Christmas Holidays - actually it's March now! And now it's June!

16/6/13

Third time lucky:) I'm not going write much as I don't seem to be able to finish this post as it's been going for 6 months! I've just added dates to the bits I wrote at different times. There will be another soon.

24/3/13

I started writing this in Bangkok just before Christmas. Obviously, I never finished at that time. At the moment, we're in New Zealand at Mel's mum & dad's place after spending a couple nights in Hamilton. We needed to sort some stuff out and it was a good opportunity to catch up with some of friends & colleagues. We had lunch with some of Mel's former colleagues on Thursday which was nice. On Friday morning, I went into my old school (Fraser High). It was really cool to see the people I worked with for 5 years. It was awesome to sit in on 13Geo with Nicole. Most of the kids in the class had taught at some point in my time at Fraser. It was a very chilly 8 degrees when I drove into school. I don't miss the cold. At all!

22/12/12

I meant to write this a week ago but never quite got there. Mel & I have been on holidays for a week now. Although last term was only eight weeks it felt a lot longer and the last day of term was a very welcome sight. I was really looking forward to a few quite cold beers but both James & Shaun (my usual drinking mates) were off home for the holidays the next day. As luck would have it, as I was walking out the gate rather forlornly I ran into three of my colleagues who were heading to Holland Rd for some drinks.

It was really cool to dissect the year so far with people I don't usually have a lot to do with. The beer was cold and flowed freely! And expensively. Check out our bill.

The week end was a quiet one at home. We chilled out and got our gear ready for a short trip to Bangkok. It was great to go back to Bangkok after 3 years. We were last there before all the riots in 2010. It was good to see that the city was energetic as ever. As we drove in from Don Mueang (the old airport) we were surprised to see a lot of construction going, which I guess is a sign of prosperity to an extent.

We were staying at a hotel in Siam Square which is the centre of Bangkok. We didn't really have any major plans except to visit a couple of restaurants we like. The first place we went to was Le Buchon. This restaurant is down one of the seedy Soi's in Patpong and is full of girly bars. The staff looked somewhat bemused when we walked in with Tilda:) The food was as great as the last time we went. The next day we went to Gianni's, which isn't in such a seedy location. The food was brilliant and the staff were all taken with Tilda. One of the waiters was quite enthralled because he has a daughter about the same age.