Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Change


Hi,

We have concluded that today was a good day.  Actually, they are all good days.  We stayed on the compound for most of the day.  The pool got double use, and we dined with friends at Central Plaza.

A few more readers chimed in on the 'Easy Monday' song and told me it was "Love Me Do" by The Beatles.  That means that even more of you will know the artist group and probably the title of the 'Zany Day' song.
"Jojo was a man who thought he was a loner, but he knew it wouldn't last.  Jojo left his home in Tucson, Arizona for some California grass.  __ __, __ __, __ __ to where you once belonged...."  Hint:  There is a theme working here.  Get back to me as soon as you can.  Title is in two words.

This morning I had my weekly massage.  Khun Joy has a way of expanding on whatever discomfort was there, only to make it better in the end.  All that to say that she helped me once again.  She's a very smart woman and the plan that she had for her business is working.  She is booked up all the time and now has another operator working with her.  

I left Joy's and went to the fruit lady's stand at the veggie market in search of apples for our drink.  Nobody had apples.  I know there are apples in Thailand because we buy them at Makro, but in town they seem to be non-existent. 
Apples are what make the 5 juice drink palatable.  Today we drank it without the fresh apple juice and it was gross.  
Tomorrow morning we go to Makro for apples and other essentials.  (Ha)  The last time we were there I took a picture of what I like to call the 'Curry Bar'.  Each of the bowls contains a different variation of curry.  Enjoy.


This afternoon we decided to go swimming.  Because of the recent rain and the cooler temps we put on our wetsuits.  Just as we were about to go in, Kwang arrived with her daughter and a friend.  The kids wanted to go swimming after we were done.   Kwang has been working in the yard in the afternoons with a focus on taking all the tiny green apple-like fruit off of five large bushes.  Daku loves to eat them but we're pretty sure it's not a healthy attraction.  

This evening we met our good friends Sutheera and Nukoon at Central Plaza for dinner.  We haven't seen them in quite awhile so it was nice to get together.  Nukoon and I talked a lot about the growth of Chiang Rai and how it is becoming a real hub city in Northern Thailand.  He told me that it is possible to drive to China from Thailand.  There was a photo in the Chiang Rai Times showing a car in town with Chinese license plates.  Sutheera is getting closer to completing work on her doctoral thesis in business marketing, and that's always interesting to hear about.  After dinner we did some light shopping and called it an evening.  We were surprised to see so many people in the mall on a Wednesday night.  This place has really changed since our arrival over five years ago.  Amazing Thailand.

Have a Thrilling Thursday.

                    Peace,
                               Danny

"Most people are in favor of progress;
it's the change they don't like."
~Anonymous

No comments: