Hurray!

Posted by landoman - 13/03/09 at 08:03:05 pm

This past week has been pretty fun. We went to the Green Man last Thursday and Jazz won a 1000B ($30) voucher to be spent there in the next week.  He won that by correctly answering 6/30 questions about British Prime Ministers.  Yeah…

Watchmen came out last week so on Sunday evening me, Jazz, and Inge went to see it at the VIP theater.  The movie itself was awesome.  Three hours of bliss.  Add unlimited caramel popcorn to that and you’ve got yourself a recipe for success.  On top of that we ate at a little place called the Sizzler before the movie.  I had the best burger of the trip.  All in all a good evening.

Training continued like normal the rest of this week but we went out to the Green Man again on Wednesday so Jazz could spend his voucher.  I discovered that they’ve got some of the best pasta on the island.  A new favorite for me, I think.

And again last night Tommy, Inge, and I went out again to Green Man.  Somehow I managed to win a deep sea fishing trip for two by answering a question about the first railroad accident in America.  I still don’t quite know how I managed to win that but I won’t ask questions.  The trip  ncludes fishing of course, swimming and snorkeling at some of the islands we stop at along the way, and meals throughout the day.  It should be pretty sweet.

Two down, one to go

Posted by landoman - 02/03/09 at 08:03:22 pm

I’m at the two month point in Thailand.  Two months…holy crap.  It feels like I’ve been here a year.  When you’re in a place like this time loses all substance.  Time of day has little meaning and days of the week have even less.  I just hope this last month doesn’t fly by…

This was another slow week.  Eating, training, and sleeping for the most part.  On Thursday me, Jazz, Inge, and Nadine went out to The Green Man for quiz night.  Nearly the whole pub was in on it.  But unfortunately most of the questions were related to British pop culture.  Regardless it was good fun.  We’ll probably be making it a weekly trend.

Later in the weekend I went over to Naiharn to see Marisa and Alex.  We went to Central and had sushi at a restaurant called Fuji.  Everyone had been telling me that this was an amazing place but I found out first hand that they were all right.  Without a doubt it was the best sushi I had ever had.  Afterwards we went down to the cinema and saw Valkyrie.  I had been expecting a mundane movie but it turned out to be surprisingly good.  A good evening all in all.

Slow

Posted by landoman - 25/02/09 at 05:02:50 pm

Not much has happened in the past week.  I’ve just been training like normal and taking it easy in the downtime.  But this weekend I went to a couple pretty nice restaurants.

The first was an English pub called The Green Man.  It’s just a short way past Chalong Circle and offers some of the best traditional English food on the island.  The menu is huge and below each item is a huge description of what the food is and why it’s on the menu.  I had my first proper steak of the trip — and man was it well-needed.

The second place I went to was a little Italian restaurant in Naiharn called La Italiano (go figure).  The owners walk around talking to people from time to time and provide a comfortable atmosphere.  And they have a stone oven.  So, naturally, I had one of the best pizzas I’ve ever eaten.  A giant pizza, at that.  Both places I ate this weekend offered huge portions — also well needed.

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