Weather in Chiang Rai

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Hi,
The weather is finally starting to warm up here in Chiang Rai. Many things changed around here while we were gone. We visited the Night Bazaar, and plans moved forward on filling the cracks in the house walls.
For those of you who missed the weekend song, it was "Heart of Glass" by Blondie. Did you know that Debra Harry was a Playmate? Me neither. Anyway, here's an oldie but goodie from the 60's that I'm sure a few of you remember. (Ha)
"Fare thee well, I know you're leavin', for the new love that you've found. The handsome guy that you've been dating, whoa I got a feelin' he's gonna put you down 'cause ..." Hint: The butler did it. Hmm. Extra points if you know his nickname. The theme is obvious by this opening line.
Saturday we made plans to go to "Walking Street" to get BamBam another sweater. She's outgrown the one she was wearing and the one that was too large was missing. Just before we were to leave Boot found it (it's not too large anymore) so we cancelled out the 'walk' since it was so cold.
Sunday was a nice day and we sat in the sun for awhile. We're still waking up before the sun, which is kinda weird. It's what happens every time we fly back to Thailand. It could be that we need to force ourselves to stay up really late. (Ha)
Here's a twist on local city construction: There was a plan to widen the road in front of our house but it's been shelved because the village doesn't want it done. Reminded me of when we lived on Nina Place and the powers that be informed everyone that they'd be widening the San Diego freeway. We went to a meeting and in spite of all the complaining, the project went ahead.
As usual, we went into town on Sunday night for dinner. Before we did that we mailed our forms for jury duty back to the proper authorities. Like we're going to show up for that. (555) It was a matter of filling out the form and enclosing copies of a couple of bills, in Thai. That should hold them for awhile.
There have been big changes at the Night Bazaar. We had seen some of the construction before we left, but it is all different now. Some of the vendors we've gotten to know are now dealing with spaces half the size but with more rent. The place looks great though, and time will tell if all the parties involved can sustain their businesses. Fortunately, the economic crunch that's going around the world is not quite as bad here.
Today, Monday, we had lunch with our friend Suthera, and then Berm came over for an art lesson from Lisa and some music with me. He shows much potential with the art. It looks like he may have drawn before. Anyway he enjoyed himself and he's coming back next Monday. He showed me his song book and it was amazing. Half the book is songs in Thai and the other half is songs in English. I'm still fascinated by the way people can sing in a language they don't speak. He listens to recordings and follows the words. He plays at two restaurants a night, every day of the year.
That's all for now. Have a Fabulous Week.

Peace,
Danny

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