Hello everybody, it has been some again since last post, but things have been a bit busy. Nirmala was in Singapore for work. If you Google "GDF Suez Singapore", you will see why. We did, however, manage to celebrate our first wedding anniversary in style (wedding was 1+8 (legal+church) September last year). We went to "Turandot", an opera by Italian composer Puccini, set in a fictional Beijing and performed by the Singapore Lyric Opera. It was performed in Esplanade Theatre, a cultural complex (with shopping mall and restaurants, it is still Singapore!) near the Marina. The Esplanade Complex is nick-named the Durian (spiky smelly fruit as described earlier). You can see from the picture where the name comes from. Now, we are back in Bangkok, officially under state of emergency but, so far, we have not noticed a thing. Attached some Bangkok scenic pictures: first a picture of a demon (forgot the name) who greets you at the airport and then a picture of King Bhumibol, set in a decorative frame along the road. Pictures such as these are omnipresent in the Thai capital (and Thailand as a whole), often accompanied with "We Love the King" or "Long Live the King" slogans. The colour of the King is yellow, so many Thais were a yellow polo or shirt on Mondays. The Queen's colour is blue, and you see a lot blue flags now, as it was recently her birthday. Pink is also popular, as the King was wearing a pink suit (as on the picture shown) when leaving the hospital a few months ago, so it now associated with good recovery. More news later.
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