MY FIRST POST---IT'S BEEN FIVE YEARS NOW

THE HOUSE WHEN WE BOUGHT
AFTER THE REMODEL

Sorry everything is in caps , buttttt this was my first one and I really did'nt know what I was doing . hope you like re-reading my very first post . Malcolm

WOW!! HAS IT BEEN FOUR YEARS SINCE WE MOVED TO OUR SMALL VILLAGE ( WANG PHO )IN THE PROVIDENCE OF KANCHANABURI , ON THE RIVER KWAI. AT TIMES IT ALL SEEMS LIKE A DREAM, IT SEEMS LIKE ONLY YESTERDAY I MEET MY THAI WIFE CIEJAY SEVEN YEARS AGO WHEN SHE WAS ON A VISIT FROM THAILAND TO AMERICA TO SEE HER SISTERS, WHO HAD MOVED TO THE USA MANY YEARS AGO.HER SISTER SOOKRI WAS MARRIED TO A FORMER EMPOYEE OF MINE AND HE CALLED ONE DAY AND SAID THAT HIS SISTER -IN -LAW FROM THAILAND WAS VISITING THEM AND WOULD I LIKE TO MEET HER ? TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT I HAD BEEN MARRIED AND DIVORCED A COUPLE TIMES AND IN AND OUT OF A FEW SO CALLED RELATIONSHIPS AND I HAD JUST ABOUT HAD IT TRYING TO FIND HAPPINESS IN A RELATIONSHIP, BUT YOU KNOW HOW IT GOES AND I SAID WHAT THE HECK , SOUNDS GOOD TO ME . WELL THE MOMENT I LAID EYES ON HER I FEEL HEAD OVER HEELS , AND FELT LIKE I WAS EIGHTEEN AGAIN. WHAT A GREAT FEELING IT WAS . NOT ONLY WITH MY HEART BUT MY HEAD TOO . WE DATED A COUPLE OF TIMES AND I WAS PLENTY SCARED I CAN TELL YOU , BUT ONE NIGHT ON MY WAY TO PICK HER UP , A SONG, BY FAITH HILL WAS PLAYING AND WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE TO SIT IT OUT OR DANCE" I HOPE YOU DANCE" , AND RIGHT THEN I SAID I'M GOING TO DANCE .WELL IF ANY OF YOU ARE MARRIED TO A THAI LADY YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO SHARE YOUR LIFE AND FEELINGS WITH THEM WHEN THEY SPEAK ONLY A FEW WORDS OF ENGLISH AND UNDER STAND EVEN LESS. BUT SOMEHOW WE MADE IT . WE GOT MARRIED ON THE FOURTH OF JULY WITH ALL MY OLD BUDDIES THERE, AND I COULD TELL SOME WERE REALLY JEALOUS THAT I WAS SO HAPPY.OF COURSE THEY ALL LOVED CIEJAY AND THOUGHT SHE WAS THE THE BEST THING THAT HAD HAPPENED IN MY LIFE . WE LIVED IN OREGON FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS . UNTIL I COULD RETIRE AT SIXTY TWO, WE HAD COME TO THAILAND FOR A VACATION TO SEE HER FAMILY AND I HAD FEEL IN LOVE WITH THAILAND AND ASK CIEJAY TO MOVE BACK THE NEXT YEAR TO THAILAND SHE SAID OK , AND ON THE LAST DAY OF OUR VACATION WE CAME TO VISIT HER BROTHER IN KANCHANABURI AND I SAID TO CIEJAY THIS IS IT , AND WOULD YOU BELIVE WE BOUGHT A HOUSE AND A LITTLE PIECE OF LAND THAT EVENING WITHOUT EVEN GETTING TO GO IN THE HOUSE BECAUSE IT WAS LOCKED UP AND HAD BEEN EMPTY FOR 6 YEARS . BUT WE HAD A DREAM . WE WENT BACK TO THE GOOD OLE USA AND WORKED ONE MORE YEAR AND THEN SAID OUR GOOD-BYES AND SOLD AND GAVE AWAY EVERY THING WE OWNED EXCEPT ELEVEN SUITCASES FULL OF CLOTHS ,PICTURES AND IMPORTANT PAPERS AND AWAY WE WENT , WE ARRIVED IN THAILAND ON OCT. 6 ,2004 AND THATS OUR STORY .WHAT HAS HAPPENED ,SINCE THEN IS WHAT I WILL TRY TO PUT IN MY NEW BLOG. HOPE YOU ENJOY SOME OF THE STUFF I HAVE EXPERIENCED, ENDURED, AND LEARNED IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS . THANKS MALCOLM

THE PICTURES OF THE HOUSE ARE BEFORE AND AFTER