moo ka-tat? tonight?

the time is about noon right now. da brain called me just now. he asked me if I wanted to do a moo ka-tat. my first response was a quick "no". but now that my eyes have opened up some more, and I've done a quick assessment of the condition of my body - the offer seems tempting. I think I will consider it some more.

..moo ka-tat, moo ka-tat, moo ka-tat.

yesterday, the lymph nodes in my neck were swollen up big time. but today, they are back to normal size. amazing what a good nights rest will do for you.

(..moo ka-tat?)

got an email from gomer pyle. thought he left already. but I called just now, and he tells me he is leaving tomorrow. may see him tonight in the lobby.

got an email from buckteeth billy. he's coming over next month for a visit.

the rookie from canada may arrive today. he did say november 22. but then, you never know how things turn out. I still remember my canceled flight out of shenzhen about 2 months ago.

..still thinking about that moo ka-tat with da brain tonight. my body feels up to it. nothing like a moo ka-tat to cheer me up.

..this time, I will make sure I am on the table with the guys wanting to eat the cheap 99 baht menu. the last time I got stuck with the 199 baht guys who like to splurge. ugh! ..oh well.

(talking to myself.) ...ok. lounge lizard. remember now. ..slow and easy. no running out the door. no marathon days. ..the key word here is slow and easy. no fights. no debates. let's make this a really easy day. and I should not have another relapse. remember. slow and easy.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: oh yeah. one last note to all lounge lizards... if I recall right, the PAD are having another demonstration over around the asoke area in town. according to the latest us embassy email, it will be an all day affair. the last two such events erupted into confrontations with people getting injured. take the sky train or underground.

relapse.

man. had a little relapse.

"too much good time, bad time will come." that is what my father would always tell me when I was young. I think that is what our government wants us to believe too. it is apparent from everything that is happening nowadays. it is the mojo of alan greenspan. many of the older generation believe this. remember... "too much good time, bad time will come."

for all you lounge lizards who were wondering why I didn't make it to the lobby last night, I was back in bed babying a sore throat, and a hoarse cough. serves me right. I should know better.

anyway, I think I will slow my pace a notch today. instead of doing a marathon night out, I will endeavor to just hang out at night - later tonight.

yeah. I know it is gomer pyles last day here. but what can I do?

..got a call from bruce pitt. but I didn't answer the phone when he called me. got pre-occupied with staring at the ceiling, I didn't want to do anything else. just one of those days.

while laid up in bed, I made a number of calls overseas using my magicjack gadget. good stuff.

so much for the latest. back to sleep.

back on duty...

yesterday was my first day "back to work" so to speak. with the flu behind me, you can imagine how excited I was about going back to the looooobby. after 4 days in bed, I was getting stir crazy.

could it be? ..the "yojokun" techniques worked?

yesterday started out with my meeting up with da brain for lunch at mbk. I can't remember the exact time because I was still in a daze when I got there. then, we went to the starbucks for a cup of coffee. after a couple of hours of hanging out, I left them. and went to the lobby to meet up with gomer pyle at around 4pm. when I got to the lobby, I bumped into timberwolf, he told me that the sarge was hanging out in the cocktail lounge. so, I went over there to shoot the breeze with him for maybe 15 minutes.

gomer pyle finally arrived, and we went off to this shabusushi buffet place out in rachada. like always, ate until we were full. then, we walked from there to this soapie place. and did some major oogling. augusto came by to join us. over a drink, we all checked out the scene while talking about current events in the world.

maybe 45 minutes later, we went to the beer garden to hang out. da brain joined us there to hangout some. around 9:30pm, we moved from the beer garden, and went to the big T. did the same thing. oogle some, talk some. I was having a great time. denver terry, and singapore jimmy came by to join us there.

around 11pm I think, da brain went home. singapore jimmy and I left the big T, and went to the lobby. we met up with the sarge, and timberwolf. got into some major debates about current events.

when everybody left, I joined up with the analog man, the priest, and the silicon valley man. yes, the silicon valley man is back in town. haven't seen him in about a year. we talked some.

around 1am, went out into the parking lot with the priest. another round of talks. around 2am, denver terry and augusto joined up. I guess they were tired of the big T. YET another round of talks and oogling. after more than 8 hours of oogling and discussions, I was pretty much oogled OUT. my eyes were getting harder to keep open.

I could tell it was about time to go home. BUT I was really hungry. so, it was another late night roundavue at the burger king. the time was about 3am. it just so happens that augusto, and denver terry were also hungry. we all went to BK to eat. after taking care of our stomachs, we all went to the all night supermarket and stocked up on groceries. boarded a bus and got home around 4:30am. and that was it. went to sleep at 6am thereabouts. ONE HELL OF A RETURN to normal life.

BACK ON DUTY...

roll call - timberwolf, the priest, the sarge, the silicon valley man, the analog man, augusto, denver terry, singapore jimmy, sweetheart, lady puu, da brain, beautiful, honda, toyota, boris.

I am doing this post at around noon. I think I am having a little relapse because of the long long day yesterday. but I am not sick, just tired. another few hours of sleep should do the trick.

..got word that one of the rookies from canada is coming back soon. maybe time for a new nickname.

did I miss something?? probably so. it was a VERY loooong day. yawn.

in a desperate desire to get well...

I sat on the toilet earlier today for like an hour hoping that by excreting everything out of my body, my flu would miraculeously go away.

I did my "yojokun" of circling my upper body while sitting on the toilet seat continuously for the whole hour. ..every now and then rotating in the opposite direction so as to maximize my the amount of each excretion as it came out.

for those of you who are unfamiliar with "yojokun", you can read up on the concept in the book, "yojokun - the book of life nourishing principles - by kaibara ekken."

so, anyway, I did my yojokun circles for close to an hour.

..ugh. ..ugh. ....uggggggh. Aaaahhhhhhh!

did it help me get rid of my flu, you ask? ..since I still have this splitting headache, I guess not. but at least I am not full of shit now, right?

it's day 4 of the flu for me. still miserable, still staring at the ceiling.

got a message from the shadow. it seems he has been sidelined too for a while. broken leg in his case.

the watcher called me. he's back in town. da brain also called. my best buddy watching out for me. augusto also called me. but I think he just wanted to tease me because I was sick.

I think I'll get back to sleep now. going into hibernation mode.

later...

day 3 - IN BED.

another day of the same, troopers. still in bed, still staring at the ceiling.

getting stronger though. just finished eating this huge serving of singapore noodles that I cooked up. jesus! my stomach is so full. earlier today, I watched tv, and played my computer game. SOTSE - 4 months and counting.

got calls from dennis the menace, gomer pyle, super glenn, and da brain. all wondering what I am doing. everybody wants to hang out. ..if it wasn't for being sick, I would like to hang out too.

being sick sucks - BIGTIME!!!

NOT only does being sick keep me away from going to buffets, it also keeps me from hanging out at the lobby. AND let's not forget, I cannot oogle girls either.

talk about the shit hitting the fan.

life sucks right about now.

anyway, before I go off the deep end, I think I will finish this post.

LIFE SUCKS!!! life sucks. life sucks. life sucks.

another day of fun and games - NOT!

rather than get into details and depress you all, here is a short reply to what I did today...

around 4pm, I went and hung out with da brain for a short hour, and then went home to recuperate. that was it. my WHOLE day.

still sick. still miserable. still staring at the ceiling. my energy levels are so low, I don't even have energy to mess around in the corner of my room.

I think I'll get some more sleep now.

later.

staring at the ceiling again.

boy! did I get bummed out yesterday or WHAT??! this morning, I woke up sore all over again. not sure how it happened. was it from the passing kiss I received from a friend? maybe it was from one of the handshakes that I received from a number of people? or perhaps it was from someone on one of the public buses that I ride on during the day?

who knows?....

all I know is - I ended up laying in bed AGAIN staring at the ceiling for the whole fu#king day.

shit happens.

da brain called me earlier in the day to see if I would like to hang out. but alas, my beautiful body didn't want to get up. my big beautiful body didn't want to do anything but lay there in bed. ugh!

it's about 2am right now. I am feeling somewhat better. but my back still aches. I think I'll feel well enough tomorrow to hangout again. but you never know.

..you lounge lizards out there who think you will be able to run around like a spring chicken when you reach middle age, keep on dreaming.

if you know what is good for you, you will get your ass over here asap. time doesn't wait for no one. you may find yourself in a "box" sooner than you think.

get those happy memories BEFORE it is too late.

(you heard me, buckteeth billy. ..I'm talking to YOU!!!!)

all those nickels and dimes you are saving up for a rainy day won't do you any good in a "box".

DO it! DO IT! DO IT!!!

need to slow down.

my sleeping hours got totally messed up today. instead of normal schedule of going to sleep around 6am each day, waking up for a toilet run at around 9am, back to sleep at 11am, then, finally waking up at 4pm.

..I woke up at 9am and didn't go back to sleep until midnight. and now, I am a little sick again.

so, what happened to push me off my schedule, you ask?

at 12:30pm, I got a call from da brain. he is back in town. just arrived at the airport.

at 3:30pm, I had to meet up with dennis the menace to help him out with this gym membership thing.

at 6pm, I met up with some of the lounge lizards for a mooo ka-tat.

at 9pm, I met up with da brain over in the lobby to pick up some stuff, and shoot the breeze a little.

yes, I think I did a little too much earlier today. I NEED to slow down.

by the time, the clock ticked 11pm, I was yawning big time, and could hardly keep my eyes open. ugh! got home at 11:30pm, fell asleep. it is now about 3am. woke up to get something to drink.

in a minute, it'll be some more beauty sleep.