This unexpectedly joyful event is detailed at the end of this posting today.  I begin with yesterday leaving Singapore on Thai Air to Bangkok. The Thai meal was fine.  The garlic-buttered bread was outstanding.  With Singha Beer and Glenlivet Scotch. Watched  Golda  about her leadership during the Yom Kippur War of 1973.   Rotten Tomatoes  reviewers gave it a 52 score, but audiences bestowed 91.  I agree with the latter.  Helen Mirren was incredible as Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir.  She looked more like Golda than Golda herself.  Liev Schreiber had the role of U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, and there was no resemblance. She was 70 years old when the Yom Kippur War started.  She was a chain-smoker who was undergoing secret treatments for lymphoma.  So was not only challenged by the near defeat of Israel, but was herself suffering.  She eventually resigned in 1974 and passed away at the age of 80. Most have forgotten the significance of this war, which caused the first ene

First full day in Bangkok.  Our view shows the Westin across the street, and adjacent to the left a Four Points Sheraton. Recovery day.  We decided to do nothing much.  The Sheraton Grand Sukhamvit is nicely located at it's own BTS Skytrain station, and adjacent to a major shopping mall, Terminal 21.  There are four of these in the country.  This was the first, and on 10 floors has 600 shops, a Cineplex, gourmet market and 42-story Grande Centre Point hotel and residence.  Note in comparison that the Ala Moana Shopping Center in Honolulu has only 350 shops, and the tallest building in the state, which is the First Hawaiian tower, has 30 floors. So all we did today was walk to that mall and looked around.  I bought nothing, and took photos of strange fruits and dishes.  Even Chinatown in Honolulu doesn't have this kind of variety. I will report on my pedometer readings on this trip.  Shopping mall visit?  Around 4000 steps.  Then at 6PM went to The Library, which serves as an ex