I slept from 8:30 p.m. to 10 a.m. this morning. Yes, that would be PST. I am back, y’all. I did wake up, startled, a few times last night, a little disoriented as where I was and what time it was, and I tossed and turned for a good hour or so around 3-4 a.m. Brandon handed me the phone around 6 a.m. which I muttered something to Nhien. I don’t really remember what I said then and she told me later she didn’t understand what I said either but figured that meant I wasn’t coming in today. Well, at...
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Once again, hello from Taipei airport. This time I only have about half and hour to kill so I will be brief. First, updates from a few days of activities. Friday didn’t happen as planned altogether. We didn’t have family dinner because a) dad had meeting that ran very late and might as well because b) I had a migraine so bad I wanted to take a spoon to my right eye and scoop the brain behind it out. Girls night out also was postponed to Saturday night. Saturday was a bunch of happy coincidences. First, lunch with Bua, my...
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Mom has been sleeping on and off most of the day today. Not much to report but the lung infection is still there and there seems to be something else going on as well. Well, let’s see what I’ve been up to since the last time we talked. Wednesday, we moved mom from BNH to Chulalongkorn Hospital. Just as we were ready to move her, mom went and developed a high fever so they kept her a few more hours. During that time, I was shuttled to my dentist. You know your dentist really cares about you when he actually...
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Another sign of madness. I just paid $3 for 1 hour of internet at the hospital, thinking that I can catch people at the office and do a little work while we wait to transfer my mom. It’s 11 a.m. here. For some reasons I thought it’s 9 a.m. PST…when it is actually 9 p.m. Somebody needs her Starbucks. But since I already paid for it, I might as well just use up the hour. * There has been as surge of street walkers around Lumpini Park since I left. When we were driving mom to the ER on Friday,...
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One down, three to go on my Thai bloggers meet list. I met with Steve Suphan–I mean, Stephen Cleary–last night just a block from my house. We had some beer and chat and listened to the house band. Fuckin’ impeccable Free Bird from a band that started out covering some cheesy 80s stuff. I was amazed. It was good to get out of the house, talked to someone frankly about my mom for a change. Thai culture is superstitious. You know how I have been talking about the impending death of my mother here? If my family or the aunties...
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Just keeping awake right now, y’all. This is the hardest time for my jet lag little head to stay awake. So, here I am in dad’s office, working away at work stuff and now, I’m blogging. I also sat in a meeting with dad, Onk, and my uncle and the consultants from Jones Lang LaSalle to discuss our future family business. Interesting to see the flip side as one of the consultants is an American who speaks fluent Thai. 🙂 Earlier today, I visited my mom after getting my new Thai ID card. She played with us just a little...
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