There Did Not Seem To Be Much That We Found Interesting, Amusing Or Just Plain Weird,

in the news today, so straight on with the post,

after spending a semi sleepless and uncomfortable night with a throbbing tooth ache I was waiting for the dentist to open first thing in the morning, unfortunately there were a couple of people with appointments, but as soon as he could fit me in I was seen, after an X-Ray, a small amount of drilling and a packet of antibiotics I was on my way, the thought was that it was not the tooth, but a gum infection,


I can hear it now, 'teeth are alright, but the gums are going to have to go!' but here is the good news within a few hours the pain had all but subsided, if you need a dentist locally the one we use is Dr. Chanis almost opposite the Friendship supermarket in Pattaya Tai,

 Mark called round for a coffee and a chat, after he left it was glad rags on, the thing is this time last night I was in such pain I thought we would have to call this evening off, but just 24 hours later we were ready to go,

 Diana looking as lovely as ever,

tonight we were off to the China Garden in Soi Lengkee, it is described as a Chinese Restaurant & Boutique Hotel,

 there were a few dinners outside, but when we arrived we were the only customers, but during the course of the evening more arrived,

 after some prawn crackers we went for the mixed starters,

 and a glass of wine,

 we tend to take the whole evening over our meals, that way we can have a few more courses than normal,

 chicken and sweetcorn soup next,

 followed by Peking duck, pancakes, plum sauce with sliced onion and cucumber,

 then after a suitable break our main course, 'Cheers!'

  special chow mien, chicken curry with seafood fried rice, all of which was delicious,

 

the kitchen can be seen from the dinning area, every so often a flash of flame can be seen as one dish or another is prepared, another lovely meal, the bill including wine came to 2,600 baht, it may seem a lot, but then we did take 3 hours or so over the meal so we did order an extra course that many would not have ordered, if you like 'English' style Chinese food this is the place to go,

during the day we watched a bitter sweet film, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, the 1939 version, it is basically the memories of an old classics teacher at the end of his career and life looking back, remembering pupils and colleagues, and above all the idyllic courtship and marriage that transformed him from being shy and aloof person to one of friendship and respect from his colleagues and pupils, from the film, "haec olim meminisse juvabit" one of the films I enjoy watching again and again, surprisingly Diana enjoyed it as much as I did,

 we also watched the first part of the The Naked Gun Trilogy, The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! so funny even though slightly out of date,

to round the evening off after our meal it was feet up, ice cream and another visit to Downton Abbey for a Christmas special, we are all captivated by the series and are eagerly awaiting the new series, after that we said our goodbyes to Mr. Tony and we were off to bed.