Bangkok Week 61 August 27, 2009 A pup, a permit! View fullsize Marouy welcomes you from the bottom of his heart. View fullsize A belated mothers' day gift. View fullsize Marouy can tell there's something great inside the bag! View fullsize He's had enough of his new chew already. View fullsize Breakfast: rice porridge with an assortment of salty things. View fullsize Marouy smiles and watches from the doorway as we enjoy breakfast without him. View fullsize An ad for the new car! Driven by its not-so-snazzy older cousin. View fullsize At the Toyota dealership, a big Buy-a-Pickup party was hap'nin. View fullsize Skillfully trying out the new car. View fullsize Lacklusterly leaning on its bed. View fullsize The dealership was even giving out juices, desserts and dumplings. (Of course.) View fullsize Top's new workplace! "Pichit Air And Sound." (That's what it says in red.) View fullsize Top, distracted at work. View fullsize Another windmill flower. View fullsize Enjoying lunch -- the first of many meals we'd be seeing those dishes! View fullsize Olives on an olive tree! View fullsize Olives off the olive tree! View fullsize Marouy proudly shows off his glistening new ball. View fullsize The house glows at dusk! View fullsize The acrobatic show-off is at it again. View fullsize He has yet to pose nicely for a photo. View fullsize Look at me play. Aren't I cute? View fullsize The next morning, at the temple preparing lunch for the monks. View fullsize The incense, flowers (and money) to donate. View fullsize Waiting while the monks dine. View fullsize Said dining monks. View fullsize The brothers look through a Soup-Up-Your-Car catalog. View fullsize Releasing the fish. Too bad the fish were eels this year. Ick. View fullsize Just some of the MANY leftovers brought home from the temple. View fullsize Sipping a tiny yogurt drink to remove the mouth-on-fire feeling. View fullsize A giant lily pad looms over the fish. View fullsize Having given up on the soccer ball, moving on to coconuts. View fullsize Do I look doofy? View fullsize Snails bury inside holes in a coconut palm. View fullsize (At least) 3 snails to this hole! View fullsize Chomp chomp chomp. Determined to peel the whole coconut. View fullsize Suddenly, the process became a whole lot more painful. View fullsize Preparing traditional, bright-orange Thai Iced Tea. In goes the condensed milk! View fullsize The finished product -- cool, sweet, refreshing. View fullsize Mmm. Orange. View fullsize A lazy Sunday afternoon at the store. View fullsize Recently organized chips and ramen. 22 different kinds of ramen on offer! View fullsize The two youngins size each other up. View fullsize A sleepy Sunday afternoon inside the cool house. View fullsize "Mowing" the "lawn." View fullsize Hmm! Mom's dishes... again! View fullsize What I thought was going to be an awning... turns out to be a whole addition. View fullsize Ever seen a mobile toilet? Pretty big bus for a toilet. View fullsize What's that you see? A work permit!? View fullsize This calls for celebratory cake! View fullsize And celebratory beer, of course! (And a celebratory face.)
