Hi,
Chiang Rai is finally warming up. The afternoon called for a T-shirt instead of a thermal, and socks are now optional. Next thing you know I'll be wearing shorts and sandals again. Yea.
Looks like 'Easy Monday' was just that. If you're still wondering, here's the second verse of this favorite:
"If the sky above you should turn dark and full of clouds, and that old north wind should begin to blow. Keep your head together and call my name out loud. Soon I will be knocking upon your door. You just call out my name, and you know where ever I am... yeah, yeah, yeah, __ __ __ __." Hint: Really?
Quite a bit of the furniture that is sold in Chiang Rai is made from 'pressed wood'. The parts for drawers and some tops of pieces are finished with a veneer that eventually warps or peels. We have been slowly replacing some of these items with real wood. Our search for a dresser ended today when we found a solid unit that will last for years. Another thing we noticed was that most dressers had very shallow drawers. I have concluded that because apartments are so small, there is not enough room for a standard depth or it would take up too much interior space. Our new dresser has deep drawers and that's a bonus.
Sometimes when we interact with people here, we get interesting and often humorous attempts at English. We had a conversation with Cat last night about learning how to put a sentence together. Things are done differently in Thai than in English and the outcome can be confusing. Recently we were talking to a clerk who was trying to communicate with us. When we were leaving she said, "Hello, Bye-bye". Later we realized that in Thai the same phrase is used to say hello and goodbye so it seemed logical to her to do the same in English. The adventure continues.
Today's photo is another example of 'you never know what you'll see' as you move about the city. I had to capture this example of excess to show you the possibilities. Actually, it's a demonstration vehicle for an auto sound shop that installs stereos and speakers. We didn't get to hear it with music, and I should probably be grateful for that. (555) Note: Each round thing you see is a speaker. The interior looked like the cockpit of a rocket ship. If you'd like to see more pics, email me and I'll send them.
The next big sporting event for us, besides the Super Bowl, will be the Winter Olympics. I'm still trying to figure out if any of the games will be televised here in The Kingdom. In some parts of the world it's not so easy to see major events when the broadcast rights are restricted to specific regions. There's always a way and I'm sure that modern technology will come through. Hmm.
Have a Happy Tuesday.
Peace,
Danny
~Hans Suyin
Gettin' Funky, Thai Style
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