Raining In Thailand

Yesterday it rained just I was walking back to the train from the enormous and wonderful weekend market. It was not my strongest showing there--I bought some incense from Karmakamet and looked at a 10,000 dollar arrowana--which is a fierce fishie from South America. It just just a few drops but by the time I got to Chitlom, it was a full-blown monsoon torrential downpour. And it's not rainy season! Anyway I got a tuk-tuk home and only got slightly damp, napped (what is it about the rain that just knocks you out?) and then went and saw Match Point at KV's. It was brilliant, even with the shitty pirated copy we had.

Today dawned more Glasgow than anything, with an overcast sky and soft rain. The Thais like their AC icy and we are all freezing in office. I am wearing a suit jacket, sneakers and SOCKS. It took me five minutes to find the socks, since I never wear them here. It must seem a bit rich, especially if you are a east coast blizzard victim, but we are freezing here in the tropics. The girls are wearing sweaters and the boys all have these fleece vests on. Ski caps are being threatened. I may bust out the cashmere.

Tomorrow is Valentine's, but more importantly, it's Liverpool v Arsenal.