Email and everything
I am so pissed off with 1and1 this week, on Monday and Tuesday my email was down, and now this morning its down again! I pay these wankers for a hosted Microsoft Exchange account because I need a robust mail solution for work, what’s the freaking point if its down for three days a bloody week?
On a slightly different note, it occurs to me that I meet more loonies here in Surin than I have ever met anywhere else. Let me briefly introduce a few of them.
- Ghost Butterfly Man – This Thai guy frequents the small cafe across… Continue reading
Time for a holiday
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… Continue reading
Too many problems
Why do problems never happen singularly? Just like the old adage about buses in the UK, you don’t see any for a long time, then three come along at once.
Well the last week has seen my three buses arrive in quick succession. Firstly I am snowed under with work right now, not a problem in itself, but definitely a problem when considered as part of the overall situation. Secondly, Nuth has been sick, meaning I have had to take care of Leon, no time for work, anyone who thinks you can take care of a baby and still get… Continue reading
Quite shocking!
Something happened today that I found quite disturbing. During the week Nuth stays with her father in their village about 8km away from Surin, he is old and needs somebody to take care of him. This works out really well as it gives me time to work in the week without interruption and we spend the weekends doing fun things.
Today I drove Nuth home to her village, whilst I was helping her move her bags inside and get Leon settled, her neighbours Son turned up drunk. He started an argument with his father, and then killed him right in… Continue reading
A Trip to Cambodia
So it was visa run time again today, actually this was a bad one, not because it was difficult but because it was the last one I can get away with on my Current non-immigrant B visa from the UK. This means that I have to return to the UK no later than the 1st of September to get a new one. It will have been 15 months since I was last in the UK, and I am not sure I am looking forward too it. Certainly I could do without the cost of the trip.
Anyway, this was my… Continue reading







