Diary of (a) John
30/06/2002
Well, I suppose this had to happen sooner or later...
Fon's pet squirrel got out of its cage again and this time it looks like it has disappeared for good. My guess is that it went out the window.
Fon started crying as soon as she came home this morning and found an empty cage. It is surprising how attached she got to the little bugger in like two months or so.
The only way I could think of to console her a little was by offering to buy her a new one. "Not same same" was her first reaction, but after she had calmed down a bit she figured that maybe she would like another one.
So, off we went this morning to Chatuchak to buy her a new rodent.
For those of you that don't know Chatuchak, or have never been there, it is a huge market where just about everything is for sale. And because of this it is always very crowded, and hot. You either love it or hate it.
I most definitely fall in the latter category, I can't stand the place.
I had kinda expected Fon to know where we could buy ourselves a rodent, seeing she has done so before. Obviously she didn't, how could I even have expected her to know so right?
So, after 2 hours of walking around in a hell to horrendous even for Dante, we finally found the place. And we were in luck (?) as they had a few.
Fon picked out a squirrel ("Taa suay!", yeah, whatever) and we could finally leave for home again, were I took a much deserved (and required) shower. Fon showed her appreciation by scrubbing my back, amongst other things ;)
John