Comments on: A Handbag Wielding Blogger

By: Hoo Don

Hoo Don — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:08:16 +0000

Rick it would surprise many people to know how sometimes a post can take hours to put together and yet only 90 seconds to read. The pen and paper bit is only in Thailand as I don’t have the internet at our village house and when staying in hotels I like to sit outside with a beer or two and write. Likewise some of the girls I haven’t had the bottle to snap has left me with big regrets many a time.

By: Siam.Rick

Siam.Rick — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 08:38:11 +0000

Great post Martyn. You are absolutely right. People do not realize how much time and dedication it takes to produce a blog. Last night, a Friday night in Bangkok, I worked on one post for probably close to five hours, a good hunk of that looking over photos from the present and past, post-processing them a little (brightness, contrast and saturation), writing and rewriting. But I do not know how you can write with, what was that, "pen and paper." Sounds positively Dickensian. I think you've inspired me to write "so you think you can blog" post. BTW, my man bag has two straps and form fitting backpack. On the photo front, I am very reluctant to take a picture of someone head on without permission. I've missed shooting so many pretty uni, er, girls. .-= Siam.Rick´s last blog ..Vientiane a peaceful retreat from chaos of Bangkok =-.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 03:05:07 +0000

Cheques - a flash from the past! We can't get cheques in Thailand. I do not know how that came about... counterfeit problems perhaps? I was thrilled to see that SET uses paypal (less stuff to type in than Visa, etc). .-= Catherine´s last blog ..My 30 Day Thai Language Trial: Week Two =-.

By: Hoo Don

Hoo Don — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 22:13:52 +0000

Catherine I’ve always put my stuff into Wi’s handbag in the past and that’s probably why she suggested I purchase the little number in the post.
No worries on the Set Foundation bit, I’m just glad to try and help keep the ball rolling. I was reading on there that I can make a payment through the UK office. That somehow makes me feel a lot happier about things as I can send a cheque rather than put my card details on the net.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:10:26 +0000

Martyn, my connection timed out (yeah) when I was hitting ‘send’ so I’ll try this again…

I’m all for man bags, so when the man of the house started wittering on about them these past months (testing the waters I imagine), I said sure, fine, suits me.

It meant that I would no longer need to stuff my purse with his two (now three) pairs of glasses, a mobile phone, and digital. And whatever else.

So is it a female conspiracy? Heh…

Thank you SO MUCH for posting about the SET Foundation. I rarely support charities, and for good reason. This one is a keeper.
.-= Catherine´s last blog ..My 30 Day Thai Language Trial: Week Two =-.