Can’t find the letter to Kevin’s teacher, I will be sure to do this today. Today, we had a large dinner at my parent’s house, if only you could have seen their faces as i was eating my small bowl of ยำนื้อ . My wife minces it much finer than what we get in...
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Welcome back Nothing special happened today, so instead of boring you, let me back up a little bit and write about last Sunday and yesterday. Return of an old friend Two days ago I went to Isaan (Northeastern region of Thailand) to be reunited with a long-time friend of mine: my keyboard! I...
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Where to begin, well I don’t know how much is permitted, but I will begin I guess with a breif description of my family prior to daily postings. My name is Joshua, I met my wife in the States at a wedding in Detroit, Michigan about 8 years ago. At that time we were...
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Milestones Where did it all begin? I don’t know. This story has no beginning or end. I could start from the time I left my home to go across the globe and started studying at a university in America, five years ago. An even better starting point could be the summer of 2002, when...
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On the spur of the moment, I decided to drive down to Bangsaen Beach this morning. I had been thinking about going there for a while ever since a friend of mine said he had enjoyed a couple of visits there recently. I kept putting it off, but then I noticed in the Bangkok...
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Over the weekend there was a nice big seafood festival in Bang Saen. I wasn’t really there for the food though – They had a nice big stage set up and some bands coming to play. I saw Clash and managed to talk my way backstage but man those guy sleft fast, I didn’t...
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Depending on your take on these creatures you with be either facinated or terrified but I am pretty sure if you spend some time outside of Bangkok there may be a time when you run into one of these guys…as the heading says, snakes. Personally I love snakes, and yesterday was yet another day...
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Hi I am a teacher from England who took a years sabbatical to experience life in the ‘amazing’ country of Thailand. I learned much about Thai culture and life in a Thai School . I now would like to take this opportunity to share with you some of those experiences over the coming months....
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This afternoon, I heard the best news for a long time. My townhouse will be ready by next Saturday! It has been a long time coming. I actually bought the house back in April. It was the summer holidays and it would have been the perfect time to move in. However, it was an...
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Well it’s Friday and another week of teaching down. Not that I’m complaining, one of the great things is that I am actually really enjoying work, I teach Prathom 1( grade 1) and each day lends itself to new challenges and experiences. One of the biggest challenges with teaching kids, I think, is trying...
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