For many, Monday marks the start of the working week and is, as I recall, a time of great depression. But as I arrive at the twilight of my years, the long slow descent into senility and incontinence (Ed: Give it a rest), Mondays are no better or worse than any other day.
Some attempt has been made to return to the horrors of my working life by the chairman of our condo committee who has decided that we will meet every other Monday at 10:00 to regurgitate the same issues we discussed at length at the last meeting. And so I had to drag myself out of bed at the ungodly hour of 09:00 in order to present myself, coffee in hand, for a two hour wankathon. I believe I did myself credit by behaving disgracefully and losing my temper more than twice; with a bit of luck they will sigh with relief when I don’t put myself up for re-election next year.
Still, these Pattaya meetings are as nothing compared to the main committee meetings in Bangkok which take place every two months and exhibit every “how not to run a meeting” trait that you can imagine. The chairwoman is a well-meaning and charming old lady; but she is totally incapable of following what is going on, let alone controlling the discussion. As a result, meetings descend into shouting matches and, as I believe I reported previously, I walked out of the previous one in disgust. Retrospectively, I blamed my raging hormones and have used the same medically unsupportable excuse to avoid the next meeting, which is tomorrow. Hurray for hormones.
Meeting out of the way, it was off to meet she who must be obeyed for lunch. I always enjoy having a meal with my beloved; but it turned out that half of Bangkok had taken advantage of the public holiday today, and had also taken off yesterday in order to concentrate on clogging the streets of Pattaya.
Back home, and I could not bear the prospect of venturing out again to the windsurfing club, even though the wind was blowing. Instead I settled down to the onerous task of setting up torrents to download the various preferred TV programmes from the weekend, and then spent the evening watching many of them.
In between the downloading and the watching, I took a little stroll down the beach and took a few photos, one of which I shared yesterday. Here are three more:
Fishing for something
Watching out for the police
*Sunset shot *
I am expecting a similarly hectic schedule today. I really need a holiday.
Photos: Panasonic GX1 with Olympus 75mm lens.
Comments 🔗
2012-10-23| Pete saysMondays mark the middle of my work week, so they are to be welcomed and celebrated!
Is that bloke selling bangles ????
2012-10-23| Grant saysBangles? Manic Monday?? Oh very good Pete, take a bow!
2012-10-23| Spike saysTake a bow? I think you’ll find that was Madonna.
2012-10-23| genuinej saysI think you’ll find that it wasn’t. Grant is right. (as usual)
2012-10-23| Spike says
2012-10-23| genuinej saysBangles in 1986. Madonna 1994.
2012-10-23| Spike saysYou are missing the point old chap. Of course Manic Monday was by the Bangles, I have been in love with Susanna Hoffs for ever. and the song reference was deliberate. Grant then wrote “take a bow” which was the cue for another song title, this time by Madonna. Doesn’t sound so clever when I have to explain it.
2012-10-23| Spanky saysTo annoy you all. Prince wrote Manic Monday for Susanna Hoffs. Thought I share. Madonna was hot back then in that video. Now she scares me.
2012-10-23| genuinej saysI never was that bright.
2012-10-23| Spike saysIt’s all that hip hop you listen to.
2012-10-23| Spike saysSusanna Hoffs is still hot though; or she was last time I looked.
2012-10-23| Spanky saysFunny. I just got an email that she is playing a small venue on 10/31. Tickets $20. Spike I have clearance to shoot the event but I will need assurances of payment from you. The 300L would be sufficient for my fees.
2012-10-23| A Clive saysA 300L? What does Spike want with a dodgy 1965 Chrysler? C’m’on…. ;o) Those things had a 124 inch wheel-base… and with a 360hp *-Litre V8 under the hood, I think they qualified as a “Tidal Wave On Wheels” … Oh, is that it? Spike sits his windsurfer on the boot and SWMBO drives him through Pattaya like a scene from “Teenwolf”… Do we have pictures?
2012-10-23| Grant says“Tidal Wave on Wheels”, love it! Nearly as bad as Spanky’s old Buick Nailhead, that’s a “Tsunami on Wheels” with 5" drum brakes and 14 turns lock-to-lock, so big that if you paint it grey with a Navy fleet no on the side you can charge all your gas up to the Govt.
2012-10-24| Spanky saysWhile it would be hysterical to see Spike going through Pattaya doing a car surfing style move I was referring to this beauty of Canon engineering and design. http://www.amazon.com/Canon-300mm-2-8L-Telephoto-Cameras/dp/B0000ALKBU
2012-10-24| Grant saysNow that sure is the big grey Buick of lenses, you’d be right at home with it pardner! Hang around the Navy base and they’ll think you’ve pinched a torpedo…
2012-10-25| Spike saysGlad to see the new version is so expensive. Mine cost “only” $5000.
2012-10-25| Spanky saysYou want Susanna pictures I’ll take the $5000 version. I’ll license the images to you for resale. You should be able to buy the newer version for pony pictures within a few decades with the image rights sale.