Well, shit. Nothing poops out a party like a military coup in your Motherland. What a downer on my celebration of the Talk Like a Pirate Day! Check here for updates: BBC International. Screw CNN in the US, they’re too fuckin’ slow. 19Sep the Blog. Someone’s quick! Bangkok Pundit. The ever so trusty Paknam Web Forum. And, of course, the unconventional yet emotional reporting of our very own Gnarly Kitty....
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I figure a few folks would enjoy my insights into Bangkok’s culture. So here is what I posted on Thai-Blogs a few days ago. Enjoy! Perhaps it’s because I flied solo a lot more during my latest trip home now that my mom (sick) and my friends (work) are no longer available as my sidekick, and that I am older and can drink more than one beer before passing out drunk, I just suddenly realize a few simple things in life of a Bangkokian I never noticed before. Here goes my “Ah-ha!” moments and survival tips about taxi cabs, pedestrians,...
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So yeah, I’m at home. Doing stuff on the computer is the best thing to keep me awake at the moment. I drove out to get lunch, but on my way back sleep was creeping up on me. I could feel it in the back of my head. So, the local grocery store was my last stop instead of Trader Joe’s as I originally planned. I didn’t want to fall asleep at the wheel. Brace yourselves kids. This is going to be a long one. The flight back was pleasant all together. Minutes after we landed in Hong Kong, it...
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The sky finally opened up in Bangkok. Well, not too much but enough to keep everything damp on and off since yesterday’s afternoon. Tong ditched us 3 times in 3 days so far. This is new to me but apparently she’s been doing that to Joy and Lily for quite sometimes now. Let’s see. She was going to try to come out to girls dinner (part I) on Sunday night, but didn’t make it. Her mom wasn’t happy about her going out. Okay, that’s typical of her woes. So she made plans with me and Lily on Monday to go...
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Hi kids, I’m here in Bangkok. I miss the terrorism threat shenanigan completely. As in, my brother told me about it when I landed. Thank goodness I packed with many gallon-sized Ziplock bags. They may be come in handy. ;-D Bangkok is hot but not too bad. A lot like LA a few weeks ago. It finally rained last night. But the sky is constantly in the shade of light gray to dark gray. Not much of the sky to see in this rainy season. Mom is doing better than I thought. They switched one of her meds and suddenly...
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Say hello to Gnarly Kitty, a voice of the new generation of Thai young women. Kitty posted a comment on my recent Thai-Blogs.com entry, and I’ve found our views to be exactly the same. And now, we found out we actually have the same beginning at Mater Dei! Talk about small world. She’s almost 10 years behind me, so technically when I left Mater Dei she was in kindergarten. Heh. Oh yeah. 10 years ago I was already saying what Kitty says now. That, my friend, is just how “modern” I was for my time. 😀 P.S. I can eat...
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