I ran eight loops at the Pharmacy Gardens in the early morning.
Because it is cleaning day I needed to be out of the condo from 11:00am-1:00pm, so I walked to the Free Bird Cafe planning to work on my laptop. Fortunately I brought Luzhin's Defense with me because signs are posted in the cafe, "Please no computer use in the cafe." I thought back to my visits to Free Bird in 2012, when I would eat a delicious meal while editing pictures. I wondered about the reason for the computer ban, did it have something to do with the Digital Nomad trend? If so, the place was not crowded, having a few bearded hipsters drinking coffee would not be a bad thing.
I recalled that I used Free Bird's printer in 2012, thanks to the lovely teacher/waitress Maria, whom I was on friendly terms with. However, I have not spoken to anyone at the Free Bird in 2018.
Thinking back to the times when I needed an odd supply or piece of equipment, my mind would focus on the thing needed and within a few days it would appear, usually through an unexpected source. For the past two days I have been focusing on a printer, and after leaving the Free Bird it materialized.
I was walking to the CMU campus to visit the university stadium because I wanted to check on the condition of the running track. A few blocks before reaching the stadium I was walking on the shoulder of Chiang Rai Road and I passed a row of computer shops with open doors. I was not thinking of my e-visa and I passed some of the shops before looking into one and seeing a row of computers and printers. I stepped inside and took a seat at one of the desks, inserted my memory card into the computer, and printed the e-visa file. With visa in hand I sought out the owner of the shop, and she smiled when I asked the cost of one printout. "One baht," she giggled. "One baht?" I dropped a 10b coin into her hand and departed.
Materialization Street, 6 2 Chiang Rai Rd.