A dirt-free zone
The great clean-up has begun!
After arriving back to Sathupradit from Rangsit on friday night at 0:30, discovering i had no electricity, and stumbling around in the dark trying to find candles, stepping on who knows what, i decided enough is enough. So yesterday afternoon (coz i didn't get up until 2 and then i had to eat!) i headed to the flat downstairs to seek out my weapons. The broom and the mop were already out, standing symbollically in the hallway, as if they knew their fate and were ready for the task ahead...
After 2 hrs of sweeping - floors, walls and ceiling - i had collected a pile of dirt big enough for a whole colony of ants (did i really eat, sleep and work here for 10days?!) There were cornflakes, dead insects, cobwebs and enough hair to open my own wig shop (no offence, but i hope i never live with girls again - it's amazing you're not all bald, the amount of hair that just falls off your head everyday!) Then out came the mop, and suddenly the room was sweetened with the smell of detergent. The odour of cleanliness. The scent of victory...
I then spent almost 30minutes re-connecting the stereo system that is here, only to discover that the cd-reader is bust. The ultimate waste of time. Still, at least it LOOKS as though i have a myriad of techincal wizardry here, and isn't that the most important thing...? (i refer you to an earlier post... )
Last night Rina & I organised a small welcome team (consisting of just the 2 of us actually...) to greet Laura after her diving course on Ko Tao. The video is absolutely beautiful - if you are meeting Laura in the next few weeks you MUST see this! Unfortunately our Walliserin mit den rote Haar is leaving today :( She is currently enjoying a manicure, and then we will go for one last karaoke experience together, Laura, Pui, Rina, Weaw & lil old me... I can't promise that tears won't be shed. But i can promise we will stay away from any Whitney-type power-ballads. So the tears will not be because of the music...
Laura, you have been an absolute superstar here. As a colleague, as a friend, i will miss you very much. I wish you the best of luck for the 2nd half of your EB term in LC Bern. Yavor, Marie, Iulia, Danu, the Swiss MC and VPERs, you're lucky people :)
Finally i have some pictures from IC!!! (big BIG thanks to Aine). Aren't they pretty...?
Aine & me on our way to the formal dinner.
Doesn't she look grand?
At last an opportunity to wear my new suit without melting!
After arriving back to Sathupradit from Rangsit on friday night at 0:30, discovering i had no electricity, and stumbling around in the dark trying to find candles, stepping on who knows what, i decided enough is enough. So yesterday afternoon (coz i didn't get up until 2 and then i had to eat!) i headed to the flat downstairs to seek out my weapons. The broom and the mop were already out, standing symbollically in the hallway, as if they knew their fate and were ready for the task ahead...
After 2 hrs of sweeping - floors, walls and ceiling - i had collected a pile of dirt big enough for a whole colony of ants (did i really eat, sleep and work here for 10days?!) There were cornflakes, dead insects, cobwebs and enough hair to open my own wig shop (no offence, but i hope i never live with girls again - it's amazing you're not all bald, the amount of hair that just falls off your head everyday!) Then out came the mop, and suddenly the room was sweetened with the smell of detergent. The odour of cleanliness. The scent of victory...
I then spent almost 30minutes re-connecting the stereo system that is here, only to discover that the cd-reader is bust. The ultimate waste of time. Still, at least it LOOKS as though i have a myriad of techincal wizardry here, and isn't that the most important thing...? (i refer you to an earlier post... )
Last night Rina & I organised a small welcome team (consisting of just the 2 of us actually...) to greet Laura after her diving course on Ko Tao. The video is absolutely beautiful - if you are meeting Laura in the next few weeks you MUST see this! Unfortunately our Walliserin mit den rote Haar is leaving today :( She is currently enjoying a manicure, and then we will go for one last karaoke experience together, Laura, Pui, Rina, Weaw & lil old me... I can't promise that tears won't be shed. But i can promise we will stay away from any Whitney-type power-ballads. So the tears will not be because of the music...
Laura, you have been an absolute superstar here. As a colleague, as a friend, i will miss you very much. I wish you the best of luck for the 2nd half of your EB term in LC Bern. Yavor, Marie, Iulia, Danu, the Swiss MC and VPERs, you're lucky people :)
Finally i have some pictures from IC!!! (big BIG thanks to Aine). Aren't they pretty...?
Aine & me on our way to the formal dinner.
Doesn't she look grand?
At last an opportunity to wear my new suit without melting!
posted by Rob at
9:07 AM
4 Comments:
Hahaha..I have been cleaning up our house for the last 2 days and even I am amazed by the hair phenomenon...
I miss Karaoke bars-Will go home and find one in Delhi. Nothing like belting out a power ballad (a horribly cheesy one at that) to make you feel like it is all ok (atleast until the sobering down and did-i-do-that the next day :))
robbie :)...'superrob' still plays in my ipod and i miss u bro. the cleaning spree reminds me of times spent in eigerstrasse spending the better half of tuesday mornings in a position better known as 'down and out' (atleast for me in the first 2 months:))
glad to hear all is great. get yourself a flickr account and upload some of that sweetness in the pictoral bro.
Heheeeee!! I cleaned our flat as well yesterday! Mostly swept up dust... and then noticed the "blonde goodness" stuck to the broom... cannot blame that one on anyone but me (1) because I live with two guys with short hair, and (2) because I am pretty much the only blonde around :-p
And Dhruv, those Tuesday mornings were hilarious... ;)
Bee
xx
Ah Rob, Thank you so much! The last 2 months with you in Thailand were amazing and I'm already looking forward to meet you again in December! Thank you for all the good times.
And thank you and Rina also for that cool last day we had together. I enjoyed it a lot.
It's somehow strange to be back here in beautiful little Switzerland. The shower actually has pressure, there is basil in the garden, my mom put roses in my room, food is good, pillows are soft, fridge is full of milk and yogurts and cheese and olives and salad, there is bread and cornflakes and fruit, air smells fresh and clean, I can sleep without earpax, etc etc... I could go on and on! It's good to be back.
And still, I will miss you guys and the beauties of Thailand a lot, I know. It has been a very special and intense time and I keep on going through the pictures. There were so many good moments that I will never forget. Remeber the last night of the conference when we were in the swimming pool talking about how we felt one year ago? Many little moments like that and of course countless ranksit dinners are there in my memory that I'm grateful for.
Thank you for making my summer!
Many hugs and kisses from Wallis
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