long time no rap
Dudes, I must be honest with you: today’s blog entry is pretty much about avoiding work, so you should probably not expect the usual high-quality standard of writing you usually get when I deign to post.
“So, Dean, you fine specimen of a man, what’s new?” I hear you ask.
I have plans to attend Microsoft’s Tech.Ed event in Kuala Lumpur, leaving Thailand on the 10th. That’s pretty soon. I have made my accomodation bookings, I have made my flight bookings, I have registered for the conference. I think that’s all that’s required to get the going and staying underway, so I should be covered.
Her Mintiness is still in Chiang Mai, and I miss having company, but it’s also nice to “let my hair down” and leave dishes in the sink for a day or two before washing them. Unfortunately, with the arrival of our new bub getting closely imminent, I have taken a turn for the economical: I remember fondly last year when Mint went to Chiang Mai, I ate out every night, sometimes also at lunch, but now I just see the money disappearing and thinking “maybe I’ll just have some toast and an apple”.
I did succumb to temptation over the weekend and head to the Eurogourmet Bistro. This is a front for a larger catering company who supplies european-style sausage and what not to larger hotels. They vacuum-seal the food in their big industrial kitchen, and in the bistro’s kitchen they reheat the vacuum bags in boiling water, and it’s much the same as it ever was. And cheap. The hungarian goulash with gnocchi was fantastic, and only 150baht. Also there’s a really good looking lasagne and of course and exhaustive sausage menu. I didn’t much care for the desert - apple pie - which was served in the more English style with whiskey sauce, than the American style, with ice cream. With icecream on my pie, I would’ve been stoked. (They don’t even have icecream, I checked.) Sunrise Tacos - not far from my place actually - has excellent apple pie and icecream … hmm, I haven’t been there for a while. Perhaps tonight, if my mutually benificial cheapness and laziness can’t hold out.