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I can’t believe four months have passed since my last entry! In any case, much has happened. I obtained a contract and worked on that for a couple of months. I then moved to Toronto at the beginning of September and have since been looking for more work. I’m living in a bachelor’s apartment right…

It seems like we’re either all getting sloppy, or we are so busy we can’t get to the Blog. I know that for me it’s the latter; things have just been crazy here.Anyway, here’s a quick update.Since my last update, at the beginning of September we have:Spent a w/e in the Sofitel Hotel on the…

I have been very busy lately. I have joined the Bangkok Museum volunteer group. I am going to push a hospital bed, on 8th October with at least 10 other Canadians, around the Streets of Bangkok in the hopes of raising some money for an Aids centre for orphans. Their will be at least 49…

It seems I haven’t blogged since forever, so it’s time to catch up.August was still the rainy season here so it has been quite wet. A number of areas of the country have been flooded; this after the drought that was so bad that many other areas still have low water, despite the rains. Here…

What have we been doing? We are continuing the Salsa dancing, have now “graduated” to the intermediate class. Not that we are great but we do at least know the basic steps. I am continuing to explore the Sois. Last week I went to pick up some clothes I was having made, with a friend…

Viet Nam. That word conjures up a scrapbook of words for me. From Napalm to Agent Orange to B52 to jungle to French to Viet Cong. But what did they all mean? I didn’t really take much notice of the war until about 1969 when I joined the WRAF and while at basic training camp…

I have been wandering around the sois (lanes) in some areas of Bangkok. I am determined to find out where I am and what is in these sometimes interesting little side streets. I watched a man peddle along the road in front of me yesterday. On the front part of the bike was a huge…

Trish has now been back from Canada for 2 weeks, and me for about 6. It seems like I never went away.Last w/e was Budhist Lent start (Farang Terminology). A long w/e thankfully and a fairly quiet one for us as it was Tricia’s first w/e back, so we stayed in town here.Budhist lent lasts…

After we returned from our trip to Ottawa and Montreal. I decided to take Mum to the Royal Ontario museum in downtown Toronto for a days sightseeing, we set off and after a failed attempt to get into the Kennedy Road subway carpark we found the next one along (minor miracle as my sense of…

Hi, guys! Anyone that still reads this. I just got back from 6 weeks in Canada. Wow! I had a great time. Dave was over for 2 weeks during which time we cleaned and fixed the car and C.’s house. My Mum arrived after 1 week, in time for Christina’s Graduation Ceremony on 14th June.…