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Hi,
Today we had morning guests, a day off from workers, a trip to the vet and a wonderful evening in the middle of nowhere. What does it all mean? Read on.
I'm a little disappointed that only one person responded to the song and he admitted to using Google. This should help you:
"Yeah (sunrise) there's a new sun risin', (In your eyes) I can see a new horizon, (Realize) that will keep me realizin'
You're the __ __ __ __" Clue: There's a big part of you that knows this song. If I hummed a little you'd smile.
This morning we were awakened by the sound of BamBam barking her guard-dog bark. It went on longer than usual so I jumped up from my nice warm bed and my twilight sleep to see what was going on. As I raced downstairs I glanced at the clock to notice the time. It was ten after seven. This better be good. There at the partially opened front gate stood Boot in her robe, BamBam barking, and Woody and Sunee, ready to visit. Hmm. Boot yelled to me, with a knowing laugh in her voice, "Your friends from America come". Fine.
After focusing on the situation and realizing what had to be done, I ran upstairs, explained to a puzzled Lisa what was going on, pulled on some jeans and ran downstairs and tried to act like a gracious host. Our guests were on their way to Mae Sai with their entourage, who were sitting in two SUVs in front of the house. We gave them the tour and talked about their plans for the rest of the day. They were going shopping and then back to Bangkok and 'home' to America. Lisa asked them how they found the house. Woody pulled out the paper I'd given them with our address and explained that they gave a guy on a motorbike 100 Baht ($3.00) to lead them to us. Then he smiled and said, "This is Thailand. Can find anyplace." Right you are. Even early in the morning.
No one told us that the painters were done, so we were a little surprised when they didn't show up. After deciding to enjoy the day with the house to ourselves, we regrouped and did our morning routine. It was still early enough for the timing to be the same. (Ha) Today was 'watering day' which meant that we'd be spending extra time with BamBam since she has to stay inside while the sprinkler does it's thing. She loves to play in the water but has to stay dry until her skin gets better. Needless to say, we had a nice morning.
After lunch we took BamBam to the vet for a check on her progress. She now weighs 16 kilos (35 lbs). She loves to ride in the truck, but when it's time to get out she's like a wild beast on a mission. Her little teenage brain wants to go. At that moment the word 'Stay' means 'Blah, blah'. More outings will help with this, I say.
Tonight we went to dinner with Johan and got introduced to a new, for us, restaurant. We still don't know the name of it, but it's on the road to the airport and really is in the middle of nowhere. There's another restaurant down the road on the opposite side, but that's it. There were lots of plants and water features as we walked down a stone path to the entrance. There are no walls around the dining area. It wasn't quite dark so we could appreciate the openness. One of the reasons Johan took us to this spot, besides the food, was the singer. He's told us about her in the past and how great she is and he wasn't wrong. We were seeing her at the first of four gigs she does every night. At this job she sings to a karaoke computer. She sings in Thai, Chinese, Japanese, and English. We heard it all. When she got to the English part of her set, we were blown away. She started with "Close To You" and there are parts of the song where the timber of her voice sounded just like Karen Carpenter. Goosebumps. She sang about six songs in English and we were very impressed. Then the guests started taking the stage and it was downhill from there. The food was some of the best we've tasted in our limited experience. We'll be going back for sure.
Nong, the singer at the restaurant does about an hour and a half there, then goes to another spot where she plays guitar and sings and her brother also plays guitar with her. Then she hits her third job where it's just her and her guitar. She caps the night off at a rock and roll club where she sings with a band. Every night she does this. I'm in awe.
Now it's time for Happy Tuesday.

Peace,
Danny

"To grow, you must be willing to let your present and future,
be totally unlike your past.
Your history is not your destiny."
~Alan Cohen


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