Present From Dad & Bangkok

by JermynToh on 18 April, 2007

When my parents were visiting, we were walking around a flea marketing in Penang and we saw an antique radio I was keen to get for my place in KL. However the price was rather high and we weren’t even sure if it was working so I decided against it.

Daddy apparently has been visiting antique & 2nd-hand shops around Vancouver and he found a radio that looked like the one I wanted at a fraction of the cost and it works!! I can’t wait for them to bring it over the next time they visit!

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Songkran this time round was a lot crazier along Silom Road. Usually we could avoid getting too wet by walking on the other side of Silom but this year … both side were lined with people armed with lots of water guns, cold water & rice flour.

Each time we ventured out … I had to change my clothes completely as we returned to the hotel soaking wet. One day … even the hotel staff were standing outside with buckets and wide grins on their faces.

Conclusion Ryan came to: don’t walk too close Jermyn … coz a blonde Asian is just asking to be thrown water at / powdered with rice flour.

Anyway … it was a wonderful trip and I still had 3 shirts i didn’t wear after all the wetness & madness.

Managed to keep to my resolution of keeping my shirt on for most of the parties and I was relatively well-behaved ;-) … relatively.

Video recorded from my phone of 1st party:

Video recorded from my phone of 2nd party:

The parties were good … 2nd nite especially … was nice to hang out with old frens and meet new frens.
;-)

Now …. Bangkok again in July … or Sept for the Bangkok Tennis Open … maybe Taipei to in June or July

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JermynToh April 18, 2007 at 6:36 am

plus my dad is a genius at eletrical things and all .. he’ll figure it out and sort things such that all i need to do is plug it into the wall and turn it on

u know … i did learn all my technical / computer know-how from someone u know

how else do u think i learnt how to fix up computer and be tech-support for u when i was still in the dark ages of the Windows world

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fritzq April 18, 2007 at 5:58 am

After 2 years in KL hon…I am sure you know more eating places than I do

“)

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fritzq April 18, 2007 at 5:56 am

get a step-down (current converter) honey…. you can get them at any electronic shop….

“)

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shaoann April 18, 2007 at 5:50 am

on a side note, will that radio be able to work here … don’t they operate on 12V power in north america … and we are 220V here right?

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JermynToh April 18, 2007 at 5:47 am

i look back at the 80s and i cringe … wat’s there to collect that you’d want to be reminded of:
- bad hair?
- bad electronic music?
- shoulder pads?
- luminous tops / socks/ belts?

argh …. i rather collect things that remind me of my grandma’s house .. those things are more pleasant

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shaoann April 18, 2007 at 5:36 am

you’re not THAT old … anyway, shouldn’t we be collecting 80s stuff then?

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JermynToh April 18, 2007 at 5:31 am

as u age … u tend to start collecting things that remind you of the past … i just through an antique radio might look nice on top of this wooden chest i have.

maybe one of my bedrooms can be done up with a old / 60s-70s feel

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JermynToh April 18, 2007 at 5:30 am

yeah … it was fun …. and it was nice to spend more than passing moments with u during the 2nd party :-)

we must do weekend lunch thing again when u’re back in KL …. now i can bring u to some places i know which i bet you’ve never been before since i doubt u venture very much beond PJ

;-)

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shaoann April 18, 2007 at 5:24 am

why do you want an antique radio?

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fritzq April 18, 2007 at 5:20 am

It was fun wasnt it? esp the second party! yup I got wet most of the time this time around! haha

Recovery time…..

bleah!

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