Tuesday, May 13, 2008

World

Hi,
Here we are, in Bangkok (BKK). This was the trip of forgetting. I forgot my passport and Supat had to drive me back to the house. Got on the plane and realized I forgot the headphones. I did, however, remember my laptop and the plug adapter. A few cylinders were firing.
A bunch of you wrote to me with right answers for the song. Does my heart good. Some of you even remembered the group. Nice.
"Some of them want to use you. Some of them want to get used by you. Some of them want to abuse you. Some of them want to be abused..." Clue: Another of those R&R couples who made sweet music and then split. No, it's not Sonny and Cher.
Speaking of cylinders, we watched the Formula One Grand Prix weekend on Slingbox for the first time this season. With our new connection, the streaming was fast enough to watch qualifying and the race. We've grown fond of the commentators on SpeedTV and missed their patter. The start of a new era. Yea.
Our hotel is pretty cool. The hospital hooked us up and it's real close. If you don't count the challenge of crossing the street, it's just a few minutes away. Bumrungrad Hospital is incredible. The entrance and lobby looks and feels like some kind of luxury hotel.
John told us to stop at Starbucks and get coffee and then come to his room. It was a regular Starbucks, right there in the lobby, along with other restaurants. Everyone was very helpful, making sure we got to where we wanted to go. When we got to the room, we were surprised. First off, John met us at the door, standing tall. The place was like a small apartment. There's a kitchen, a sitting area and a bedroom bigger than our hotel room. Very nice place.
We went out to the lobby for lunch and decided on the Japanese restaurant. It was hard to believe that we were in a hospital. After lunch it was off to new adventures. This was the first time John had felt this strong and his first real trip outside. We spent the afternoon at Siam Paragon. This is a fairly new, giant, deluxe shopping structure that must be seen to be believed. There is a five story department store that runs right up the middle of the building. On each floor, in sort of a ring around the department store, are elegant specialty stores. The floors are set up by genre. One floor had a predominance of audio stores with all the latest high-end, high-priced things to play music. Another floor featured furniture, and so on. We bought art supplies, books, and ended up going to the movies after dinner. John told us about this special theater with big seats. We saw Ironman, complete with blankets to keep us warm (the air/con was cold). By the way, the movie rocks. I'll post some pics when we get home.
It's been a busy day. Now I have to go downstairs and send this message. There's no connection in the rooms, but there's free
Wi-Fi in the lobby. That's cool enough.
Have a Happy Tuesday.

Peace,
Danny

"You can make your world so much larger
simply by acknowledging everyone else's."
~Jeanne Marie Laskas

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