4 posts tagged “thailand”
"The sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire." -- Pamela Hansford Johnson
Show us a self-taken picture of the sunset.
Submitted by Connie.
This was taken on New Years Eve and once the sun had set we had dinner in a nearby restaurant watching the last of the colour drain from the sky before heading back into to town to see in the year Cuban style.
Incidentally, the banner pic on my blog is one of my photo's too cleverly cropped by AKA Vasquez. It was taken in Thailand while on a rice barge and is the probably the most beautiful sunset I've ever experienced.
I've nicked this from Aput
The More Mature Time Expending Survey
1. What bill do you hate paying the most?
Mortgage - it's interest only which is galling.
2. Where was the last place you had a romantic dinner?
Probably Le Manoir aux Quat Saison three and a half years ago
3. Last time you puked from drinking?
If it wasn't when I was a student then I've 'forgotten'
4. When is the last time you got drunk and danced on a bar?
I'm too short to get on the bar.
5. Name of your first grade teacher?
Mrs Happy. No seriously.
6. What do you really want to be doing right now?
Curry + several glasses of red wine = sleep
7. What did you want to be when you were growing up?
When I was seven I wanted to be a lion-tamer. When I was a teenager I wanted to be an architect.
8. How many colleges did you attend?
Three places I went to school had college in their title.9. Why did you choose the shirt that you have on right now?
Mosh knows.
10. Gas prices?
Dunno, I pay by monthly direct debit.
11. If you could move anywhere and take someone with you?
It would be split between a nice house in Clapham Old town which is half a mile up the road and Wellington, New Zealand. Both with Mosh.
12. First thought when the alarm went off this morning?
"How will I cope going back to work?"
13. Last thought before going to sleep last night?
"How will I cope going back to work"
14. Favorite style of underwear?
There are too many extraneous variables for a woman to answer this question
15. Favorite style of underwear for the opposite sex?
Dunno what they are called but I call them the tight-boxer-calvin-kline style ones
16. What errand/chore do you despise?
I hate putting clean laundry away or clean washing up away
17. If you didn't have to work, would you volunteer?
Yes. I'd help out on the Dog Trust's publications18. Get up early or sleep in?
Depends on whether I'm alone or not.
19. Who is your favorite cartoon character?
Genuinely don't have one
20. Favorite NON-sexual thing to do at night with a girl/guy?
Nice food, wine and conversation
21. Have you found real love yet?
After 12 and a half years I'd say yes.
22. When did you first start feeling old?
When I realised that if I'd had a baby at 18 they would be Daniel Radcliffe's age now.
23. Favorite 80's movie?
Back to the Future. Still love the bit where Marty McFly falls from the tree and get knocked unconscious
24. Your favorite lunch meat?
I generally have fish for lunch either tuna or mackerel
25. What do you get every time you go into Sam's Club? Or Walmart?
What took this quiz so long to expose its cultural bias?26. Beach or lake?
Depends on how hot it is.
27. Do you think marriage is an outdated ritual?
I can understand why it works for some people28. How many people do you stalk on Facebook?
Don't really use Facebooks so don't know.
29. Favorite guilty pleasure?
Watching certain films on a weekly basis. The particular film depends on my mood and the time of year.
30. Favorite movie you wouldn't want anyone to find out about?
I'm not ashamed of any film I enjoy. I'm currently re-watching all the Harry Potters.
31. What's your drink?
Good wine. Red, rose or white.
32. Cowboys or Indians?
Cowboys, it's the hats and the leather trousers.
33. Cops or Robbers?
It depends on who is playing them.
34. Who from high school would you like to run into?
Beatrice de Laya who was a genuinely nice person or Paul Kyte who I fancied.
35. What radio station is your car radio tuned to right now?
I don't have a car.
36. Norm or Cliff?
Er... what?
37. The Cosby Show or the Simpsons?
The Simpsons.
38. Worst relationship mistake that you wish you could take back?
Wasn't really a relationship mistake but sending a valentine card to Mark Thompson when I was at University was really stoopid.
39. Do you like the person who sits directly across from you at work?
It's a spare desk. I imagine that Johnny Depp, Jake Gyllenhall, Gael Garcia Bernal or... sits there and of course I like them, duh.
40. If you could get away with it, who would you kill?
I can't answer that.
41. What famous person(s) would you like to have dinner with?
A dinner party with: Stephen Fry, Ben Whishaw, Ross Noble, Daniel Radcliffe, PJ Harvey, Helen Mirren and Samantha Morton (I'd put Ben and Polly next to each other because I think he fancies her and I'd get Daniel drunk and ask him about all the amazing actors he's worked with)
42. What famous person would you like to sleep with?
None because it would destroy the fantasy.
43. Have you ever had to use a fire extinguisher for its intended purpose?
Nope.
44. Last book you read for real?
A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon
45. Do you have a teddy bear?
No, I have Bun Buns.
46. Strangest place you have ever brushed your teeth?
In the bathroom of a wooden raft house on the river Kwai in Thailand
47. Somewhere in California you've never been and would like to go?
It's tacky but I'd love to do one of those bus tours where they take you round all the houses of the rich and famous.
49. At this point in your life would you rather start a new career or a new relationship?
A new career.
50. Just how OLD are you?
Physically 36, mentally 26
OK so its my birthday this weekend and as anyone who knows me will tell you: I love my birthday. Don't get the whole depression about being a year older thing, I say good excuse to have some fun, get together with friends, spoil yourself and Mosh has to be nice to me. If I'm good I'll get some pressies too. What isn't to like about that?
As it falls in the middle of a bank holiday weekend the celebrations start today. Yay!
But birthday aside I was looking at my calender and I've got a lot of good things in the diary for this month. There are two concerts: Apples in Stereo and Manic Street Preachers.
A bit of comedy in the form of stand up Michael McIntyre.
I'm going to an awards ceremony which is black tie so I can wear my posh frock - my magazine has been nominated but I'll be extremely surprised if we win.
Then there is reunion with some of the people Mosh and I met in Thailand and Cambodia a couple of years ago and Mosh's fives dinner at the fantastic Indian restaurant Sadya.
There is a mystery evening that Mosh has bought us tickets for - all revealed on Sunday, I hope.
And to finish it off we are going to visit our friends Nick and Sophie in Cardiff for the weekend.
If I get my arse into gear there may be one or two theatre visits thrown in for good measure as there are a couple of plays on this month I really want to see. One is an adaptation of Vernon God Little which I thought was an excellent book.
I'd say June is going to be an anti-climax but June is Muse month...
Last Christmas Mosh and I went on our first ever organised tour with a company called Explore. It was a great trip through Thailand and Cambodia with some fantastic experiences. Some, such as a night on a old wreck of a rice barge, sleeping on the floor underneath a hole-riddled mosquito net, which I'm happy to keep as a memory rather than something to be experienced again!
Last week we had a reunion with some of our fellow travellers. We've met up with some of the group before but there were a couple of faces we hadn't seen since Bangkok.
