Orchids and Keegan

When you live near to the largest outdoor market in Asia, or so it is claimed, then there is always something you can spend your money on unnecessarily.

Today, I bought a pair of Vanda Orchids which you can see in the picture and it is now my challenge to try to keep them alive on my balcony, which probably won't be easy as orchids can be sensitive fellows, according to those in the 'know'.

In a totally unrelated incident early this week, we saw the return of 'King Kevin' to the Toon Army helm. Apparently this came as a bit of a shock as it seemed our, 'Kev' was perfectly content running a soccer 'Circus' up in Glasgow or somewhere. I suppose a few million quid a year must of tempted the Scunthorpe native away from the dwarves and llamas.

Keegan incidentally translates in Laotian as 'Khee Ghan' or 'hard shit' which is what it'll be if Newcastle invariably go on to continue their miserable form this season.

I personally, would, 'luv it'!

Frank Beckham?

I was amused by David Beckham's recent statement regarding the pedigree of Britain's current Prime Minister, Gordon Brown.

Beckham (BBC Tuesday, 8 January 2008, 20:02 GMT) describes brown as, "a very good man, he's a man who's looking after our country and he's doing a very good job."

Thank goodness for that then! We could do with a man like him here in Thailand!

His charming innocence reminds me of a similarly talented yet simple-minded young man named Frank Spencer.

Also pleased to be able to finally add a Flickr thingy to the side of this Blog. Recent photos are from a great winter break in Korea that I mentioned in my previous entry last week.

New Year in Korea

2008. A New Year and this time I was in Korea to see it in! Actually I was in Suanbo, a hot spring resort in the middle of South Korea, which also happens to have a tiny yet charming ski resort one km up the road called Sajo

Had a great day of skiing on New Year's Eve with relatively uncrowded slopes and fortunately I had not forgetten how to stay on my skiis after over 7 years of winter sports inactivity. The equipment was quite short Head skiis which really made it easy to turn which was useful as one of the slopes was quite steep.

A lot more to talk about concerning this trip as it was really interesting and fun and I have a load of photos to upload.

For now though, enjoy this 'K-Pop' hero I encountered on Korean TV in a Seoul guesthouse.

There's something about him!