Suda-san

What was supposed to be a short dip in the pool upstairs on a hot morning ended up as a long soak under the sun! And I came back with a slight tan, not that I'm complaining.

I went upstairs with the intention of swimming. Under the shower pre jumping into the pool, I realized I managed to somehow snapped by goggles into 2, effectively rendering me handicap for swimming. Since I was already wet, I decided to just go ahead and soak myself in the empty pool.

After a while, an uncle came in. I was struggling to swim while all the while keeping my head above the water. After a while I gave up, and decided to just while the time away by kicking water at the side of the pool. Uncle swam a little, waddled water a little.

Then he came over and talked. And yakked we did. I found out he was Japanese and has been staying in Thailand for a total of almost 10 years now, with the past 2 years in here. He was able to speak everyday conversational Thai, while keeping his fluency in Japanese intact and steadily improving his English. 

This was only his second time up here, using the pool as he traveled Chonburi for worked for the past 2 years. He would leave at half past 6 in the morning each day for a journey that takes an hour and half and would only reached home late in the night, too tired to make use of the amenities provided. He had since resigned, hence the free time to try out the pool.

He had stayed in Malaysia and surprisingly he had traveled to Sharp in BP and Pioneer in Muar, among others. He was a bit surprised when I told him I worked the latter for a short while. He reminded me of Tobita-san. The similarities were there, especially in the overall face shape, except that his was slightly smaller and he wasn't as tough looking as Tobita-san.

He has traveled and lived in many countries, including Hong Kong, for the past 25-30 years. He seemed to know Malaysia quite extensively, naming Penang, Melaka, BP, KL and east Malaysia as places that he has been to. I believe he has been to more places in Malaysia than I have. Haha..

We left the pool when a guy, mostly the maintenance guy informed that they wanted to clean the pool. He gave his name as Suda. He was contemplating to find another apartment nearer his next office, which would be nearer to Chao Phraya River, as he didn't want to travel there each day.

Nice meeting Suda-san and all the best to him!