Luncheon With Charles

Ok. We have been in England a few days now and are settling in, though our sleep is still out of synch and after a bracing fresh air walk at Selbourne or around the Heath, we all get a little dozy.

A trip to the docs has put Grace right and shown up the Thai doctors are money grabbing vermin as the UK doc said no medicine was necessary and she would be fine in a day or two.

Today, we met Dear Charles at the Pub with No Name and he and Carolyn treated us to some lovely grub; Fish pie for Oi and Steak and Ale pie for me. UK prices are frightening, but the food was scrumptious.

Times are easy at Mum's house. There is a cupboard full of Spitfire Real Ale and a fridge full of pork pies and chocolate mousse.

Grace and Oi have been loving it.

UK's Great

Revolting Peasants

With the protests in the Middle East spreading to other nations, keep your eye on China. BBC journos have been attacked and beaten up as they state crack down on any form of protest or aggrevation from the masses. There are some interesting reports on the BEEB website.

One wonders if all this build up of arms by countries across the world is intended for an external enemy, or a rising poor population within its own borders. Then again, I often surmised that the whole idea of countries and nations is just an illustion for the masses. The real global divisions between rich and poor. Countries don't really exist. In fact, the more I think about it the more it makes sense. Especially with China announcing record budgets on military build up this year and witnessing Gadaffi bombing his own people this week. I wonder how Greece is getting on. The brutal rich people getting more brutal as their fear grows and that their unjust ways fall more and more into question by a waking, realising populus.

Sickening Dread

OI and I have been through fucking Hell this week. Poor wee Gracie has been ill day after day and only now might we be finding out why. It has been exhausting and so saddening as she is constantly vomiting, coughing and crying at the prospect of more injected medicine, body wash or trip to the doctors. Both Oi and I are at our wits end and with the approaching flight to UK coming up on Wednesday, things have been mighty stressful. It should be okay, but its been so fucking tough. On top of that the weather has decided to get scorchingly hot, so I will be pleased to leave this sun baked country.

Tom left for USA today for gigs a-plenty. Patrick still displaying true engrained Irish hatred, or Absolutism as a friend puts it. With some pre-history knowledge, I know how the Irish can be. Like Lee, he is lucky to be able to  dispense with friends so freely. Or weak, as not to attempt to resolve minor issues. Though it is sad, at least I know I have tried to approach resolution, and have received no comeback. Such is the way of Man.

Talking of Man, In Our Tme has featured widely again. I dispatched with a bunch of oldies and loaded on a bunch of new broadcasts, including (here you go, get this); Zoroarthruism, Muslim Spain, Consolation of Philosophy, Sassanian Empire, Mughal Empire, Probability, Art of War to name a few. Each features various Melvin Bragg crack up moments. The depth of the discussions is mind-boggling and hughly enjoyable, especially in these troubled times. I should have been an academic locked away in some dorm somewhere.

The PC gaming season is well and truly open and I am going to miss a bunch of releases during the UK trip. Hopefully, they will still be available to DL when I return to still-life life in Thailand.

Actually, things will be changing for us when we get back. Grace will go to Nursery, Oi will start work (apparently), we might move, we might but a car. Who knows? One thing we have in common is that we both like a stress free life and if that means simple stuff then that is fine.She has been great during G's sickness and has really proved herself, whereas I always fall into sympathy with G.

PC Gamers desperate for a game? Dawn of War: Redemption is pretty good.

Fever

Final Saturday in Thailand and Grace has had to go to hospital for the night. She has a fever and we need to get her well before Wednesday. Hopefully things will be fine.

It has been a quiet week. Oi's mum has arrived to take care of the house while we are away. I am a bit sorry for her as she likes to be busy on the farm and will be hanging around here for 7 weeks.

Tom is off to the States on Monday, and Patrick, sadly, has seems to have lost his marbles abit and gone off radar. Up to him.

On the Rocks

Another Year

Mike Leigh's latest movie is wonderful.