Porthole

Fourth Week of the Year 181 (daily updates)

         Sunday, April 14th, a red day. SONGKRAN. 99° at noon. 104°. Went out a couple times. Walk to Mini Big C. Bought coffee. Got dumped on once. Pan went to work. At least he told me his schedule. Looked at flights.

         Saturday, April 13th, a purple day. SONGKRAN. 100° at noon. 104° high. No energy or interest. Only went as far as Surada and 7/11. I don't do well in heat. Amusing to watch water fights.

         Friday, April 12th, a sky-blue day. Did minimum exercise. Did minimum period. Pan cleaned and cooked. Paulo and I went to Bellinee for coffee. Stopped in at Surada and 7/11.

         Thursday, April 11th, an orange day. Need to exercise earlier as sun is coming around. I put on my orange Coopedota shirt from Costa Rica. Pan gifted me a pair of orange underwear when he got back. I cooked today: rice with shredded carrot, onion, enoki, sweet-potato, malago, potato... I added some orange juice and placed 4 eggs and let the rice cooker do its job. Did get to market. Bought food. Watched a bit of "Deep Night" คืนนี้มีแค่เรา.

         Wednesday, April 10th, a green day. Much cooler in the morning. Low may have been 73°. Refreshing. Easier to exercise. Walk to Lotus for food. No one to talk to. 5 liters of water. Wrote lyrics "I saw a friend today..." and did what I had to do at WDC but listless, a bit of BL, 90° the high? Battled ants.

         Tuesday, April 9th, a pink day. About to SS&S... then go out of my a/c cave. I ate buttered rice and egg for brunch. Did my exercise, now need to exorcise. 97° at noon. 102° at 3:03 pm. Learning more Thai using BL/GL as examples. Wind and a couple drops of rain. Temp fell ... possible to 86° or lower. Entered Hook: "April... rosebud..."  . Added "In the beginning [181.6]"  to "L'aura del Campo" .

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         Monday, April 8th, a yellow day. Got out to Surada. Spoke to P'Nan, a couple (Thai/US) and then two men (UK/Turkiye) by 7/11. Not much appetite but did eat leftover fish. Very hot. 104°. Promised rain... didn't. Watched some Thai on-line. Looked at flights. Messaged Pan; he paid electric bill (1.650 baht). Another achievement award as I posted in my forum. Sat in Tower B Library with the a/c.

EXORCISE

4-8: 300/300(12)/300/500(5) = 1417. 10:00-10:35. 93-97°. AQI 109 (not good).
4-9: 300/300(12)/300(5)/300(5) = 1222. 10:27-11:00. 95°. AQI 131 (not good).
4-10: 400(40)/400(16)/500/500(5) = 1861. 08:57-09:46. 75-77°. AQI 80.
4-11: 300(30)/300(12)/300/500(5) = 1447. 10:27-11:17. 86-91°. AQI 80.
4-12: 300/300/300/300(5) = 1205. 10:41-11:17. 91°. AQI 125 (not good).
4-13: 400(40)/300(8)/300/500(5) = 1553. 10:06-10:47 93-95° AQI 129 (not good).
4-14: 300(30)/300(9)/300(10)/500(5) = 1454. 10:10-10:52. 91°. AQI 113 (not good).

OBSERVATIONS:

4-8: Man in Songkran floral shirt, woman sitting by lawn, light breeze, wet spots from watering, flower litter.
4-9: butter-rice-egg, purple orchids (took photo), flies, gush from hose, wet leaves. Wind, big drops. Chocolate milk.
4-10: big brown bird - coucal (photo), woman in spandex, disembodied voive from balcony above, flies, sword, puddles, grey sky, hoots and twitters. Yellow butterfly landed on my yellow shirt (kin?).
4-11: tiny butterflies, sunshine sneaking up behind me heating my shoulders, emerald-necked-mottled-white-winged-grey tailed pigeon.
4-12: Tom, partly cloudy, white puffs above the haze, birdsong, "my shadow emerges".
4-13: no watering, orange butterfly, shadows advance (I keep one eye out for the sun).
4-14: under cloud cover, b-ball bounce, no one watering, me sneeze, my bites/scratches, fragrant flowers.

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