Bangkok, November 24, 2017

I am now down to under 14 days for this trip to Asia. I depart just after midnight on December 7, and follow the sun as it were, arriving home just after dinner on same date. I am having some long planned dental work done in my spare time. On my first trip here just over five years ago, I met many folks from Australia that came here for major work, and were very pleased with the work and the cost. They could fly here...around eight hours, stay in a three-four star hotel, have the dental work done, and be thousands of dollars ahead of the costs back in Australia. While I just had a dental cleaning, and will have several fillings, nothing major, it will come to a total of about one hundred and seventy dollars, Canadian. Back in Ottawa, I was quoted just over two thousand for the same work. The equipment is very modern, and the staff very professional. I am totally happy with the work.

I have just finished the work on my photos, about one hundred and seventy. I had them printed, and have them all in order, in albums, so am making good use of my spare time. Since I will not be out of Bangkok again this trip, my remaining photo work will mostly be of buildings...some at night. That is my project for this evening.

I hear my team from Saskatchewan let me down last week, but I did get one of two, and am sure you will see Calgary winning the game on Sunday. As for me, I will not be watching it in any event.
My computer is still acting strange; Type style changed just now, it did the same on my last post.

I will do my story on the monks upon my return home. 

I usually find something to do when I have idle time...some folks take naps, but I am usually more constructive. This summer, I discovered that after an hour or so, I could balance a pen on end. Some of my friends back home at the coffee club, we call "The Liars Club", have seen this. Now, I have discovered I can stand three in under one minute. The other day, I took the puzzle page from the Bangkok Post, three pens and went to Macdonalds with some of my friends. I told them to act as if they did not know me...it might be better. They did not know what I was up to. As I had coffee, with the pens standing in front of me on the table, I would take one, maybe the blue ink, do some words, put it back standing, and do the same again and again. Did I ever attract a crowd!!!. Fun and games.