Today Is Going To Be Expensive,

firstly both of our BUPA yearly subscriptions are due, and my yearly house insurance, so it was off to see Jack Levy, we parked in the side street and spotted this nice hibiscus, so out with the camera,

Diana by the pot of hibiscus,

next to it was this example,

what it looks like to be 62,000+ baht poorer! if you want to find it Jacks office is towards the top end of Pattaya Tai almost opposite the turning that goes to the Vietnamese restaurant, I thought that was it as far as expenses for today go, but I was wrong, when we arrived home the electric bill was waiting for us!

then it started to rain, unusual for January out here, luckily we had booked a taxi to take us to Glenn's hotel where we picked them up, it was then off to see Jay and Precil at their place along with Mike and Riza, it was a farewell Indian meal for Glenn and his family as they fly home on Wednesday,

Jay had planted a few more trees in the front garden,

and a floating armchair for the swimming pool,

the house is huge,

it has 4 bed rooms, Jay has said it is up for sale, yours for only 16 million baht, I keep saying it every time, no I am not on commission!

the girls getting ready to start cooking, Diana, Riza, Casey, May and Precil,

now how strange is this, the day before our gas bottle ran out just as the girls started cooking, well exactly the same thing happened at Jay's house! (note to perspective buyer, full gas bottle just fitted!)

the girls were cooking dishes from the Philippines, meanwhile we had a Indian take away, so it was "Cheers!" from all of us,

as if that was not enough food, Riza then started cooking some more, fried chicken, but we were full to bursting!

all to soon it was time for us to leave, we dropped Glenn and family off at their hotel and wished them 'Bon Voyage' then home we went, feet up, strawberry's to snack on

and a few episodes of Jim Hacker in Yes Minister, a hugely popular series in the early 80's, look here for some of the best lines, then off to bed.