it’s been like 5 days since i moved into my new apartment. while its not in any way up to european standards re: cleanliness etc, i don’t mind.
its situated in a building full of thais, so i get to experience the thai way of life up close. first night i slept there, my roommate came back from a party at 5:00, quite drunk.. i was somewhat surprised 🙂
the following night, someone in the building thought it a good idea to do some home improvement at 3:00 one morning, no water in the shower.. so i applied a renaissance level of perfume to cover the sweat stench. 🙂
the other night, the owner of the building had his birthday. he is running a spa just opposite the apartment. naturally, all his employees were there partying with him. that meant an enormously loud sound system on the street in front of the building, and some 30 thais dancing all night like crazy. it was great fun, or sanook as they say around here. (yes, i finally got around to buying an english-thai dictionary which helps me to make major inroads into the thai language)