We have the house, and though we're still checked in with the Hotel, we have been staying mostly at the house to set things up, buy equipment/furniture etc, and get internet and other things sorted.
Its also been a busy house with Jirawans daughter Gift and the grand kids staying a few nights. Geo, our 1 year old grandson, is cute, but very much at the exploring and destroying stage... the house isn't really baby proofed, so we need to get a few things like a baby stair gate to makes sure he's safe walking around the place. Venus, the 11yo pre teen.. is.. a typical pre teen, seem happier in her room and on her phone :D
oh well...
Gift will be dropping in and out of the place while we are in NL, so the house isn't left empty, attracting Geckos (found one in the loo as I stood up to flush... poor thing had no chance)
Its immediatly a different kind of experience, not quite feeling like home yet, but much more a place to be.. we are putting our things in, buying stuff, and emptying our suitcase and car boot onto the shelves.
Its a far biggert house than we have in NL, but there is much less storage so we need to be a bit more minimalist in our content.
Internet is proving a bit tricky though, my "unlimited" phone internet, was great for 2 weeks, but now has clearly been throttled down to a snails pace, makes doing some basic documentation and contact with work harder than I wanted it to be.. But we get all new internet today and a new permanent Thai mobile phone number so thats a problem quickly resolved.
Working on my laptop has proved a bit cumbersome, especially as the nice little Lenovo monitor I bought last year to help me do some work seems to enjoy blanking out at ran...like that, random times...
Not sure quite what that is, but not to worry as all these things will be replaced.
Today we wait in for the internet guys to do their stuff, then we can get our mighty new 65" Thailand made 4K TV working at its fullest.. it was sad watching a netflix movie last night in chunky resolution and buffering.
But TV wise, Im going to be totally fine with the options we have here.. Netflix, HBO and Amazon are all working. No SkyHD or Disney+ at the moment but am sure something will come though. And lots of old TV stream systems on most TV's.
We were debating going for Phillips 65 inch, but got talked into this Thai brand by the salesman,for 5K bhat cheaper. yes I think it is a better TV... but we also bought a 32" bedroom TV, a Phillips which honestly has much better software interface... we have to buy 2 more TVs for the study and 2nd guest room, and I think I will buy Phillips ones... oh yes.. did I mention TV's are cheap as chips here... but I think generally they are cheap everywhere now,...but here... cheap as chips.
I don't really watch a lot of TV these days though so am not overly worried. A few key programs I like and the news, and the odd Friday night film, but these are available.I will miss The Chase though, thats the pivot around our day in NL... sob..
I'm going to try and do a bit of work today, once the internet is in, to get a sense of how my working life will be here... I mean its all going to be hobby based now, no working when retired, but I think its important to keep your mind busy with things you like, and doing coding is still my favoute hobby. I will also try to do a bit of model building once things are settled.
Ahh all these plans, but annoying that I have to put them on hold again at the weekend, as we head back for a few months until the house is sold.. Speaking of which, our 1st viewer cancelled... and the seconnd one is on the 27th.. but nothing more... hope thats not a bad sign.. The interest levels on Funda peaked last week and we're not adding any more favourited views... gulp. Nahh am sure its all fine.. maybe we did set the price a bit too high, given we missed the peak season.... we will see. Its not the end of world if we canb't jump till Feb, but April or later could be a pain.
edit... a few hours after posting this I checked my mail... we have a bid on the house... slightly over what we asked... we will see if there are any more when we get home then decide......overjoyed
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