Classic Dick

I haven’t cleaned my bathroom in 9 months and you could eat off the floor. That’s because I pay women to clean it for me.

Growing, Changing City

 

Walking out of Asok BTS train station yesterday I noticed that the hole in the ground next to the Sukhumvit MRT subway station has grown a building. For about 18 months it seemed like all they were doing there was digging the biggest hole they could manage, and now, suddenly there is an erection rising about 20 stories.

This follows the opening of the Millenium Building across the street a little more than a year ago. Is that the ugliest building in Bangkok?! It looks like it was designed to be a prison.

A block or two further east the sign saying that the Crown Plaza will be opening in early 2008 looks like it might need to be replaced. In spite of putting in a little ductwork for the ventilation system in the lower floors, the building looks to be no more than about half complete. I suspect it’ll be 2009 or close to it before they are ready to open.

Is it raining?

 

I was going to write a blog this week on the funky weather we’ve been having in Bangkok, but I looked at the Stickman weekly site yesterday and saw that he beat me to it.  The last week in January and the first week in February have had some pretty unusual weather, with a lot of rain. 

This week something happened to me that I would like to say is unusual, but its not… it happens often.  I went to a meeting at 1 p.m. and when I walked in the door the receptionist looked at me and asked, “Is it raining?”