kuan im goddess
in thungsong, there was a chinese temple down the street, about a 5 minute walk away. it featured a very tall statue of the goddess Kuan Im, known as the […]
in thungsong, there was a chinese temple down the street, about a 5 minute walk away. it featured a very tall statue of the goddess Kuan Im, known as the […]
yesterday i ended with, “i feel like there’s a life lesson in there somewhere. about the small things adding up, about taking care of the things you own, but maybe […]
thanks for commenting, daddy. you’re right about me forgetting that things that are boring to me are interesting to you. i’ll keep going. *** i went on a bike ride […]
is about a month-worth of posts, which is about what i was aiming for as a low-barrier initial goal. telling myself i was going to post something everyday was unreasonable […]
two nights ago i was writing about mingun and i had to stop. i feel like the rest of my day in mingun wasn’t that exciting, but i don’t want […]
since i didn’t post last night (or technically the night before, though that was a fluke), this is a re-post of an article i wrote for my language school’s website, […]
ugh this didn’t post from the other night because the internet at our house is sometimes very slow. here it is for the second time, in my mind. *** I […]
Two Fridays ago I was sick because the little kids are full of germs and because I rarely heed the advice to not high-five their crusty little hands (I’ve since […]
people have designed awesome solutions for problems of the internet age. these are three firefox extensions i heart: – leechblock because it kicks me off of facebook and other timewasting […]
ideally, i’m going to go on a bike ride with one of my co-workers tomorrow, starting at 6 am. then later in the day, my work is having a jersey […]
going through my stacks of paper again, looking for the easiest thing to post, and i found it: thais are superstitious. in ways that i find particularly amusing. i guess […]
happy birthday to eric, who is 26! and yesterday, my old roommate ‘ulie turned 25. memories to come tomorrow; i’ve already spent too much time online trying to install skype […]
…are ridiculously hard to memorize. But I feel like I should know them because I expect my students to know the months on the year in English, and I want […]
This weekend we had a 3 day weekend because it was Mother’s Day in Thailand on Friday. About 8 other teachers and I went to Koh Phangan, a well-known island […]
and not enough paper. i’ve written down so many things during my travels, hoping i won’t forget what it feels like to be here, wherever here is. i’ve already forgotten […]
i lied. yesterday i said my last week’s total was 1030 baht, but in reality it was more because i forgot about two expenses on thursday (the day i was […]
was going to post my july financial results but i’m still sick and i’m sick of being sick so i’ve decided to go the easier route and just post the […]
today i rode on the back of a motorbike for an hour to get to a nearby waterfall called nam dtok dat faa. during the ride, i kept thinking to […]
i just spent about an hour or 2 going through my notebook where i write down practically everything i spend, keying the numbers into a spreadsheet so i could figure […]
i slept in and repeatedly hit the snooze button today for the first time in a while. the medicine worked; i slept in a weird haze of dreams, i slept […]