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May 26, 2007 |
It’s Saturday morning, and all is well in la-la land. Over in Isaan, Nan has decided to clean the hut again. The hut is her house, the one she does not live in because of the ghosts. It enjoyed a brief period as a house, but has been downgraded to a hut again by Nan after reading the definition of one in her dictionary.
She is not all to sure that I can survive there. But the odds are not bad. After careful consideration on her part, she has set the odds of me approving of it to 50/50. So again we went over it.
“Hut is small teerak.”
“Have room for bed?”
“Yes”
“Can install electricity?”
“Can”
“Have room for TV?”
“Yes”
“Have kitchen?”
“Yes”
“Have shower and toilet”
“Yes, but small”
So we have a agreed to have a look together, and if something can be done to make it livable until we find something better, we go for it. If not, we will have to rent a place somewhere. The only thing I don’t want to do is live on top of the in-laws. They are nice people, but there is not much privacy to be had when “mama me” is sleeping 4 meters away in the same room.
Anyway, it’s going to be an interesting trip. If the house is livable we have to stock the place up with a few things. A bed for example. I just hope we can find one with a mattress that is not made of concrete. There is nothing there, so it we will have to go shopping for everything. But I don’t worry about that. Nan is quite thrifty and knows where to find the things we need at a good price.
Anyway, if you see a slightly confused farang with a huge shopping cart directed by a determined looking Thai lady, that will be me. Please come over and rescue me!
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Are Rune I wouldn’t worry about the mattress made of concrete butthe other way. Some of them can be picked up with 2 fingers and have nothing inside them but cardboard and no springs. There was one of these in a plave a rented along time back.
I bought a good mattress and it wasn’t cheap but you do get a great sleep. So being thrift could be bad. Use your western common sense my friend.
If your hut/house is like the ones I have seen so many times in villages uncluding my girls, you may last a little while before you move on to a more western style accommadation. I know that even though I am a country folk at heart I couldn’t live in an Isaan country village. But we are all different and maybe you will love the Isaan village lifestyle.
I hope you like Beetle Nut and Thai rice whiskey and then you will be the best of friends with all the elderly men and ladies in the village. The men the whiskey and the ladies the Bettle Nut. Not long to go for mate. And then you will be home as you said. Brunty
Sorry about all the mistakes I didn’t proof read and just typed like a lunatic while watching the football (AFL). Please forgive me! Brunty.. ha ha
Arrh, but the, place I, including and so on..
No worries Jason. If I could survive a year in a hut made from cow dung and reeds in South Sudan I can certainly make it in an Isaan village. Nan however don’t know much about my past life, hence her apprehension.
She does however make some allowances for me as I did not whinge about the heat, food and toilet conditions during my last visit to the village.
Unlike the other Farangs who have visited their teeraks in the village and then made a run for the nearest hotel with aircon and a western style shitter.
Hence the 50/50 confidence vote.
As for the spelling. The only reson you are able to read any of my posts in here is thanks to the Google toolbar spelling thingy…