in thailand 2006 – iv
Well, Thailand has come to be my 3rd home it seems. It is great to be able to stay in a country that is free to the spread of the gospel, has a free visa chop at the airport, has caring SDAs who will help support your work by giving a place to stay, has most of the things needed to live comfortably like doctors, raisins, computers etc., and that is centrally located so that transportation fares to other SE Asian countries are low. Thank you Thailand! Thank you Thailanders!!
Arriving from the airport, i head straight for Pantip with my computer. 90 minutes of poking, and mostly just changing out memory cards finally leads the repairman to say the control chip seems to be the problem, and that i need to bring it to the shop next door the next day. It will start when you press down hard on the keyboard around the F,V,C area. But otherwise, nothing happens when you press the power switch.
The next day finds me of course at the repair shop with my precious Toshiba. It is quite a lonely feeling handing it over, and knowing i’ll be without for up to one week. An even worse feeling is knowing it’s probably going to cost a lot to get it working properly again 🙁
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