a day off

I have actually had two work days this week, but that’s not what inspired the title of the blog. It’s my sister. She’s been here in Thailand for almost a month, and I’ve spent every day with her since the 13th. I’ve enjoyed spending the time with her, but it’s been tiring… for her and for me.

Because we see each other so seldom, and because she may never come here again, we’ve been packing days as fully as we can, starting out with breakfast and staying busy late into every evening.

Yesterday I introduced her to one of my good friends… a lovely and hard working Thai girl (a commissioned sales woman) and they got along famously. They decided to go shopping together today — continuing to push my sister along at a busy pace, but giving me a much needed day of rest.

I have tidied my room, which was beginning to look a bit disastrous, and washed a load of clothes. My bed cover, in particular, was looking a bit grotty with stains from several different girls — a little difficult to just explain away.

I have only logged onto the internet perhaps three times in the past ten days, so it seemed like a good time to check in. Sis is here until Sunday, so it may be a couple more days before I offer much more than this brief blog.

Tonight my crazy ex-girlfriend is travelling to Bangkok. The plan is for her to have dinner with me and my sister. I’m not sure, but I’ll bet that she plans to stay in my room this evening. Maybe one (or several) more stains on the bed.

Last night my sis and I took a walk through Soi Cowboy around 11 pm on the way back to her hotel. We ran into Prufrock, a friend and one of the occasional commenters on this site. He was in a jolly mood and invited sis and me to join him for a beer in Tilac bar. He kept sis entertained with his non-stop stories and philosophies for twenty minutes or so, then we said our good nights and I walked her to her hotel, leaving Prufrock to do as much damage as possible to the dancing lovelies in Tilac bar.

I think the waitress was glad to see us go; speaking in Thai she said to Prufers that none of the girls would approach because it looked like he was talking to his wife. I laughed and told the waitress that she was my pee-sauw (older sister). She didn’t really seem to believe me but I insisted that it was true.

This has been a typical response from Thai people that have met my sis. IN spite of being ten years older than me, she looks younger, and there is little in the way of family resemblance. We haven’t got the same face, but also I am a large-bodied awkward jumbo jet with an unpleasant face while my sister is a slender beautiful girl. She has always resembled a fine featured china doll.

In any event, she has thoroughly enjoyed her time in Thailand. We are very good friends and it’s been a joy to run around together. Sis has been unafraid, eating street food, going into go go bars, and bargaining with street vendors. She’s great fun to hang around with.

Nothing more to say at the moment.

I’ll probably be back on Sunday. Till then, enjoy your weekend!