Monday, September 27, 2010

Examine

Hi,

We had a weekend of sporadic rain here in Chiang Rai. The Grand Prix was very exciting, and besides cars, our thoughts were also on planes and trains. What?

Friday's 'Old School' song was "Mona Lisa" as sung by Nat 'King' Cole. Now it's back to 'Easy Monday', and I'm sure you all know this one: "Try to see it my way, do I have to keep on talking till I can't go on? While you see it your way, run the risk of knowing that our love may soon be gone. __ __ __ __ __, __ __ __ __ __." Hint: Four lads sang this song with five words in the title. It's about conflict resolution. See, I told you you knew it.

Sunday we lunched and shopped at Big C. On our way home, Lisa spotted a train in front of the government offices on a street we use to go across town. There was an 'old school' streamliner at the head of the train, and several passenger cars, all sitting on tracks that led to nowhere. It should be mentioned that there is no rail service in Chiang Rai whatsoever. There is a train that runs from Bangkok to Chiang Mai, but the mountain passes prohibited extending the service to the far north. This obviously calls for further investigation. As soon as I know, I'll pass the info on to you. There's got to be a story here.

A long time ago there was a shop in the Night Bazaar that sold earrings and fancy hair clips. In the back of the shop there were model airplanes on shelves and hanging from the ceiling. Every time we'd go to this shop I'd check out all the models. They were scale model, motorized, functional flyers. A few weeks ago we heard a buzzing sound across the road from our house, and at first I thought it was some kind of saw or weed machine. Then I noticed something in the sky. It was a model airplane looping and diving. They must have been flying it from across the river at the fair grounds. Then one day, as we passed the new government building by the bridge to town, we saw another plane flying over the big parking lot. The next time I hear that sound I'm going to go and check it out. You just never know what's going to happen next here in Chiang Rai.

We've been swimming in fairly cool water these days. The sun doesn't have enough time to warm things up before the clouds come. Today we raced out, thinking we had a shot at some sun, but after about 15 minutes, a big dark cloud blocked the rays. Soon, it was warmer in the water than on the deck. It's not time for the cold season yet. We've been reading about the 'warm' weather in Southern California. Hang in there. At least you don't have the high humidity that seems to live here. Imagine everyday, the same heat, over and over again. I'd tell you that I'm used to it, but there are times when I'm not. Still, we love it here.

Have a Great Week.

Peace,
Danny

"Re-examine all you have been told . . .
Dismiss what insults your Soul."
~Walt Whitman

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