I walked up to J Avenue for a late lunch today, and took my new camera (Sony DSC-W230) with me. Home via the scenic route…
Lunch – steak & swiss cheese sandwich, with cha yen. Glorious.
Continue reading ‘A photoblog – because, well, why not?’
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A week in Southport would once have seemed the dullest of destinations.
But having now lived in a variety of elsewheres for about seven and a half years, I think I’ve spent long enough away to appreciate what can be a surprisingly pleasant town.
Perhaps absence makes the heart grow fonder, and I’ve no doubt that I’d be bored silly if I were to spend years, or even months actually living there again, but yet a week was not quite enough.
I hadn’t been back to England for almost two years, and quite aside from family and friends there was so much more that I’d missed without even realising it.
Continue reading ‘Dear Old Blighty’
Thailand anti-government protests escalate.
All thankfully happening a long way from my place, but I think it might be wise to stay home for a while…
The problem with living in the tropics is that the weather is, um, tropical. Looks like the rainy season has started.
Since Songkran, or Thai New Year begins next week, this is not great timing. Songkran is (these days) essentially a week-long national water-fight, where everyone takes a week off work to throw buckets of water and fire high-powered water pistols at each other.
Kind of spoils the fun if it’s already bucketing down with rain. Fingers crossed…
