What is in your cup? - Page 1973

orlok · 10-27-2014, 06:28 PM

Red red wine, as I prepare a report for tomorrow's early morning call. Ho hum...

Stitchawl · 10-27-2014, 09:02 PM

When Johnny comes marching home again,
Hurrah! Hurrah!
We'll give him a hearty welcome then
Hurrah! Hurrah!
The men will cheer and the boys will shout
The ladies they will all turn out
And we'll all feel gay when Johnny comes marching home.

The old church bell will peal with joy
Hurrah! Hurrah!
To welcome home our darling boy,
Hurrah! Hurrah!
The village lads and lassies say
With roses they will strew the way,
And we'll all feel gay when Johnny comes marching home.

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v2mW21M0cw )

What's with this 'we'll all feel gay' business. All I feel is pain... Everything hurts, even my hair. I ain't 25 years old any more... No wonder they draft 18yr olds instead of 68 year olds. If they blew Reveille at 6am, we'd never make it to the chow hall until 9.

Good morning, everyone. Another wonderful weekend spent fighting with the cream of Asia's up and coming young athletes. A good time was had by all, and the Chiang Mai Fencing Club, although not bringing home any medals this time, was able to hold it's collective head up as we left the tournament grounds. Four of us made it all the way to the semi-finals (where we were squashed like bugs...) and had a wonderful time. The two who didn't get that far were competing in their very first competition, and were rather nervous about it, so didn't fence as well as they normally do. We should have put ALL of our club's fencer in the semi's! Considering our ages, THAT really would make the name of the Chiang Mai Fencing Club a household name in Fencing circles!

These young Asian fencers are going to be making names for themselves in the Fencing World. Some of them are just really, really, REALLY good! We'll be fighting them again at the end of next month, and I'm looking forward to another enjoyable tournament. We made a lot of new friends, spent time with several who were at the last tournament, and all in all, a genuinely good weekend, fencing during the day, eating and shopping in Bangkok during the evenings.

It's nice to be home again though, and now drinking a big, big mug of East India Company's 'Assam' tea, and getting ready to visit the Food Lady. As much as I like my Super Duper Energy Bars, her cooking is much tastier!

Stitchawl

CRussel · 10-28-2014, 11:30 AM

A glass of fresh squeezed orange juice with my breakfast burrito this morning. (Eggs from my hens, chorizo I made myself, and Salsa Ranchera from La Victoria cause I'm lazy and they already do a better job than I could with the ingredients readily available to me here.)

Time to make a pot of Peet's Anniversary Breakfast Blend.

Bilbo1967 · 10-28-2014, 12:10 PM

Tea. Typhoo.

kindlekitten · 10-28-2014, 04:33 PM

I had vacuum packed hard boiled eggs at the hotel this morning. Still burping them. Bleh

cromag · 10-28-2014, 07:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bilbo1967

Tea. Typhoo.

Gesundheit! Allergic to tea?

Meanwhile, I'm resting my knees and sitting back with mug #3.

Stitchawl · 10-30-2014, 08:43 AM

After-dinner mug of unbranded Keemun tea

Stitchawl

ProfCrash · 10-30-2014, 12:48 PM

Pu Erh. Yummy

Getting ready for Halloween. Little Man is not so sure why we are so excited at the house but I think that will change tomorrow.

CRussel · 10-30-2014, 01:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ProfCrash

Pu Erh. Yummy

Getting ready for Halloween. Little Man is not so sure why we are so excited at the house but I think that will change tomorrow.

Not my favourite holiday, but that probably has to do with age and the lack of any real children on this block as much as anything else. We tend to hunker down and ignore it.

A morning for Lapsang Souchong I fear. The rain is back.

cromag · 10-30-2014, 04:13 PM

A delayed first mug.

We live at the end of a long dead end with only a few kids on it, so Halloween tends to be easy. When we moved here, 23 years ago, we were expecting our first and most of the neighbors had young kids. As the kids have grown up and gone to school or moved out, most of the families have stayed. One family that did move away made room for a young family with a three or four year old. He usually makes out pretty good!

Bilbo1967 · 10-30-2014, 05:54 PM

Buffalo Trace bourbon.

Stitchawl · 10-30-2014, 09:52 PM

Little darling, the smiles returning to the faces
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun
Here comes the sun, and I say
It's all right

Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgiQD56eWDk )

Good morning, everyone! Happy Friday! Happy Halloween! And Happy New Year! (Loi Krathong, the Thai New Year!) Sun's up and it looks as if this will be a very good day to be alive. Unbranded Keemun tea in my mug, already finished 'stuff' from the Food Lady, and I'm ready to greet the day! Hello, Friday!

Stitchawl

CRussel · 10-31-2014, 01:28 AM

Cranberry Juice. This is the end of my second week without diet coke.

kindlekitten · 10-31-2014, 04:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CRussel

Cranberry Juice. This is the end of my second week without diet coke.

Stitchawl · 10-31-2014, 10:04 AM

My bad... This morning I called today's holiday one of the Thai New Years days. It's not. Today begins the 'The Festival of Lights.' There are fireworks going off all over the city, and the skies are filled with 'khum loi,' the large paper hot-air balloons. Saturday night and Sunday nights are the big events, and if tonight is anything to judge by, they will be great to see. I'll try to get some video footage of that to add to the three other events that I still haven't finished editing. I DID learn a bit more about the software today though, so I'm making progress.

Right now, though, it's a glass of Bombay Sapphire in front of the window as we watch the evenings fireworks!

Stitchawl

10-27-2014, 09:02 PM	#29582
Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 12,344 Karma: 187123287 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Device: Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350, iPad, Samsung Galaxy	When Johnny comes marching home again, Hurrah! Hurrah! We'll give him a hearty welcome then Hurrah! Hurrah! The men will cheer and the boys will shout The ladies they will all turn out And we'll all feel gay when Johnny comes marching home. The old church bell will peal with joy Hurrah! Hurrah! To welcome home our darling boy, Hurrah! Hurrah! The village lads and lassies say With roses they will strew the way, And we'll all feel gay when Johnny comes marching home. ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v2mW21M0cw ) What's with this 'we'll all feel gay' business. All I feel is pain... Everything hurts, even my hair. I ain't 25 years old any more... No wonder they draft 18yr olds instead of 68 year olds. If they blew Reveille at 6am, we'd never make it to the chow hall until 9. Good morning, everyone. Another wonderful weekend spent fighting with the cream of Asia's up and coming young athletes. A good time was had by all, and the Chiang Mai Fencing Club, although not bringing home any medals this time, was able to hold it's collective head up as we left the tournament grounds. Four of us made it all the way to the semi-finals (where we were squashed like bugs...) and had a wonderful time. The two who didn't get that far were competing in their very first competition, and were rather nervous about it, so didn't fence as well as they normally do. We should have put ALL of our club's fencer in the semi's! Considering our ages, THAT really would make the name of the Chiang Mai Fencing Club a household name in Fencing circles! These young Asian fencers are going to be making names for themselves in the Fencing World. Some of them are just really, really, REALLY good! We'll be fighting them again at the end of next month, and I'm looking forward to another enjoyable tournament. We made a lot of new friends, spent time with several who were at the last tournament, and all in all, a genuinely good weekend, fencing during the day, eating and shopping in Bangkok during the evenings. It's nice to be home again though, and now drinking a big, big mug of East India Company's 'Assam' tea, and getting ready to visit the Food Lady. As much as I like my Super Duper Energy Bars, her cooking is much tastier! Stitchawl Last edited by Stitchawl; 10-27-2014 at 09:06 PM.

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10-27-2014, 06:28 PM	#29581
orlok Close to the Edit! Posts: 9,797 Karma: 267994408 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis, Amazon Fire 8", Kindle 6"	Red red wine, as I prepare a report for tomorrow's early morning call. Ho hum...

10-28-2014, 11:30 AM	#29583
CRussel (he/him/his) Posts: 12,309 Karma: 80074820 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast, BC Device: Oasis (Gen3),Paperwhite (Gen10), Voyage, Paperwhite(orig), iPad Air M3	A glass of fresh squeezed orange juice with my breakfast burrito this morning. (Eggs from my hens, chorizo I made myself, and Salsa Ranchera from La Victoria cause I'm lazy and they already do a better job than I could with the ingredients readily available to me here.) Time to make a pot of Peet's Anniversary Breakfast Blend.

10-28-2014, 12:10 PM	#29584
Bilbo1967 Not scared! Posts: 13,424 Karma: 81011643 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Midlands, UK Device: Kindle Paperwhite 10, Huawei M5 10	Tea. Typhoo.

10-28-2014, 04:33 PM	#29585
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	I had vacuum packed hard boiled eggs at the hotel this morning. Still burping them. Bleh

10-30-2014, 08:43 AM	#29587
Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 12,344 Karma: 187123287 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Device: Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350, iPad, Samsung Galaxy	After-dinner mug of unbranded Keemun tea Stitchawl

10-30-2014, 12:48 PM	#29588
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	Pu Erh. Yummy Getting ready for Halloween. Little Man is not so sure why we are so excited at the house but I think that will change tomorrow.

10-30-2014, 04:13 PM	#29590
cromag Surfin the alpha waves ~~ Posts: 26,684 Karma: 459765791 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: New Jersey Device: Jetbook Lite & Mini, Nook STR, Kobo, Hanvon N516, Kindle 2, Androids	A delayed first mug. We live at the end of a long dead end with only a few kids on it, so Halloween tends to be easy. When we moved here, 23 years ago, we were expecting our first and most of the neighbors had young kids. As the kids have grown up and gone to school or moved out, most of the families have stayed. One family that did move away made room for a young family with a three or four year old. He usually makes out pretty good!

10-30-2014, 05:54 PM	#29591
Bilbo1967 Not scared! Posts: 13,424 Karma: 81011643 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Midlands, UK Device: Kindle Paperwhite 10, Huawei M5 10	Buffalo Trace bourbon.

10-30-2014, 09:52 PM	#29592
Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 12,344 Karma: 187123287 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Device: Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350, iPad, Samsung Galaxy	Little darling, the smiles returning to the faces Little darling, it seems like years since it's been here Here comes the sun Here comes the sun, and I say It's all right Sun, sun, sun, here it comes Sun, sun, sun, here it comes Sun, sun, sun, here it comes Sun, sun, sun, here it comes Sun, sun, sun, here it comes ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgiQD56eWDk ) Good morning, everyone! Happy Friday! Happy Halloween! And Happy New Year! (Loi Krathong, the Thai New Year!) Sun's up and it looks as if this will be a very good day to be alive. Unbranded Keemun tea in my mug, already finished 'stuff' from the Food Lady, and I'm ready to greet the day! Hello, Friday! Stitchawl

10-31-2014, 01:28 AM	#29593
CRussel (he/him/his) Posts: 12,309 Karma: 80074820 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast, BC Device: Oasis (Gen3),Paperwhite (Gen10), Voyage, Paperwhite(orig), iPad Air M3	Cranberry Juice. This is the end of my second week without diet coke.

10-31-2014, 10:04 AM	#29595
Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 12,344 Karma: 187123287 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Device: Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350, iPad, Samsung Galaxy	My bad... This morning I called today's holiday one of the Thai New Years days. It's not. Today begins the 'The Festival of Lights.' There are fireworks going off all over the city, and the skies are filled with 'khum loi,' the large paper hot-air balloons. Saturday night and Sunday nights are the big events, and if tonight is anything to judge by, they will be great to see. I'll try to get some video footage of that to add to the three other events that I still haven't finished editing. I DID learn a bit more about the software today though, so I'm making progress. Right now, though, it's a glass of Bombay Sapphire in front of the window as we watch the evenings fireworks! Stitchawl