50 pages of lizard material? No I don’t mean on the bathroom floor. I mean that I’ve just been through five years of my journals, culling out all the lizard stories, and there are that many of them. Plenty for volume two. I won’t go on about it, because these things take time. However, the […]
After six weeks away from my Thai hut, the amount of lizard shit to be hosed away was substantial. No photos, forget that. I see a new quite large lizard is in male alpha residence, and he has a whole different set of habits than his predecessors. He’s a lurker. He has been lurking behind […]
It was confirmed by rumour, as far as I’m concerned. Two high school boys informed me that 1) Thailand has more coconut trees per square kilometer than anywhere else, and 2) more people in Thailand die from coconuts falling on their heads than anywhere else. Obviously this is entirely unsubstantiated, but various people have […]
Carmen Miranda was not from the Philippines, it turns out. Here’s how this vital fact came to light. The following quote is from the Thai Visa website, about foreign English language teachers: “Good idea, lots of Philippine English teachers about, some are pretty good but some have a proper Philippine accent and I don’t want […]
“I like this snake.” What?! It’s a first, that sentence, for me. It’s true, too. It’s the Malayan Bridle Snake. Why do I like this snake? Let me count the ways: 1. He has no teeth. 2. He has no venom. 3. He has no aggression, other than towards small things he eats. 4. […]
Book update: On the one hand, there were f%%k-ups with the first proof off the press. It could take a while, this paperback. On the other hand, there’s the e-book version, whose first royalty payments just came through. Oh how sweet. It’s a first. And before that, several nice reviews. Thanks, all.
I’ve come to this eatery for countless meals. I don’t usually go up to the rooftop. I just like the sign: “More Sit On Top.” I’m not saying a thing. I don’t want them to fix it. I like it just the way it I, and we all know exactly what they mean.
Classic joke, classic insult. She understood my lousy Thai, and helped. Rough translation: Me: Sorry. I speak Thai bad. Her: No, no. Me: Really? Her: No. You no speak Thai bad. You speak Thai “badly”. And her friend, laughing until she fell over? That was pretty good too.
My old bike has two speeds, slow and slightly faster. This is the right bike for me, at this stage in my life