Had my blowout meal in Bangkok this evening, at one of the city’s best sushi places. It was very good, quite a delight, and plenty of things I’d not tried before, such as a baby snapper and seasonal squids and eels. I didn’t go for the premium omakase which cost half again as much though […]
Shopping
I went shopping for gifts today, and came back with some UV tops for various nephews and nieces, curry pastes and chocolates for various people. This was after a final trip to Benjakitti park, finding a new way there which makes it possible to reach the parts I like most directly from the BTS and […]
City palaces
In the morning I went to Suan Pakkad, which is the home of a princely family, now turned into a sort of museum of their personal collections. It’s laid out in a series of Thai wooden stilt houses connected by walkways, and the houses were generally the best part of it as the collections themselves […]
How many hands
During my long break from this blog I had a birthday and since I was in Bangkok at the time I took the opportunity to buy myself (on behalf of another) a birthday present I had long wanted, a nice though not extravagant watch but simple and clean in design. The downside, or perhaps its […]
Small things
A day of small things yesterday. Well, one big thing, which is a book I have been struggling to edit and is going very slowly and I would very much like to finish it and never think about it again. Then, an approach from an organization I’d worked for in the past for a small […]
Anti-social
In an anti-social mood so didn’t go to a planned dinner with siblings. It’s hotpot which I don’t much care for, and really dislike the poor-quality premium-priced food trends that Lahore’s elite love and it would have made me grumpy. (I am already grumpy.) Plus, this way I can keep working. Also ignored some annoying […]
First visitor
We had our first house guest staying for the last few days, fortunately a very easy going and easily pleased one. Fortunately she is happy shopping by herself, so could be dispatched to the Grand Bazaar when I had work. She also brought over some things I’d requested from the US, which are very pleasing […]
Good wife
As a good wife, I went to Ikea so the GF would not have to. It’s a surprisingly smooth and averages out as pleasant journey. There is the metro ride, which is like any other metro and often crowded, but against that is the beautiful ferry ride to Uskudar. I have decided that the old […]
Getting things done
It was a weekend – a long weekend – of getting things done. On Friday the GF and I went to the framers recommended to us, a dapper working gentleman in a waistcoat of a type you see in this country but not so much in the UK. We handed over two of the prints […]
To the city
This morning we left Naivasha. The taxi was late, which annoyed me, as I’d made a reservation at a fancy restaurant in Karen, but it turned out to be ok. We took a different route to Nairobi, a less scenic one, but also with a wider road and perhaps less risk of getting stuck behind […]