Although I Am Not A Fan Of Tattoos,

I thought this was neat,

for anyone that could not afford the real thing, and technically speaking it is correct twice a day, but I can not help thinking how much did this tattoo cost as opposed to the cost of a real Rolex? picture with thanks to Rad.

We Last Week Decided To Watch Battleship 2012,

so off to Central Festival we went,

lots of bikes as usual,

 the planners I think never realised how many people come here on two wheels,

this is what happens, as space gets short people start to double then triple park, I have no doubt in an hour or so the people who own the bikes at the back will have three or four bikes to move before they can get theirs out, but at least it gives the parking attendants some thing to laugh about as they watch the hapless owner struggling to get out,

 the film we thought was on in the VIP theatre, but it was moved to The Porch, so that was where we waited,

 there are about 12 double seats in the theatre with its own waiting area,

 so it was a case of waiting to be led into the theatre,

 it all seemed rather posh, but then then tickets were 600 baht each,

 we even had our own bar,

 and this was our seat, a sky bed, as it was called,

 it was just like laying on the sofa at home, with complementary milkshakes,

and a few nibbles, the film was to say the least a bit slow at the start, also a bit confusing as so many characters had to be introduced, worse still each looked totally different when in civilian clothes to their look in their navy number ones, but once the action started it was great fun, we would have loved to have seen it in 3D, but I guess we will wait for it to come out on 3D BluRay,

then it was scream a second as Diana demonstrated how not to drive a car! thrills, spills and total mayhem as she tried to knock the other drivers off the track,

 on the way home we decided to stop off at the chicken soup stall,

one thing I have noticed is that when prices in the UK go up it is a few %, unless of course you are the Royal Mail, but over here when a price goes up it is at the very least 10 or even 25%, but today the soup went from 30 to 40 baht, not a lot as far as the money is concerned but 33.3% increase in one go!, still it is delicious,

 there are so many food carts here every evening, you are spoilt for choice,

next stop the fresh food market, Diana bought some lychee's and pineapple to snack on for later in the evening,

the durian seller strikes the pose, then home feet up for the evenings entertainment,

we watch some more of Downton Abbey, thoroughly entertaining, this is going to be another one of the type of series that we both hope will never finish, with four episodes of that we we off to bed.

The Wonders Of The Internet,

Diana was laughing so much I had to see what it was about,

 she was playing Tetris with her younger brother,

I know you can chat to each other over the net and realised that people can play games against each other, but this is the first time I had actually seen it in action, it looks great fun,

we decided to pop along to Soi Bukaow market, taxis are no longer allowed to queue up on Pattaya Tai, so the traffic flows a little easier,

 lots of spices to chose from,

 the live fish shop was also here today,

 as you would expect from a market lots of fresh vegetables too,

outside one of the houses at the plant end of the market I spotted this Frangipani, (Plumeria rubra), it is also known as the Hawaiian Lei flower, is native to warm tropical areas of the Pacific Islands, Caribbean, South America and Mexico,

 not a great picture, but the flowers almost look like they are unreal,

Diana did not see anything she liked, so we had an ice coffee each and made our way home,

of course not having the taxis lined up in Pattaya Tai meant that the traffic could go straight to the traffic lights at the intersection of Third Road, unfortunately the lights seemed to make matters worse,

as soon as we were at home we had some good news, Mahendra, Sunda and Jay had all arrived safe and sound from the UK, so we popped over to see them at their hotel,

 the aquarium in the reception area of Sabai Resort looked good as usual,

 as did the pool,

 whilst telephoning their room at reception I noticed this golfing figure om the counter,

looking closer I spotted this moth, it is a Oleander Hawk-moth, Daphnis nerii (formerly Deilephila nerii), it is found in wide areas of Africa and Asia, it is a migratory species, flying to parts of eastern and southern Europe including the UK during the summer, so this is quiet a traveller! incidentally if you want to buy some eggs in the UK have a look here and grow your own,

 left to right Jay, yours truly, Sunda and Mahendra, we had a drink and a chat,

then we were off to the market, arriving there I saw this, I have never seen one of these before, it is a 200c.c. Keeway Superlight,

single cylinder going into a twin exhaust, not sure I like the matt black finish, but it does stand out from the crowd, if you want to buy one over here it retails for 59,900 baht, at today's rate £1,227 Keeway was established in 1999 in the European Union, thanks to its strategic geographic location in the continent, during the following several years Keeway quickly expanded to Central Eastern Europe and on to Asia,

 the stalls were just about open as we arrived,

 ominous looking skies, but the rain held off,

 a few bits and pieces for the garden,

 three wise frogs,

 opposite the bar Nitipon had a stand this evening,

I had a look along the pet section, our next door neighbour disturbed a burglar a few days ago, so as she lives alone she is going to buy a dog as a deterrent, so I was interested to see what was available,

Diana was interested in some of the Nitipon products, but did not buy any,

 at the bar we meet Dave from the UK and Eve and had a nice chat,

 Brian was there too,

 naturally the girls had to have a ice cream or similar!

we are now one step closer to our dream of watching 3D movies at home, we have about 15 3D Blurays and now we have the player, a Panasonic DMP-BDT210 3D BluRay, I had thought of keeping with Samsumg as that is the television we want to buy, but for the price and the reviews this model has beat the Samsung hands down, 5 out of 5* in What Hi-Fi and a 9 out of 10 from Trusted Reviews, also a great recommendation from Richer Sounds, now all we have to do is wait for the price of the television come down, as we get near to Samsung announcing the 2012 models then the price of the 2011 model we are after will hopefully come down,

we watched Spiderman 2, the BluRay a great improvement over the last time we watched it, on cable, the special effects stunning, I wonder if any of the Spiderman movies will come out in 3D?

to round off the evening Sailor, a great series, if like myself you like things nautical, it sort of runs in the family, Uncle Harry of Christmas rabbit fame was a crusher (the Regulating Petty Officer in charge of administration and discipline) in the Royal Navy, you will like this fly on the wall series, but remember, it was filmed in 1976, so things have moved on a bit since then, with that we were off to bed.