienced no adverse effects from his experiment. The chemist, however, removed the menthos to find it completely stripped of its color. Not so harmless, now, is it...? ;)

The canteen in which our experiments were held:

This smaller canteen is located in the girls dormitory, closer than the big canteen...

one of my meals there:


fish is often salted here to preserve it longer - makes it a little more like fish jerky, depending on how long and how much salt they put on it... this one was on the less salted side, but still needed rice - accompanied by tofu and vegetables in a quite tasty light sauce (couldn't say ingredients!)... this plate cost 30 Baht - less than a dollar.

...Speaking of Candies:
A popular sugar fix in class - Jolly Bears! Though the package was carelessly ripped, (by me - what, i needed sugar!), the thai writing on the top is the phonetic of "jolly bears" - which conveniently accomodates bear prints...!



I was also introduced to a completely unfamiliar candy:

These little white tablets are actually made of condensed milk (powder)... so if you chew them up, it the consistency gets a little like caramel - or you can just suck on them slowly, and it tastes like sweet milk! not bad...

i even broke up a tablet and tested it out on the resident cat (cared for at school) and she absolutely loved it...