Thursday is BBQ night and again there was a feast. I started with seafood – crab, prawns and fish, followed by steak, pork steak, spare ribs and chicken drum stick. I also had bakes potato and garlic bread which I’d missed last week. You might think I’m a bit focussed on food but once I leave work, eating is all there is before I retire to my room - usually. However, tonight I sat and chatted with Narwin and Pairor for a bit.
Work proceeds at a steady pace. Pui has the system on her laptop and is working on the tanker shipping data. This is proven to be a real challenge and may be the hardest part of the project. Apart from the (oft mentioned) problem with the spelling of Thai names, there are other errors such as numbers swapped, trailer and trucks swapped and so forth. It makes it difficult to work out how to write a routine to sort those errors out.
Preedaporn also turned up today. She is the IT lady from Bangkok that I exchanged a few emails with before I left.
I have decided (and have Jim’s nod of approval) to go to Bangkok for the weekend. Pui is going anyway, since she has a dentist appointment so we will be travelling together. My normal driver is taking us, so lots of overtime for him.
I have booked into the Windsor suite hotel via the Internet. I used the same online booking service I used in NZ and have a Minister suite for A$91 per night. The “normal” price is $365. It is supposed to be 50 sqm. With a separate living and sleeping area. It is just off Sukumvit Road which is supposed to be a main shopping area and the sky train and metro stations aren’t far away, so you can get to anywhere of interest reasonably easily.
I will definitely have to buy a book or two, since I’m nearly finished my last and was starting to look at the Gideon’s offering as a last resort.
I have also changed my ticket to next Friday night, so I’ll have the whole week to finish off. If that’s enough I can go start from here after work and get to the airport in time for the 11-30 flight. I’ll get home about 7am. Too late for pennants but early enough for hockey. It will mean I’ll miss Wednesday’s vet’s game, unfortunately.
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