the flood

has been a very biblical 24 hours (old-testament style)

it rained last night and today. not pathetic little driply-droplet rain. not even your usual, run-of-the-mill tropical downpour. today, it RAINED. all last night and all today.

the fun thing about bangkok when it rains is that the roads flood.

i thought i'd be clever today, so i waited until 9am before i set off for work, thinking that as everyone else would probably be at work by then, i could maybe get a taxi. no luck. so i set off to walk to the subway - didn't think a bike-taxi was a good idea today, considering.

of course, being a working man now, i was wearing my suit - my dapper brand new suit that i'd gotten from the tailor yesterday (well, the trousers, anyway - the jacket was already hanging in my office - i'd had it delivered, y'see). nicely ironed shirt. new silk tie from jim thompson. nice shiny black shoes.

and the roads were flooded.

so, i did what i had to do - i took off my shoes and socks, rolled up my brand-new suit trousers, and walked happilybarefoot through the murky brown floodwaters to higher ground on the main street.

that was the highpoint of my day though...

but it's the stuff that you can never see yourself doing back home that make expat life entertaining...