Just a quick update this week. Firstly, we’ve decided to move our christmas trip forward so that we’ll now be touching down on Oz terra firma on the 16th of next month. That’s five weeks, one day and three hours, not that I’m counting.

MyTGF has never so much as been on a plane before in her life, let alone travelled overseas. I’m not sure who’s more excited, me or her. The main thing for me is the chance to see my folks and catch up with all my good mates and regular readers – can’t wait to see you all. The main thing for MyTGF of course is shopping. Shopping and koala smuggling (she’s determined to bring one back home).

In other news I’ve been recently bombarded with torn-out advertisements from magazines and newspapers selling miracle hair-growth and baldness cures. This comes after making the huge mistake of showing MyTGF a photo of yours truly in his early twenties, when he still had a thick thatch up top. Cries of “lor maaaahk!” (very handsome) followed by “what happen your hair now?” have prompted MyTGF to insist that Thailand is full of miracle potions and unguents that will restore me to my former youthful glory, and that I run out immediately and spend ridiculous sums of money on special Thai goo to rub into my bonce.

Not happenin’. Though you gotta admit, I was a handsome devil…

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Maybe I should rethink that hair lotion idea after all.

And now for the weather.

Bangkok – fecking hot and humid, some showers expected.
Pattaya – fecking hot and humid, some showers expected.
Krabi – fecking hot and humid, some showers expected.
Chang Mai – fecking hot and humid, some showers expected.

More news at 11.