We went to Kata beach this weekend, I think I like it best of all the beaches, it has a nice shady area under some pine trees at the back of the beach and now in off season it's pretty quiet, the waves were quite surfy and I enjoyed a swim there, after we stopped off at "the green man" a brit style pub and watched a rugby game with Rick.
Rick is one of the guys I work with at school, American and younger than his 26 years he is having a break from med school to get some Muay Thai and beach time in.
Tony flair has been replaced by the stolid Gordon Brown and several car bombs have not exploded on London's streets, the media here is interesting, I came home from work and flicked on the t.v. "fox" was on talking with much anxiety and hand wringing about the "terror alert" in London so I figured I would head immediately to the BBC to get a less hysterical version of this exciting breaking news, the BBC had on a documentary news piece about American presidential hopeful Barac Obama and the state of America's education system??!? What does this say about the polarisation and focus of media sources, the value of localised news is now weighed according to the fears and interest level of it's audience, interesting.
My Mum of course was due to arrive in London that day I think, what is it with Mum and her timing of her arrivals in London to coincide with Bomb attacks?
Anyways, I'd better wander away. Take care, N.J.
Nikki Jayne Fact, fiction and other tails of madness and decay.
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