Couple of photos for you:
Loved the English, hated the closure.
My cosy corner at work - I hope you can read the sign. I got tired of interruptions so resorted to grumpiness. Well I am old after all.
To all Thai phone-users: either don't answer while you're walking, or learn to walk in a straight line whilst talking. A reasonable pace would also be welcome. I've now taken to shouting "OI!" exremely loudly when they meander into my path, and if ignored, barging past with a "Tut!" and a shake of the head. Very grumpy behaviour. The scary thing is, they do it while driving as well. If their sense of direction when walking is anything to go by, the accident rate can only go up. I give them plenty of room when I'm on the bike, that's for sure. Maybe I should get a loud exhaust like Bart's, for extra road-presence. Just in the name of safety, you understand...
In other news, today was the coolest day since last February, and I loved it. I walked the length of Soi 8 without breaking into a sweat. Actually that's a lie - I was picked up by our tuk-tuk half way along. The place will be much more comfortable between now and March, so if anyone's thinking of a trip....
In other news, I have a game lined up with someone who (I'm reliably informed) can play squash properly. This is big news, enormous news, stupendous news. I hope he lives up to expectations. I've been playing weekly with two of the chaps from work but I really miss being regularly played off court for Glossop Squash second team. Ahh, those were the days. I recently got the team sheets for this season's first game sent to me via email - pangs of homesickness set in straight away - and It's the same guys playing, 15 months after I left. Funny how you expect everything to have changed when you've been abroad a while, and somehow disappointing when you discover it hasn't. I've no doubt I'll get the usual "Oh, have you been away?" when I finally get back there.
Off to bed now - I've been to the gym and have to be up early for another day of fending off interruptions.
Be good.
