So we had one of those days today, when the gods of TOT and out local ISP decide we need a day off, and make sure that our internet connections does not work during prime time work hours, here upon Kph Phangan.

Luckily Joakim and myself managed to get the days scheduling out of the way before things went bad, but that’s just about all we managed to get done today.

I always worry on days like this that some disaster will befall one of the team members, from a work standpoint, and I will be unavailable to resolve the situation.

Maybe I should relent and give out my telephone number to the remote team members, certainly to Taylor out editor at least.

Anyway, as I was laying on the balcony today, hoping that the gods of TOT would forgive us and let us have our toys back, I found an interesting view of the ceiling, so snapped it with my phone, here it is:

A little weird I know, but interesting enough.

Oh well, lets hope our internet connections stays up now, and I can get a full days work in tomorrow.

Tags: Internet, Koh Phangan, TOT

People’s Alliance for Democracy protestors blockading airports at Krabi, Phuket and Hat Yai, closing roads, stopping trains, fresh produce become scarce in Bangkok, and hour after hour of Thai news discussing nothing else on TV.

Shocking pictures of stockpiles of Kraton (not sure how you spell it, basically a plant that gives a high similar to amphetamines), guns and ammo confiscated by the police, and the army sitting cooling their heals.

It’s only a matter of time before the government decides it is going to have to lose face over this, and order in the troops. Last time the army hit the streets in the name of politics they pulled off a bloodless coup, I can’t see them resolving this current mess without pulling the trigger.

We were planning a three week vacation, we have cancelled these plans now, we don’t want to risk getting caught up in anything on our travels.

I’ve begun looking around for a new place to live, mainly because I feel I am being ripped off by the owners of the apartment I am currently staying in. The charge for electricity is 6 Baht per unit, and I know for a fact that they are paying around 4 Baht a unit, so they are basically stealing 2 Baht a unit from me. It’s not going well though, very few decent options here.

Anyway, I’ve been working hard lately, so we are going to take a holiday next month and go back to Koh Phangan and visit some friends. If I haven’t found a decent place to live by the time we are due to leave the island, I might think about moving back there, although I’m not sure Nuth would be pleased about this.

Leon is growing at an alarming rate, and he is turning in to quite a character, above is a picture of him eating his breakfast, and giving me a nasty look because I keep trying to steal one of his eggs.

This is for my mother, who is currently at my step sisters place, waiting for me to upload this video, so Hello Mum!

This video of Leon was taken when he was a couple of months old, just after bath time, at our old place on Koh Phangan.