From Bangkok Post: Patrician for premier? ANALYSIS: By Peter Janssen, dpa Chances of Abhisit Vejjajiva – the Oxford-educated 43-year-old leader of the Democrat Party – becoming Thailand’s next prime minister have risen in recent weeks in tandem with the downfall of his once arch rival – Thaksin Shinawatra. ETA : I made more edits later on when I got home and actually had time to do research. So, here we go.) Abhisit–his nickname is Mark, by the way–has been my favorite since he entered Thai political scene as one of the youngest politician ever years ago. He was in his...
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So I guess efficient sleep is the cure to writer’s block after all. 🙂 I happily woke up this morning with loads of things to tell you guys. Here goes the possibly longest blog in recent weeks. But here goes! Kicking Carl’s Angus Carl’s Junior is suing Jack in the Box over the “Angus…*giggle*” line of commercials. Here’s one. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIKizLGVtvA] As much as I LOVE Carl’s breakfast burger, I think I just have to boycott them. Take that Junior! Nobody screws with Jack!! Sushi Raucous I went to get sushi at Mamma’s Sushi with Aurora on Thursday night. My original...
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I didn’t go to work today. But I felt like I might as well have done it and I wouldn’t be as tired! This morning I had my physical. I wrote the time down wrong, so I unknowingly showed up 30 minutes after my appointment. So, here I was, sitting in the cold room in paper gown waiting for good 20 minutes when someone came in to tell me about my mistake and that I would have to wait for my doctor to finish with other patients. At least she had a decency to turn on a space heater for...
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It’s Songkran, y’all. Thai new year, marking the “entrance of the sun” and of course the beginning of a countrywide water fight. Bust out your Super Soakers, suckers!!! Oh, and buy some shirts while you’re at it. 🙂 Why do we splash each other? Well, let’s see…because in April is HOTTER THAN HELL in Thailand? How else would you cool down? ;-D My theory on how the little clensing ritual turns into an aqua war is this: It probably started with the fact that we rid ourselves of bad mojo with water. In the morning, you go to you parents...
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Tomorrow I am going to kick the living shit out of the sandbag at Shane’s gym. I. Am. Angry. As mentioned before, I still have not gotten over the fact that Thai surgeons could be such pricks. “Oh, I got all the cancer in her lung. She doesn’t need chemo.” and “I’m older and therefore I’m right. Don’t argue with me on this. She doesn’t need chemo.” Fuck you. Who in the fucking right mind wouldn’t follow up a cancer surgery with a chemo or radiation? And you call yourself top doctors in the goddamn kingdom? FUCK. YOU. It’s not...
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Had a nice IM chat with my brother Onk today. I miss that boy enough to make me feel a little homesick. Oh, mom’s in the hospital again. She has shingles. Shingles, known to Thais as “Ngu Sawad”, somewhat literally translated as snake’s lashes. Probably the progression of the rash looks like the mark snakes would make crawling away. I had it when I was in kindergarten and my body still bears the scar. Mine was wrapping around my right torso, making its way toward the middle of my back. In Thai belief, if the “snake” wraps around your body,...
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