May 28, 2011
Each time I read news such as this, I shudder and cringe in horror.
While I suspect it probably mostly happen in cheap, touristy guest-houses, you can’t discount the fact that this is Thailand. And, in Thailand, safety is not necessarily the utmost importance.
Knowing that people have lost their lives from innocently taking a shower sent shivers down my spine. I don’t think this is something that we consciously think about (tourists or not), but it exists and it is very real.
It makes me wonder if there are some sensible way to gauge when safety in the shower is being compromised.
May 26, 2011
I remember getting all excited at the thought of introducing Spud to solids when she was about 5 and a bit months old.
I still make her food , and I enjoy doing so. Making baby food is really easy — I steam, I roughly mash them up (no more pureeing the crap out of them!), I put them in ice-cube trays, I freeze them and then use them when needed. I make them once every 1 or 2 months at a go, and then just keep then frozen in the freezer.
I have been doing the above for each individual type of food which is a bit annoying, but at least I get to mix and match them as and when I feel like it, and to also provide Spud with some sort of variety. The kind o ffood she gets for the day depends on my mood.
Our freezer is currently quite full with all the frozen food I made for her…but one thing for sure, there is this sense of satisfaction to be able to feed Spud with something I make myself.
Now that Spud’s eating 3 square meals a day plus snack time in between, I have been more experimental with the type of food I prepared for her. I cannot wait for her to start eating the same thing as we do!
May 25, 2011
At this time of the year, it certainly is looking like the hot season has been a couple of months late.
The humidity in the air makes me feel hot and bothered. So hot and humid that I don’t really want to be doing anything at all…
There is this inertia to everything, and I find so hard to have a productive work day. I blame it not on my mental being of wanting to procrastinate, but on the ridiculously hot and humid weather. I feel like the perennial slug in the office these past few days. All because of the weather.
I think I will look better blending in and growing roots on the couch at home instead.
And as I begin to complain about the hot weather, it suddenly just started to pissing rain. I’m so glad that I got home in time.
Did I ever mention that I love the rain?
Ahhh…I think I’m going to sleep really well tonight.
