Not your typical Thanksgiving post

Yesterday we had lunch with my mom’s group of friends aka The Aunties.  They treated us to German brats and sausages and potatoes and saurkraut and pork legs at the Goethe Institute.  It was always a pleasure to hang out with them. All the jetting around got me a little bit sick.  Having felt very poorly last night, we canceled our river boat dinner cruise so I would be well enough for this morning’s road trip. Brandon and I started the day with the tour of the Damnuen Saduak Floating Market.  Having not eaten much of anything the night before,...
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Of Bliss…and being pissed off

*Warning! This entry contains Thai political rant at the very end.* Here we are, another airport, another day.  It’s Phuket International now, waiting to head  back home to Bangkok from a 3-day of bliss. So far it’s been a whirlwind trip.  We landed in Bangkok on Saturday around 11:30.  Later that evening, I went to Homecoming at my school, Mater Dei Institute.  I met my friends at the gate while I was waiting for Tong.  We went in, and all was good.  Our class of 1995 had the most attendance and apparently we won an award for that.  I’m sure...
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Grown

*I was supposed to post a warning a la spoiler alert any future Thai political comments here.  But this “alert” is NOT that.  As a matter of fact, it’s the opposite.  I will NOT be discussing politics. However, I will be discussing what politics is affecting my personal life.  So, my dearest Commenter “Ku”, you may so continue.* The Irish Cousin Robert commented that he was no longer the angriest commenter on my blog with my recent entry. Thai people have become just that these days. Angry. Frustrated. Confused. Fed up. Overwhelmed. Despaired. Saddened. All of the above. Even the...
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Fun day

Going to bed when I’m supremely tired has been working three nights so far.  It works better on the weekend, I’m sure.  Man, trying to get up to wash the Korean BBQ smoke out of my hair this morning was tough. It’s starting to cool at night in California a little bit. Cool when I left the house and when I got home.  It makes it really hard to get out of bed in the morning. When I got work, I gave my dad a call.  Of course, I caught him watching his nightly news and he filled me in...
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Hurt so good

I rode my bike to Seal Beach with Brandon. We rode from our house to Seal Beach and hopped on the San Gabriel River trail on our way there, but we decided to take Seal Beach Boulevard back because it was a lot easier and much shorter route. That’s 15-ish miles total with hills, y’all! And I didn’t die. Well, except for a wall and an uneven road that tried to eat me. On top of that good little hurt you get from a perfect work out, I have the following injuries which would give you a picture of what...
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Sauce on the side

I returned to writing for Thai-Blogs.com after a long hiatus (read: writer’s block of a massive scale) with this lightly saucy entry about a report that 70% of Thai women don’t have orgasm. The first draft of this piece was pretty much that, plus some personal experience.  But then I read it, and I wasn’t sure if I want to include that much information.  Then I tried to tip-toe around it and talked about my experience without actually saying it.  It was just dumb.  So I left it out altogether. I know I write a lot about my personal life. ...
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