on behalf of every Thai on the list (ie.me)... Happy Thai New Year Everyone, especially to the almighty "God is a PJ" and Father Landers. this new year has been a wet year. not only out of the waterfight, but there was a lot of rain as well. usually it's more fun to get out of town and play in upcountry. but this year a lot more people kept themselves in Bangkok, including me despite having planning to go the beach for about half a year beforehand. but Bangkok was a good surprise. probably because of the economic crisis/depression, people came out and played a lot more this year. along the roads, people stationed in front of their houses armed with waterpistols in variety of sizes and forms, ready to soak every pedastrians and vehicles coming their way within shooting range. troupes of motorbikes roared about doing battle with those houses and trucks. i went up on one of those trucks with a bunch of fellow warriors, equipped with three water tanks bigger than me. we cruised around the city spreading new year good wishing by throwing everyone we spotted some bucketful of water, lovingly chilled to perfection with ice and scented powder. our new year day is usually the hottest day of the year. too bad this year it rained so it was bloody cold up on the truck when you're constantly sodden and soaken wet. in short, Thai new year is an enormous laugh and you're all invited to play with us next year. foreigners are our favourite when it comes to throwing water. i heard there's fun festival like this in Spain, yes? just throwing tomato instead of water. huhuhuh Mr.Miller, i trust you wouldn't mind sharing some tomato experience with us? my left ear is still blocked from being shot by those superpower waterpistols. how i wish that could be good enough excuse for sick leave tomorrow. well, only a few days to Bowlie, let me grudgingly say have fun everyone! oon xxx +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "nambling pambling rice pudding & crochet holiday camp +-+ +-+ gangwanking whimsy-thon" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+