Bangkok Week 494 December 14, 2017 Christmas is really really in the air now. View fullsize Friday night at the new Mexican restaurant in Ari. Not bad! View fullsize Blending in with the Olympic Club Christmas trees. View fullsize These police dogs are eager for a day out in the big city. View fullsize Just another passenger on the BTS. View fullsize I've heard of chicken nuggets, but not ice buggets. View fullsize The Christmas festival at the Goethe Institute was ... popular! View fullsize There was a live (Thai) band singing Christmas songs in German. View fullsize And both food and gifts for sale. View fullsize On the way home, we stumbled upon this Christmas Spectaculaire. View fullsize Thailand is learning how to do Christmas the right way! View fullsize Bright lights for all. View fullsize Talking on her "phone". View fullsize House update 1 of 2 this week. View fullsize The interior of the small upstairs bathroom is coming along. View fullsize They've filled in the back wall of the house (that used to have a window, and will now have the master bathroom). View fullsize And they've squared off the wall of the master bathroom (it used to be crooked). View fullsize You can see where the shelf in the shower will be. View fullsize They've widened, and made taller, the windows going from the second bedroom into the hallway. View fullsize This is how thick the hardwood floors are. View fullsize Work has yet to start on the downstairs (apart from the piping). View fullsize The downstairs is for supply storage! (You can see the nice wooden floors upstairs.) View fullsize Close-up on the wooden floors. View fullsize Checking out the water tank in the front. View fullsize Back in Ari: the Christmas decorations are up! Better late than never! View fullsize The tree is relegated to a stool this year. No more counter-space! View fullsize The two trees at my office: one in the building lobby, and a more modest one in the BCG lobby. View fullsize Baby Kate, and her proud parents (Vee and Peung). View fullsize House update number 2 for the week. The electricity conduits have been installed. View fullsize In the master bathroom, for the lighting above the sink. View fullsize And in the second bedroom. View fullsize They've made a very nice new sill for the sliding doors out to the balcony. View fullsize Switches-to-be in the hallway upstairs. View fullsize Meanwhile in Manila: have I mentioned that they spare no expense when decorating for Christmas? View fullsize Larger-than-life gingerbread men hanging from the ceiling. View fullsize View from above of one of Manila's newest business districts.
