master (of) bang kok

I'm once again in the constantly surprising MBK centre of Siam. Since I was bored, I came here to do some shopping, and found that was boring too. I am all enthusiasm and riches on the way, but once I arrive, a terrifying ennui falls upon me and I lose the will to shop. Perhaps it's just the gall of spending my own money.

As this is a Saturday, Friday still has not left my bloodstream completely, if you see what I mean, and sitting in a stupidly comfortable chair taking advantage of a very fast Internet connection is an excellent way of passing the time.

The last week was a pretty reasonable one, since it not only contained a good number of lessons where I was given leave to steer, but also a nice collection of extras. I joined the staff rock band, and found out that rock piano is effectively jazz piano with the 7ths taken out...

I am soon to be joined by one of my freinds from school, which will be fantastic, and I hope to make it to Cambodia, if he's willing. That should give me at least 5 minutes good conversation with all those teachers who's names I don't know and don't think I ever knew:

"Hi there!"
"Oh hello, errm.., old chap, how're you?"
"Good thanks, yourself?"
"Alright, yeah"
"Did you have a good Half Term?"*
"Oh yeah, sure, you?"
"Great thanks, what did you get up to?"
"Oh, we just chilled out here, sometimes it's nice to just stay at home and enjoy some downtime, you know?"
"Oh definitely, of course."
"How about you?"
"Well, you know, I wanted to get out of Bangkok, so I went to Cambodia with my friend who was over from England."
"Oh great, what was it like?"
"Just amazing, so many ruins, I did get a bit tired of crumbling masonry after a while, but you know."
"Sure, sure, listen, I've got a lesson to go to, have a good day, OK?"
"OK, bye now!"


All it takes is a quick rinse and repeat... Turn and:


"Hi there!"
"Oh hello, errm.., old chap, how're you?"
"Good thanks, yourself?"
"Alright, yeah"
"Did you have a good Half Term?"

etc... etc...


Dom

*At this point, insert whichever holiday was most recent, Half Term, Easter, Christmas, Hanukkah...