Shorter, More Frequent Posts?

I'm trying.

Last night I went to a bar I used to go to a lot and met the girlfriend of the guy who works there. Most English speaking Thai guys who work at the bars in that area are pretty lame and have a new farang backpacker girlfriend every week, usually in addition to their Thai girlfriend. The worst story I've heard is from a girl I met here who lived with her Thai boyfriend for several months only to find out that he was also living with his Thai girlfriend of a couple of years. I don't even know how that's possible. But this guy, Kaek, is actually a good, nice guy and he's talked about his girlfriend for months so it was cool to finally meet her.

But I messed up. A couple of months ago, he was playing this mix CD someone gave to him and guess it was around the same time he had been talking about his girlfriend. So as she and I were talking about music I said, "Yeah, that mix you gave him was really good!"

She never gave him a mix. I felt really bad and said I don't even know if it was his or someone else's. And I just remember him showing me the case but I have no idea who it was from. And then I said, "Oh no, I remember what it was. It was a letter he got from you he was really happy about. That must be what I was thinking of." But she still didn't know what I was talking about.

But she's a German girl named Francesca who has just been in Laos and I'm absolutely positive the letter Kaek had showed me was from his girlfriend, a German girl named Francesca who was in Laos. But maybe I meant email, so she thought some other girl had sent a letter in the mail or something? I tried to clarify, but had to stop myself cause she wasn't looking any happier and I guess it was possible that the letter or email he was showing off was from a previous girlfriend or something? I don't know.

So that was awkward. They're both really cool and out of all of the Thai boy/farang girl relationships to potentially mess up, this was the last couple I would have chosen. I apologized and said I have a terrible memory and I'm sure I'm mixing up a bunch of stories from a long time ago. She and I still made tentative plans to meet up again, but damn, I felt bad. And I'm sure Kaek wasn't too pleased either. But he's Thai, so he didn't show it.

And the someone decided that 7:00AM, Sunday morning is a good time to start bulldozing.

I disagree.

Last week when I was sick all I could hear were two people breaking concrete with hammers all day. From 8 in the morning until I went to work it was just this loud, persistent hammering.

But now they've now moved to Level 2 and got the bulldozer out. Right behind my room. It's so loud. I've never cared about/noticed noise before, but I really just want to live somewhere where I never have to hear motorbikes, tour buses, fake Vespas, bulldozers or airplanes flying 10 feet above my head. Oh yeah, right now I'm living really close to the airport. But, as always, I might be moving, so we'll see.

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On a more positive note, since having internet in the house I've been able to catch up with Thai music. Not as fun as watching new videos on TV, but I can listen and read the words and stuff.

Check it! Here's a good example - http://www.ethaimusic.com/lyrics3/662.htm.

This is my boy Sek Loso. Thailand's "Rocker" guy. It's a love song. Surprise surprise. But it has the Thai script, English transliteration (Thai written in Roman letters) and then the English translation. And then on the left you can listen to the whole song! I think a majority of the videos I've posted have English translations here. Some just have the Thai or just the Thai and the transliteration, but with whatever it has, it's cool. I will learn Thai!

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It's noon and the bulldozer just stopped and I can actually hear little birds chirping!
I'm going to try to take a nap.