News from where the cloud don't fly

Orange Socks is typing this on a wireless keyboard while sitting on the sofa, using the TV (42") as a monitor. Real cool. Also listening to BBC Radio 2 through the computer. Play station or X Box next. Wii.

Both are settling into the Land of the Sand. Especially enjoying Fridays as a bit of a lie in is often had. Work is pretty good too. A structured and professional place where colleagues on the most part are conscientious. The teaching schedule is the most structured ever experienced.

The Missus is enjoying entertaining new friends. Learning a new language and keeping Orange Socks in the life he will become accustomed to.

Now armed with a liquor licence, cases of beer, spirits and a little wine are now stowed in Orange Socks and Missus’s temporary fully furnished semi-serviced apartment in a village called Simaisma while they wait for the right villa to be available. Nothing but the best for the Missus. Four bath tubs await them. Along with bar and pool (table variety) room as well as outhouse for Orange Socks's more deviant moments. With the recently established liquor stock, Orange Socks plans to reestablish his consumption threshold which has been severely dented due to a significant lack of opportunity. That is - he can’t take it like he used to.

The Suzuki Grand Vitara is still running very smoothly. Just a 20-minute run into work with very little traffic to speak of. No stress to or from work. Planned is the purchase of a V8; a Mustang, Charger R/T or Corvette in December once Missus is used to her independence on the roads. And Orange socks has sussed where all the radars are. At six quid a tank of fuel and lovely straight, well kept roads, the opportunity to satisfy a middle aged whim is too good to pass.

A trip to England is planned for November to catch up with family, fish for trout and shop for more shoes.

In January a visit to Thailand and possibly Vietnam. Your Sand Dwellers are due to arrive Hong Kong on 21st January. They never thought they'd be looking forward to a bit of cloud and rain.