Saturday 9/3

Woke up to rain this morning, but no storm, it has been a sort of cool morning, around 80 degrees. Sure do not need a furnace here, or even hot water. The kitchen will be a cement platform outside, with a short wall and a rough, really open. When we were in Fairbanks she always wanted a seperate building for the kitchen, it actually makes sense when the climate is like this.
We moved the large clothes storage furniture into Jit's room and into her Dad's and Mom's room. It looks like they will move in soon. We are going to have our own permenant room here. I think I will leave many things when we come back to Alaska, like shorts, tee shirts, and all sorts of summer short sleaves stuff. This house will be our Thailand home when we move back and forth from Alaska to Thailand.
Went for a walk in the park. The sounds were wonderful. I walked to the back area of the park and heard a Dharma talk in the distance and children singing in another direction. I think it is from the two buses of kids that came yesterday. A small lizard ran when it saw me, I would have ran too! The birds sounds are unique, a rising Whoo Whoo, no Raven sounds though. The Robins, that are not Robins, are not Robins. I looked closely, as closely as I can with my eyesight, and there markings and mannerisms are slightly different. The two hang out on the lawn and peck the ground though. My mind says they are Robins until I realize they are not. I can hear chickens in the distance, and behind everything, almost ignored, is the low rumbling sound of Bangkok, sort of like the power plant sound in Fairbanks.
A women tour guide, I saw her badge, and a couple maybe from Germany or Britain rode by on bikes. An older women on a collapsable bike rode by also, Sawadee. The tourist couple fed food to the fish and the fish all swirled around. In so many places in Thailand feeding the fish is a tourist thing. I am not sure of the kind of fish, sort of a large gold fish kind of thing. Sometimes at temples they feed bread instead of fish feed pellets.
I was think about the trip on the river yesterday, a majority of the docks are in Wats. The Wats serve community functions in so many ways. They really are integrated into the everyday life. The floating market for Papredang is at a Wat and the access is Ko Kred is through a Wat.Wat's are public places.

Another blog title idea, maybe for IT or also for cross cultural "Same and Different"