I thought seeing as I had a relatively free day i would put some pickes up of my house.

when i say relatively free, that is aside from the buddhist ordination i went to this morning at 7am - i haven't seen that time of day in years, and the motor bike viewing.

The ordination was unlike any religious festival i've ever been too - bear in mind i have only been to catholic and c of e ceremonies, maybe the odd jewish one too. All it seemed to be to me was lots of people meeting for breakfast (which consisted of rice and fried pork - it was delicious - even at 7 in the morning. In thailand when people say lets go eat, they say "gin Kaow", which literally translates as 'eat rice'. I am so thankful for my taosted sandwich maker - don't get me wrong - i love rice, but obviously not as much as i should). while the eating is going on hap hazardly, the boy who is being ordained gets his hair cut off, everyone takes it in turns to cut a peice off. it was reassuring to see that even in generous thailand, there is still that impatiant little old lady who will push her way to the front to get her turn first. but to be honest i couldn't tell you too much of what goes on at these ceremonies cosi was in and out in 20 mins (that includes eating, saying hello to people, cutting of hair and guided tour of the temple area...not bad eh?). after that we went to the motor bike shop!

by the way this is my house.