Way back in time when my 2 oldest children Jaime and Jordan were young (7 and 4 years old) I used to wake up early Saturday morning and strap them into their seat belts in the van and head off downtown Ottawa (30 min drive) for a toasted bagel with cheese, coffee for me and OJ for the kids. This was a routine for us and we used to take a window seat and watch Ottawa walk by. We used to rate the pretty girls on a scale of 1 to 10 (much to my wife's chagrin).
I Bangkok, I also like to take Jaidan out early for a walk (10 mins) to rumours bar where I order a vodka and OJ and and Jaidan gets his OJ in a shot glass which is just the right size for him. I never order a drink for Jaidan, the staff just always provides it (with a smile). Jaidan is a little young to rate the ladies verbally but he definitely prefers the pretty ladies, judged by his willingness to be picked up by them.
Thavorn gets a little break at this time and usually joins us 90 mins later (3 vodkas and OJ's), (yes, I know that is bad, but life is not a dress rehearsal, you only go around once, Buddhists excepted) and then we either head out for some fun or head home for Jaidan to sleep. This time it was back home for Jaidan's nap.
Steve, an expat form the states was at Rumours and said hello. Steve got hit with some kind of eye degeneration and lost 80% of his vision, but that does not deter him form making his bar rounds and attending to the bar girls. They are very good to Steve, ordering his food, drinks, and taxi to journey to his next bar. Not a bad way to handle the loss of his vision. Steve makes his living day trading in the markets and makes use of one big magnifying glass. Looks a bit like Sherlock Holmes when he uses it.
Thavorn and I have talked and we have agreed to hire a baby sitter one night a week so we can get out more. Of course there is some disagreement on who to hire and how much to pay. I told Thavorn that it would be usually at least $30 for a night out in Canada and that would be about 1,000 baht but she wants to go cheaper and of course offer it to a friend from her village while I would offer it to one of 3 people who work at Rumours who Jaidan really likes and they have shown how much they like Jaidan by playing with him at every opportunity. Thai not go moon :-(
Thavorn is thawing out some chicken legs via the microwave (which she referred to as the fridge) while I work on my blog. She makes excellent fried wings and legs. Not sure why they are called wings when half of them are legs (in Thailand, the wings go missing). Go figure.
Today is Saturday but it looks like it may be a quiet evening for us ... but then ... the wanderlust (or just plain lust) may set in.
TTYL
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