the final countdown zzzzzz …

woke up this morning and found 4 navy trucks + a jeep parked across the road … should i feel protected or nervous that there are actually 4 truck loads of marines in the vicinity ? … anyways, no riots or unrest … mobile phones worked fine , maybe they just disconnected those in the court’s area ? … but , really, is that the most long winding court ruling or what ? … i started watching at 1pm, by 2pm the monotony was dimming my brain waves … it was not until the evenings when the judge finish reading everything for the first ruling ( Democrats party allow to live ) … i’ve picked the kids up , went to central, have dinner , came back home and he’s still reading the ruling !!

part 2 switch plate

turns out there was nothing wrong with the wiring … there is a tiny switch on the back where you have to click on it in order for the electric current to pass thru … our handyman electrician was around today and he fixed it in 5 minutes … make us look like dumb asses …

Things done today :

• fixed toy drum set ( which was broken by The Husband while playing a Guns n Roses song ) … He poked a hole right thru it … You just need a sheet of clear plastic which can be found in craft stores … I got mine from Somchai in The Old Siam for 35 bht…
• organized all the toys in the play area, finally . Nobody’s playing there until I get over how clean it is .

Not much done cuz I spent the morning at The Old Siam … Tomorrow will be an interesting day . The military government  court will be announcing whether it will dissolve 2 of the major political parties . Mobile phone services will be disconnected during the announcement ( discourage rallys ? fear of bombs ?? ) …

famous ?

my girl’s painting was in Di-Chan magazine !!!!!! she’s going to be famous and i’m going to be filthy rich !!!! a-ha-ha-ha !!! *splutters*

well, not quite yet … as you can see in the pic , just her hand and her work-in-progress painting was shown ( a lucky cat wearing a crown ) … I haven’t read the article yet as my thai is still not up to standards … I guess that it is about the art school she goes to ( Art LaemKom )  taking in a downs-syndromne kid , teaching her to paint ( for free ) , and ending up with her own art exhibition  … It was the first art exhibition by a special kid in Thailand … three cheers to Kru-Laem ! … I remember he did something similar a couple years ago but with a HIV-positive kid  … Most of her paintings were about death, with the Lord Buddha and lots of eyes … it was depressing but touching at the same time …

in diy mode

I discovered that one does not need a hacksaw to cut plastic tubes whatchamacallits for telephone wires … Just slice them with a cutter all around , bend and it’ll break in two … My telephone wires are now hidden, no worries that the kids will find them and try to play jump rope with them

uh-oh

So I’ve painted the bathroom’s cabinet and mirror frames silver and decided what better way to spend the afternoon figuring out how to install a silver plate with matching switch + outlet … I’ve read it up in ” Dare To Repair ” and know that the hot wire is black … The Husband found out my plan, probably afraid that I’ll get my butt electricuted took over my screwdriver … Now we know hot wires are not always black , well, in our house that is … We spent the entire afternoon either getting the light switch on or the plug working but not both at the same time … It has to do with this weird linking wire that sends electric currents to the other socket thingy … man, what do you call these things ?? … to be continued ( after we get outside help ) …

when will it rain ???

It’s getting super hot here , miss the rain … This was taken some time in April when we have these really awesome rainstorms , huge menacing clouds …

new food item ?

hee… I love Foodland … My mini chicken cocktails became ‘ Little Chicky Cock ‘ …which reminds me , there is actually a way to slice the mini sausages to make them look like cocks after you fried them … I did that when I was an immature teenager … just make a ‘ V ‘ incision a little above 1/3 of the sausage … eat them fast before they shrivel !!

Old furniture to new toy

Since both my kids are in school now , I’ve got a lot — A LOT — of free time to deal with my seperation anxiety from them … The first couple of days, I painted the bathroom ceiling and move furnitures around … Today , I track down toys … You see, my housekeeper’s way of picking up toys was to put them in plastic bags , tie a dead knot, and throw it in the storage room upstairs … She has taken my hiding of unpicked up toys to a whole new level …

This toy kitchen is just a cheap TV stand covered with felt and contact paper … I sew some pockets to the sides, fill them up with plastic forks and spoons, a mini notepad+ pen ( to take short orders ), child-size kitchen mitten … The lower shelves are filled with plastic food , clay, red beans (kidney beans , bigger means easier to clean up) , pestal and mortar ( a necessity when you live in Thailand ), and other kitchen utensils …

I t was quite a success and a thrifty remake of old furniture and scattered around toys … The kids played for over an hour , cooking up red beans everything …