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    Monday: Paying Respect To My Wife's Mother

    We arrived early at the Wat's new ceremonial room to be greeted by a mob of mother-of-pearl inlaid rosewood chairs with the names of the donors on the back.

    My brother-in-law, his wife and son wait for the nine monks to arrive.  I picked out my usual large 'throne' seat on the left for my seating.

    A candle was lit.

    Flowers were set out.

    A small shrine to my wife's mother was set up and the monks chanted for 20 minutes.

    The "family monk" stayed after and exchanged pleasantries and fond memories of the family's time together.

    At BIRA Circuit on Saturday.

    I was at the BIRA Circuit outside of Pattaya, Thailand on Saturday to cheer my friend, tuner, and sometimes driver, Khun Mac.  He was the #1 qualifier, s usual.  We have been discussing ways to make more horsepower on his (class restricted) 1500cc engine.  The results can plainly be seen: the tall injectors which brought in a ton of extra torque above 7000rpm.

    Khun Mac leading the field on the first lap.

    A leaking head gasket kept him from winning . . . but he was still on the podium at 3rd place (and qualified for Sunday's big race). See more on my Khun Mac at BIRA Circuit blog page.

    I was out in my garden this fine morning . . .

    It is the rainy season in Bangkok now.  It has rained some every day for about three weeks now, making my garden path very beautiful.

    In the morning, everything is covered with a thick dew.  The humidity is above 90%, and the temperature is above 90(f).

    We have a spirit house for the spirits that lived here before we built our home, like most Thai houses. We tend our spirit house, and people it with spirit house folk: dancers, maids, gardeners, and hangers-on.

    There was a new lotus flower opening this morning.  It set the tone for the day.

    Saxophone Club - Bangkok, Thailand

    If you are ever in Bangkok and are looking for the best music, you can't beat the Saxophone on Victory Monument Circle. I was there last night with my old friend John Stiles and we saw and heard a great blues set with another of my old friends, Khun Chai, sitting in with the house band.  Khun Chai is perhaps one of the top 10 blues guitar players in the world, and I have seen all the great blues guitar players over the years.  Chai is magic. (Photo taken on my iPhone4.)

    No racing, but another beautiful drag strip sunset!

    I had a bad feeling about the evening - it might rain again and cancel my racing.  The sunset was fantastic: magenta, green (!), and turquoise.

    As the sun set further and further over the horizon, this massive, ice-capped thunderhead grew more beautiful. The colors were other-worldly.

    More beautiful by the minute.

    Unbelievable magnificence.

    The sky darkened.  The thunderheads moved in.  No racing tonight.