I had another lot of 10 x 3 hour Thai lessons with A this month.
The problem with studying so intensively is that I don’t get the opportunity to memorize everything. I was more interested in putting the time in and knowing that despite being overwhelmed with vocabulary I’d at least have the chance to [...]
Tik’s mum and two sisters came to visit us for the weekend to take a holiday. Toon and Nong Mai have already stayed here before but it was the first time I hosted Tik’s mum. She is a fun lady, very contented to be in the company of her three self-sufficient daughters. We took them [...]
Tik’s been the one studying hard for the past few weeks and I’d been meaning to treat her to a home-cooked meal for some time now. I got a little excited when we visited Villa Supermarket that they had fresh imported aubergines for sale.
I’ve long craved the taste of a well-made stuffed aubergine dish [...]
After Tik and I got engaged last March we got 30 professional photographs taken in a wedding studio in Khon Kaen.
The photos were of myself, Tik’s parents and her two sisters.
I have added about 9 of these photos to my gallery today and will add some more later this week when I get the time [...]
After 4 and a half years of faithful service I am reluctantly throwing away my original bolster.
Tik convinced me that it is well beyond redemption and does not look good next to our perfectly white alternatives.
It may well take another 4 and a half years to wear in the new replacement. I’m going to [...]
Over the last few weeks Tik and I have stumbled on some interesting ways of saving money if you are a tourist here…
So we got rid of Lisa and now Tik and I can spend some private time together in our newly-shared home. Now that Tik is no longer working we are really enjoying being together 24-7.
We make a great team and in over 14 months we have not had one fight nor diagreement. Now we [...]
We left Koh Tao to return to Bangkok for the last few days of Lisa’s holiday. This was her time to shop and my time to sleep.
We had a well-deserved and much-needed night in so give us all enough energy so that we could sleep more of Friday. I was delighted to be [...]
Today Lisa completed her PADI Open-Water Diving Course.
This was an incredible achievement for somebody who’d come to Koh Tao especially to learn diving with Tik, to shortly discover that Tik wouldn’t be joining her. Lisa now joins the lines of Pavion’s who’ve dived. Only 2 months ago both mum and dad dived in [...]
No marathons for me today. Time to bathe my feet in a sea of ice…
A few weeks ago I damaged my left foot running which caused me to limp and hobble for about 2 weeks. I’d just about recovered from that a few days ago and was feeling top of the world.
I wore [...]
