It’s a Christmas that doesn’t feel much like one. When I told Brandon I wasn’t going to put a Christmas tree up this year, he reached over to feel my forehead. “Are you okay?” he asked, feigning concern. Usually, my Christmas tree goes up the day after Thanksgiving. Black Friday is spent putting up the tree and do online shopping. Since we spent Thanksgiving in Thailand, and we didn’t even get back in the country until the 8th, I didn’ think it would be worth the time and energy to put up the tree for a mere 2 weeks. Unless...
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Repost from my Thai-Blogs.com entry. We finally are leaving Thailand tomorrow. Out of Suvarnabhumi, to my father’s relief. Getting up at 4 a.m. to go to Bitec check-in point for U-tapao would be torturous for the poor man. My planned 2-week vacation was extended to 19 days of bliss laced with frustration, thanks to the airport closures. However, it’s always good to be home. Things are always changing around here in the Land of Smiles. For better or worse. So here’s my best/worst list of my recent trip home. Best: Extended vacation. Worst: Brandon’s extra week of time off he...
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The long weekend is winding down. So much had happened in our two weeks here in Thailand, the entire country can use a little break. Seriously, the political scenes seem to have quieted just enough to get through the weekend. The tourists can certainly use the break. Suvarnabhumi is open again. Those of us who need to go/come home now can, and those who are coming/leaving here on holiday can too. On Thursday, Brandon and I took a little bit of an early start on the long weekend by taking a day road trip with 4 of my mom’s best...
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I woke up on my birthday morning to Bond, James Bond. First thing on the agenda this morning, even before getting any food into our systems, Brandon and I headed out to the theater for Quantum of Solace. My car, and everything else, was covered in ashes. Norther sky is but orange brown smoke while it’s bright blue out South, toward the beaches. As we headed up the 605 North, it felt like we were driving INTO the fire. We weren’t close to action, but we just got literally only a sniff of what folks are experiencing out there. The...
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I had a dream a few nights ago that I was back in school at Mater Dei. Having heard Aurora talked about burning her hand on chemistry set back in high school at dinner time, in the dream, I ended up back in a chemistry lab. My lab partner is one of my school friends but she is for some reason in a wheel chair and for that I have to help her with her lab stuff. We were supposed to be measuring water into this beaker. She kept telling me I was doing it wrong, that was too much...
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It says here in “Death Benefits”: “The death of a parent — any parent — can set us free. It offers us our last, best chance to become our truest, deepest selves…” Does it? I woke up this morning thinking about my mom, or more like how I haven’t been thinking about my mom. I was questioning myself as to why I don’t seem to be missing her as much as I should. And then I was reminded of the reason why I wasn’t missing her. First was a documentary on TLC called “The Woman with Giant Legs” about a...
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