A Birthday Spent with Thai Friends

I'm belatedly loading some pictures from a get-together at our apartment that coincided with my birthday at the end of July. A group of us got together to practice some songs we hope to perform at a music party that Doris and I plan to host in September. It was nice to have a bunch of my Thai friends over on my birthday, especially since Doris and the rest of my family weren't here to help me celebrate.

We crowded into my study, so we could play along with some songs I had recorded onto my computer. Going clockwise around the room, you have Fink, Lon, Poom, me and Whim. The picture was taken by Ton, who is a drum player. I'm truly humbled by these amazingly gifted musicians, some of whom play or have played professionally, and I'm thrilled that they put up with my relatively poor guitar skills.

















These are some individual pictures of me, Poom, Lon and Whim.












When our practice was over, Ton lined us up for a group photo in our living room, where some other friends had waited patiently for us to finish. From L to R: Ink, Oi, Fink, Whim, Robin, me, Poom and Lon. They then joined in a chorus of "happy birthday," which surprisingly has the same melody as the version we sing in the States!