26th Episode of Bangkok Days and Nights
Currently I am having no success in up-loading the picture of the Thai language but I will try again another day.
At about 1830 I had a telephone call from Rosalind telling me that the traffic was horrid and they had been stuck in traffic for over an hour and a half. The plan was to meet up with Adam if possible on the way home and travel together. They all arrived home at about 2030 exhausted by their prolonged occupation of the Bangkok car-parks that sometimes serve the function of roads. I was pleased that I had decided to stay home.
Dinner was tempura battered fish with onions and carrots also tempura battered.
Sheila was very pleased with her new sun-glasses and wore them for much of the evening watching television. Sheila and Rosalind were also pleased with their make-up purchases which they then supplemented by some on-line buying from ‘StrawberryNET’, a site that I am assured is great value. I should no complain as I have been told that they have ordered some ‘Bvlagri pour homme’ aftershave for me. Though I am still inclined to the belief that the range of men’s cosmetic stuff should be limited to soap and toothpaste, with the addition of prickly heat powder in the tropics.
After dinner we thought it was a good opportunity to watch ‘Pirates of the Caribbean-Dead Man’s Chest’, on of the three that I had bought in Chiang Mai. It would not load into the DVD player so I suggested we try it on the computer. Surprisingly it worked but we quickly discovered why it was so cheap and did not work on the player. It was a ‘pirate’ copy that had been recorded by someone in a cinema and the heads of the people in front were apparent as were the noises of popcorn and chips being consumed, we gave up on watching the ‘pirate’ of the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ and watched some ‘History Channel’ stuff a very old episode of ‘Black Adder’ and then an old ‘Seinfeld’.
I went to bed about 2300 and Sheila followed a little later, but as she came to bed awoke and then could not get back to sleep until about 0430. We are both suffering sleep deprivation because of Sheila’s insomnia.
16th August 2006
Of course Sheila and I arose very late and felt guilty as Wednesday is the day that Khun Noy changes all the bed clothing and our sleeping habits would have been playing havoc with her well ordered routine. However Khun Noy just says “mai pen rai” and smiles.
I walked to the supermarket at the ends of the soi to get a copy of the Bangkok Post and also se the dogs. They were keen to see me and do not seem to mind that I do not take them food as often. I don’t want them to get fat because of my spoiling them.
It was raining for a while which delayed Sheila and Rosalind on their quest for a particular lipstick make and colour. “What a hassle life is for the female of the species when they are thwarted in these ventures”.
Rosalind has booked a flight for herself to Melbourne tomorrow afternoon; she planned to meet a carpenter to get a quote on some bookshelves being installed in their apartment before they return to Australia next year. Rosalind also was planning to visit her mum in Hobart as she had not seen Christine for a while and also Christine had been a little unwell.
At about 1830 I had a telephone call from Rosalind telling me that the traffic was horrid and they had been stuck in traffic for over an hour and a half. The plan was to meet up with Adam if possible on the way home and travel together. They all arrived home at about 2030 exhausted by their prolonged occupation of the Bangkok car-parks that sometimes serve the function of roads. I was pleased that I had decided to stay home.
Dinner was tempura battered fish with onions and carrots also tempura battered.
Sheila was very pleased with her new sun-glasses and wore them for much of the evening watching television. Sheila and Rosalind were also pleased with their make-up purchases which they then supplemented by some on-line buying from ‘StrawberryNET’, a site that I am assured is great value. I should no complain as I have been told that they have ordered some ‘Bvlagri pour homme’ aftershave for me. Though I am still inclined to the belief that the range of men’s cosmetic stuff should be limited to soap and toothpaste, with the addition of prickly heat powder in the tropics.
After dinner we thought it was a good opportunity to watch ‘Pirates of the Caribbean-Dead Man’s Chest’, on of the three that I had bought in Chiang Mai. It would not load into the DVD player so I suggested we try it on the computer. Surprisingly it worked but we quickly discovered why it was so cheap and did not work on the player. It was a ‘pirate’ copy that had been recorded by someone in a cinema and the heads of the people in front were apparent as were the noises of popcorn and chips being consumed, we gave up on watching the ‘pirate’ of the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ and watched some ‘History Channel’ stuff a very old episode of ‘Black Adder’ and then an old ‘Seinfeld’.
I went to bed about 2300 and Sheila followed a little later, but as she came to bed awoke and then could not get back to sleep until about 0430. We are both suffering sleep deprivation because of Sheila’s insomnia.
16th August 2006
Of course Sheila and I arose very late and felt guilty as Wednesday is the day that Khun Noy changes all the bed clothing and our sleeping habits would have been playing havoc with her well ordered routine. However Khun Noy just says “mai pen rai” and smiles.
I walked to the supermarket at the ends of the soi to get a copy of the Bangkok Post and also se the dogs. They were keen to see me and do not seem to mind that I do not take them food as often. I don’t want them to get fat because of my spoiling them.
It was raining for a while which delayed Sheila and Rosalind on their quest for a particular lipstick make and colour. “What a hassle life is for the female of the species when they are thwarted in these ventures”.
Rosalind has booked a flight for herself to Melbourne tomorrow afternoon; she planned to meet a carpenter to get a quote on some bookshelves being installed in their apartment before they return to Australia next year. Rosalind also was planning to visit her mum in Hobart as she had not seen Christine for a while and also Christine had been a little unwell.
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