At mealtime I recognize my Asia awareness getting bigger and I focus on Asia food much more. Berlin is a great place to get Asian food and so I try eating with chopsticks and enjoy spicy meals. If there was time for food school I maybe would attend it. The chopstick usage is not nearly looking professional, as you can see on the pic that shows me trying on Sushi for lunch. But there won´t be much Sushi in Thailand anyway. The chopsticks worked better with the spiciest meal on a Thai restaurant menu at dinner. At least I transferred some rice and veggies in my tummy. And as long as I get something in my tummy everything is fine, even if it takes hours :-). Had a Mai Thai with it for drink, a great taste experience, the sweetness of the drink and the spicy food. Now it really wasn´t the first time I had Asian food. I just focus on things that sound more original and spicier and haven´t eaten much with chopsticks before, because knife and fork are just easier. The taste of the food eating it the traditional way is very different, probably there isn´t much alltogether and mixed in your mouth :-). 
One week to go before I board the plane. My MBA class mates made me a little paper plane, so I can day dream about my upcoming trip in class. Changed my plans for the first days and now have a more definite route for the first weeks, will blog about that later...
