Mae Sai 04/20/2010 Pretty Typical

The day was pretty typical for us in the re-model mode. We got up around 6:00 AM and moved forward through the day.

Roof tile guys showed up and worked all day setting tile. We did have to have a little follow up talk about removing the loose, old coating before putting down the new tile.

Salad, the Burmese contractor that is doing the kitchen, bathroom and walls, came with some materials.

The stainless steel sink was a single bowl sink and we agreed on a double bowl. The two bathroom doors are only 180 centimeters high.

That means I would hit my head going through the doors. Thai people are very short. The doors should be 200 centimeters.

He took the sink back but I did not catch the door mistake until after he left. We will need to have the communication talk to be sure we both don't mis-understand each other.

The men from CAT Telecom came and did all the wiring and everything works great. Total hook up cost with dish, wireless router, cabling ND satellite TV converter was 7400 THB ($231 USD). After this month we will have to pay 790 THB for Internet service and 250 THB for television. That is about $33.50 in United States money.

It is a big deal to have these stations on TV here in Mae Sai. We already have two of the teenagers in the family sitting in front of the TV watching MTV.

I must stay mellow and remember "TIT" (This is Thailand).