Rubens Blog

Rubens Blog

Ruben Hillier

Hi I am Ruben Hillier. My handle, since back in the day, is tregeagle. My pronouns are he/him.

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Dear Spike, I am not sure you will read this. This is me, Ben. We grew up together. Your mum does not think you will remember anything. You cannot forget this and I have to tell you. You need to know everything. We were just little boys...
Where are we going with this? I don't know it all started because Agrippa, Choppy and I love making up stories with each other. I thought we could brainstorm some ideas. Mixed in with reality and random ideas from us, spat out here...
How do I go about filling three pages of foolscap from within a text editor? Do I write it longhand count the words and compare it the same number of words on the screen? I'm not sure if it matters. I do not want to write it longhand....
I have a sore eye. Actually they are both sore one is worse. Red and inflamed, I'm sure they don't look too good. The dust from the tree bark I was shovelling today is the culprit. That and the dry wind and sun. I should go to sleep and...
Dear Z, Thank you so much for your package, it is lovely and I shall treasure it. You surprised me. I felt you were exactly the person I remembered but the lens of time and the walls of distance left me ignorant of the truth. I feel so...
Last Post from Thailand. The human powered pedal thing in Thailand are next level Our first night in Chiang Mai was pretty stressful but the rest of our trip has been awesome. Before going home we will travel down south to learn how to...
A computer shop in Chiang Mai Riding around Northern Chiang Mai earlier today I passed this and another of my interests was piqued. I woke the owner up, I guess he doesn't get much business - he spoke a little english and said that We...

Bum

Rubens Blog · 16y

At the gym Ev and I went to, there's a dog called Bum. Bum is on one of the videos. He was much like this dog which we saw in town one day. Kind of ugly but proud of it. Bum is one of the dogs that lives at Lanna Muay Thai. Like most...

Zoo

Rubens Blog · 16y

Ev in his element in Chiang Mai Ev has flaked out on the bed. We went to training this morning, and followed that with a trip to the Zoo. I had been looking for an excuse to hire Noi's Songtaw. Noi and her partner (Nuu-ie, I think)...
We went to Loiktroh. It was a memorable fight. Training tonight has been hot and sweaty. A few of our club are going to Loiktroh for a fight tonight. Ev and I were going to give it a miss. After showering and chilling in the A/C for a...
This was us in Bangkok at the beginning of our trip. We saw a huge beautiful butterfly whilst exploring some waterfalls up at Doi Suthep. Evan also managed to snap a picture of a black dragonfly. Later in the evening we revisited the...

Wong

Rubens Blog · 16y

Evan in he ring with Wong Day 2 of our Muay Thai training and I am sore all over. My old bones are showing the wear and tear they've had over the years. After this mornings training we took the scooter for a ride around town. Your...
Our first night in Chang Mai was pretty much a gi-normous stuff up. Ev and I got seperated in a crowd and did not manage to find each other again for about 4 very scary hours. The Chiang Mai tourist police, who are volunteers that work...
A crap snap from the train when we set off to Chiang Mai Just before leaving Bangkok we visited Lumphini Park which was fantastic. Everyone in the park was dancing, jogging or playing around in boats. If I was homeless I'd live there....
The inside of the carriage before bedtime We caught the overnight train up from Bangkok to Chang Mai. It was lovely. The other passengers were friendly and we all exchanged travel stories. The staff bought us food and we settled in for a...
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