dumb luck? smart luck? make your own luck?

So, I woke up from my nap around 6 and knew that if I didn't get up then I wouldn't get up. I turned on the computer and decided to check the ModernDog message board to see if there was any info on the event they were to play today. Luckily enough the event list was updated yesterday including the location (Siam Discovery) and time (21:00?) of the show that was billed as some sort of battle of the bands. I did a quick Google search and found another time listed for the even as 5 PM! I decided I should hightail it over there as soon as I could. The closest SkyTrain station is about half a mile away so I walked fast to get there and then on the other end I had to walk fast to get the Siam Discovery. There was also some sort of live music event happening at Siam Paragon but I decided that was not the right one. I arrived at the stage just in time to see it full of people and May-t announcing the battle winners. I was worried for a minute that I had missed the entire thing. But then I saw their techs with a set list ready to be taped down. Ultimately I had arrived at the perfect time, right before ModernDog's set. They went on around 7:15 and did 45 minutes or so. I walked to the side of the stage where they would enter from and waved to May-t and he came over to say hello and that he thought I was already gone home. When they emerged to go onstage Pong (the drummer) also recognized me and waved and Pod saw me and said "Glenn!" and stuck out his hand in his Pod-like way to shake hands. It is always fun to be recognized like that. Then I walked around to the front to take in the show. I was kicking myself for not bothering to take the camera because it was a perfect set up for taking pictures. Plenty of light and I could easily have gotten to the front row to shoot. So, that was a bummer. But it was fun to see them play. After it was over I hung around for a bit and had a chance to chat with May-t and Pong long enough to say "see you next year."

Since the Muse show on Wednesday has been canceled I had figured I was not going to have a chance to see them again. But this was a great bonus and could not have worked out any better for me.

The weather here appears to have finally broken as well. It was warm and sunny but not oppressive when I arrived and it's probably in the upper 70s with a little breeze at the moment. And not too humid. The forecast for Tuesday is only 82 for the high! So that will be nice for my day trip to Lopburi. I have been told that I have to be really careful there because the monkeys like to steal things from you.