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After a third reminder email to the agent, I finally got my CAAT login credentials this morning. Turns out they submitted the CAAT registration a day after they did the submission to NBTC. Guess it was too much work to get-r-done at the same time. I also had a closer look at the approved registration docs. Interestingly the CAAT registration is good for two years. The NBTC registration expiration looks to be tied to my extension to stay through date as it's for slightly more than one year, expiring the day after my extension to stay.

The lack of subtlety appealed to my sense of humour.

Got some good drone video of yesterday's H3 run. I'm trusting more and more the awesomeness of the drone's collision avoidance system and its ability to range far and wide and still come home to papa when called.

Prep for the next concert and a selection from today's morning walk.

Events coming up soon.

Bob walked into a sports bar around 5:58 PM. He sat down next to a very attractive blonde at the bar and stared up at the TV. The 6 PM news was coming on. The news crew was covering the story of a man on the ledge of a large building preparing to jump. The blonde looked at Bob and said, "Do you think he'll jump?" Bob said, "You know, I reckon he'll jump." The blonde replied, "Well, I bet he won't." Bob placed a $20 bill on the bar and said, "You're on!" The blonde placed her money on the bar, and kept watching the scene on the tell

I read a piece somewhere about how McD only use a special kind of potato for their fries "McDonald’s utilises real potatoes, specifically the Russet Burbank and Shepody varieties." is this what you taste in the US that is different in Thailand

On the far-right maybe 2.5th.

Members of the third sex, I think.

l took this with a 300 ml lens from quite a distance. I thought very carefully about posting it: the group are so chaotic and disorganised that I thought it was worth posting.

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This place used to have a white Jaguar and other white top-end vehicles. They appear to have changed to mustard-coloured now. Photographs were not easy, they were overexposed at the front due to sunlight and underexposed at the back due to that area being in shadow.

I love the group of people in the centre of the last group of photos. A group of authentic Pattaya residents in their diverse glory.

The outside balcony at Royal Gardens Plaza is open with a bar and a couple of restaurants/cafes having access. There are also some public table tennis tables, if anyone is interested.

Flying over Thailand. The birds with my photographs however the backgrounds were AI generated.

A visit to Naklua Bay and Sea Food Market this morning.

I'm thinking the structure they're building at the pump house will be used for removing and reinstalling pumps for maintenance. Probably took a fair bit of work and time to put up this bamboo scaffolding.

I finally got the last of my drone registration docs yesterday. The insurance policy came back quick enough. Had that on the 4th, only five business days after I submitted all the requested docs and photos. For the NBTC registration they used the account I created to submit the application, so I could login and track when that was done. Even though the insurance was completed on the 4th, they didn't submit the NBTC application until the 9th. No idea why the delay, but it was only submitted after a couple of emails to the agent asking when they were going to complete that step. Once s

Taken early afternoon today.

Taken this afternoon, before the rain.

Two mini car shows on the ground floor of Central Festival.