Skiing

Hi,

The daytime temperatures are staying pretty hot, while the night air will get a little cooler every night until next weekend.  How cold?  What do we call cold?  Next Monday night the temp will be 49°F and that’s the coldest before it starts climbing again.  

The ‘Easy Monday’ song was “Heartbreak Hotel” by Elvis Presley.  His ‘Zany Day’ offering is:  “You ain’t nothin’ but a __ __, cryin' all the time.  You ain’t nothin’ but a __ __, cryin’ all the time.  Well, you ain’t never caught a rabbit and you ain’t no friend of mine.”  Hint:  Romance gone bad? 

Today was Lisa’s birthday (22).  We’ll be celebrating on Sunday.  Today we started out at Chivit Thamma Da where she had tea and a scone while I had iced coffee.  After our little ‘pick-me-up’ we traveled south to Big C.  The store is really in the spirit of Chinese New Year.  There were lots of red and gold decorations in the form of lamp shades, shirts and gift displays.  People are starting to wear ‘old school’ clothing and the clothes racks were full of specialty items.  

This is the Chinese year of The Rat.  The animals in the realm of the New Year have different meanings than those in the west.  There are many web pages with a breakdown of the animals and their attributes.

Yesterday, at Rimping Market, there was a display of fruit, mostly from Japan.  Everything was much larger than we’d seen before.  Apples looked to be the size of grapefruit and the cherries were almost the size of ping-pong balls.

In the past, I have told you about the non-existant ‘V’ sound in the Thai language.  Today’s photo is a simple, vivid (I could have said ‘wiwid’) example of this.  

Feels like a Wacky Wednesday.

                       Peace,

                                 Danny

“Cross country skiing is great if you

live in a small country.”

~Steven Wright