Today

Hi,

The forecasts called for rain tonight.  Some dark clouds came by during dinner, but it’s still dry outside.  The van got washed today so it will probably rain in the next few days (555).

The ‘Easy Monday’ song for the week was “Sailing” by Christopher Cross.    It’s time to get zany with the ‘Zany Day’ song.  This week we’re going zany with an English twist:  “Desmond has a barrow in the market place, Molly is the singer in a band.  Desmond says to Molly, ‘Girl I like your face’, and Molly says this as she takes him by the hand: ‘__-__-__, __-__-__ life goes on brah, la-la how the life goes on…”  Hint: Title is sounds, not really words.  You know those crazy boys across the pond.

This morning, after an uneventful trip to Big C and the fruit market, we noticed quite a few police officers gathered in the Clock Tower area.  They were dressed in their best uniforms, busy with walkie-talkies.  That’s a sure sign that something is about to happen.  A block later we saw more and we hoped we would be out of the area before whatever parade was coming.  Just as we passed the Chinese Cultural Center a truck came out of the driveway, loaded with young men in Lion Dance costumes, leaving a trail of exploding firecrackers.  We don’t know what the occasion was, we just know that we barely missed something that would have blocked the traffic.  

Today’s photo was taken at Central Plaza on Sunday.  The three young women are playing instrumental music that resembled the sound of The Gypsy Kings.  The instrument on the right is a Khim, traditional in Thai music.  It has brass strings that are played using flexible bamboo sticks with leather tips.  It’s the first time we’ve seen a group like this, playing non-Thai music in this fashion.  They stepped outside of the box.

When living in Thailand, one thing that is certain is the Immigration Service.  Regardless of one’s status, there is a certain relationship that must be maintained.  By that I mean you have to do what they require or you can be asked to leave.  We went there today for Blue’s 90-day check-in.  There are people here from various countries who do not check-in, or renew whatever visa they have.  They have come under scrutiny in the past few years and been given the title: ‘Over-stayers’.  They are asked to leave, and depending on how long they overstayed, their reentry is banned for different lengths of time.  Harsh stuff, but everyone knows the penalties.  

One more week in The Kingdom and we fly to America.  The time has really flown by.  There are still things to be arranged, dealt with, and resolved, but next Wednesday morning we will be starting our three week Winter visit.

Time for Wacky Wednesday.

                   Peace,

                             Danny

“Today is the tomorrow you worried about

yesterday.”

~Unknown