8.6.13

Weather Watch

If ever it's about to lash it down, it would be foolish to decide to go for a walk wearing just a short sleeved shirt, shorts and sandals wouldn't it!

Top tip for you!

DW

6.6.13

The House

We're up to the ground floor now ... The concrete  pouring going on here was finished today.

DW




Insect Close Ups!

I came across these while bird watching.

Note, no bird photos!!

DW



KLM Come on Down ... and OUT!

Saudi Arabia two months ago. Flight delayed from Manchester. Bumped from the onward connection so rerouted. Suitcase delayed four days.

I spent £120 on taxis getting me and luggage after the KLM botch up.

I claimed from KLM for actual costs incurred. 

They said all will be sorted in 10 days ... it wasn't.

Then they said two weeks ... it wasn't.

Then 6 - 10 weeks ... it was!!

After many exchanges on twitter and filling in their awful forms online, i got my "settlement" today: for my taxi fare in Cairo, we award you £40. It will take up to 21 days to get to you.

I laughed! Then wrote on twitter to KLM: Cairo? I never went to Cairo. This is a Saydi Arabia problem. They replied, "Strange!". Our Customer Team is normally so thorough at researching such claims.

I laughed again!

They're looking into it for me.

Breath being held, not 😁😁😁

DW

High Drama ... FIRE!

5 pm this afternoon and the shout went up: FIRE!

We all dashed across the road tothe  neighbour's house where their porch thatch was ablaze.

Pans, bowls and a hosepipe had the blaze under control and out fairly quickly and the amount of straw to be replaced is not that much.

This evening i asked what started the fire and was told that the boy of the house was trying to kill insects in the thatch ... using lighted matches!!! 😱😱😱. He's seven years okd!

Bless!

DW

Mini Frog

This frog is about an inch long. I used the flash so it looks much darker skinned than it is.

DW




Building Site Update ... we are here!

We came to see the house for a specific reason ... but we left some vital papers in Bangkok so that kind of fell apart! Still, all is not lost and we will do what we need to do!

So, here are some photos, beginning with a bucket for pouring concrete ... can you see any concrete???

Then other updating snaps!

DW



That's the view from the dining room to the master bedroom.




4.6.13

Excel Training in Bangkok

I will be leading a two day seminar on Spreadsheet and Financial Modelling on 4th and 5th July 2013.

Short, intensive and very interactive ... if you use Excel and you need help, come along.

Read up snd sign on here :

http://www.vmacgroup.com/Spreadsheet%20and%20Financial%20modelling/index.php

DW

2.6.13

Rooms are Showing!

They have got to the stage where the layout of the rooms is showing now.

Take a look ...

DW