Table tennis with Niki…
Run by myself…
Badminton with Sharmila…

… let me assure you that the healthy green coconut has an even more healthy portion of vodka based monitor!!!

… they grow up too fast. Sooner than you know, snuggling up to mom by the beach is going to be totally uncool to her. As of now though, she is knocked out cold and we are taking in the moment…

If memory serves me right, this is the warmest ocean among all oceans. My first guess was that it meant lots of marine life. I understand, to the contrary, that works against the planktons, which in its turn means far less marine life compared to other oceans.

We landed in Bangkok on our way to transit to Bali. At the coffee shop in the wee hours, I was chatting up the lady who was cleaning up the place. I asked her “How do you say Thank You in Thai?”. She said “Kop Un Kha”.

Excuse me if I got this completely wrong – spelling wise. I was desperately trying to learn the pronunciation. While not totally accurate, I think I got most of the pronunciation. The rest, I expected the Thais to look the other way just because I was trying their language as a foreigner.

Next stop, Natasha wanted to pick up some gifts for her friends. After choosing some stuff, the girls stepped outside the shop waiting for me to finish paying for it. As I mentioned before, it was very early in the morning. The checking out counter was empty. In fact, two young ladies helped me thru the process.

At the end, to impress them, I came out with my knowledge of the language Thai in its entirety – “Kop Un Kha”!!! I even put the flair at the end like I had heard the cleaning lady do.

The response was not exactly what I expected. You could see that they were bemused by my Thai. Not above learning, I asked them – “Did I get it wrong? How do you say Thank You?”

What I learnt was that I was absolutely perfect in my words and delivery. If I were a girl!!

Apparently, it matters whether you are a boy or a girl when you say Thank You in Thai. I believe I was to say “Kop Un Kup” (with the same flair in the end). Or something like that.

In college, every 101 course was easy for me. It is the 102 that got me.

Not much has changed from those college days.

🙂 🙂 🙂

After a week of frenetic activities to get the daughters opportunities to spend time with their grandparents and cousins, Sharmila and I finally got some “us” time here in Bali.

Today is a planned “lazy” day. Kicked it off with coffee with Sharmila. If you can see the water through the trees, that is the Indian Ocean.