I saw a whole lot of cats today, guess they were all hiding on the first day. I also saw other transgirls from a distance but they vanished too fast before I could try and talk to them. Didn't get to mingle yet.
To answer your questions:
You can ask for water at the reception, they will bring a huge ass water bottle to your cottage. I'll see how easy it is to handle and decide if I can use these after the surgery, or if I should buy smaller bottles at the department store.
I came here with a friend who's also getting srs'd, and we had a really hard time finding soup at the store. There were just a few cans stored with canned food. Haven't seen chicken bullion. Most likely we weren't looking at the right place. My experience with buying food in thailand so far is having a hard time finding what I need, and seeing all kinds of stuff that I have no clue what it is.
Some products have their names written in english on the price label, but not all of them.
I can give you some directions when you girls get here. I've met a former Chett patient at the department store and she told me about useful places here.
Let me know when you get to bangkok and I'll tell you where I am.
Everything's going well so far, I love my cottage

Cheers