The shadows hold wicked smiles
The potential for evil convinces
Birds startled by bowstrings
Plucked by the hands of princes
Memories engrained with fear
Of the terrible bowstrings twang
Paralysed in body and mind
In a world that no longer sang
To live in fear of life
Is no way to live at all
Fly high up into the skies
And don’t be scared to fall
Today I’m feeling:
Reasonably content though still a little tired.
Today I’m grateful for:
The car service only costing a little over 1000 baht though I’m curious about what they actually did. At least I can see they cleaned the car.
The best thing about today was:
Spending the afternoon watching Kishore Mahbubani’s US-China relations course whilst sitting in Daytripper again. There was a group of Chinese students with books open learning Thai yet practising speaking Japanese and playing English word games. Hearing them talking reminded me of my travels in China.
What was out of your control today and how did you handle it?
Despite me sitting in the same building as where my car was being serviced, instead of talking to me the service people called Amy in Australia two times to say this thing needed fixing and that thing needed fixing. Amy would then call me asking why they weren’t talking to me to which my only reply could be ‘I don’t know!’ She was getting annoyed but there was nothing either of us could do. At least they didn’t do it again after she told them to just talk with me cos I was there! Even with our differing languages we could still have worked things out but they seemed reluctant to even try. No one told me anything about the work they actually did so I just paid the bill and said thank you, then left. No big deal.
Something I learned today?
Sydney is building another harbour tunnel that was originally planned to be completed by 2026 but the method of construction was changed after the project had already started. It will now complete in 2028 instead but it will supposedly be cheaper. It will be tolled too and ultimately lead to there just being more cars in the city. One day I will go back and marvel at all the changes there.
What do I need right now?
I need to pick up something to eat for dinner tonight. If I decide on something before going, the store will invariably be closed so I’ll just have to go and look around.
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