today

today I when to some temples with my friend Wassana to make good fortune for her upcoming interview with the us embassy. we traveled across bkk, bus boat and tuk tuk to get to a beautiful temple to pray in many of it's areas. (i was sure to ware a non black shirt with sleves to go to the temple, but in hind site should have worn long pants to we could have gone to the grand pallace.) but at least i remembered to step over thresholds and all that jazz. after that we went to go set fish free and give food to the fish and birds outside the temple (also very lucky) I'm always amazed how many fish there are near the temples, you throw in a bit of fish food and the water is totally alive of huge squirm fisshys. and tons of sky rat pigeons. well unluckily one fell in the water and was drowning in the nasty Bangkok river. gnarly gnarly water! passing through the center of the whole city full of a million nasty barges.. ick. well, my friend was quite upset at seeing the poor bird drowned but i sure as fuck wasn't going to the the stupid former to go in that oily dark funk, with huge swells from all the huge 500 yard rice barges. I borrowed a stick from old lady vending something or outher who i couldn't really try to explain what i needed it for, I hated of think of my friend so worried about luck and her interview to have to watch this bird drowned, but alass the bird had floated farther out, and the fish were all about trying to eat it (circle of life it think) but a little old 80 year old hunch back grandma thought otherwise and jumped in to save it. but she quickly tired from the large swells, to I had to jump 1/2 way in to pull her out, at my friends and the growing crowds frantic 1/2 understood pleas.. of course the steeps into the water are covered in a nasty mossy slime, making it almost imposable to get in let alone out pulling a little old lady clinging to a soggy sky rat. but with the help of Thai guy who offered a hand (i think someone was holding onto his as well) shit i have to say, after boxing for 3 hours a day I thought I was fairly strong, it still took quite a bit of effort to get her in.
but alass the pigeon old lady and luck of Buddha all seems quite intact, and I haven't acquired any scary side effects from the water, yet.
otherwise, I'm still in BKK, training like crazy (except today) I was going to go down to the island of kho tao, but it wasa bit too close to a full moon party on a naboring island, think limy spring break meets burning man less DPW, (harf) (frat boy rave)
so I want to stay ass far away from that!
but i will travel that way after the thai new year which i'll be spending in sisket...
yep.