Raising a family in Thailand // Documenting Issan food, culture, music, and people
Sorry, these are big files and take a while to load. Also, the One Inch Punch seems more impressive than the Six Inch, but in the spirit of proper animated GIF documentation, I’m including both.
One Inch Punch:
Six Inch Punch:
Note: I have no idea who made these, but they are too cool.
The Stainless Steel Rat series is one of my all-time favorites. Also, he inspired me to learn a bit of Esperanto when I was quite young. I did a mail-in course I found advertised at the Huntington Beach public library, and ended up wondering why English supplanted French as the international language, instead of Esperanto. Then again, if shit like this was decided by common sense, we might have been playing on 100 meter football fields for the past 50 years.
8/6 Atomic remembrance, baby.
The one where you want someone else to see all the cool clouds floating by exactly the way you see them, but they just look up for a second and say, “yeah, cool?” That shit used to make me sad, but then I realized that clouds aren’t as cool when you’re holding bubbles, and you don’t hold bubbles as much when you’re older.
Nam left for Japan last night and will return in exactly one week. Mina slept like a log, but Max woke up a bunch of times and needed attention… I’m sure they’ll take turns throughout the week, but for today, Mina is bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, Max is eating and recharging slowly, and daddy needs a lot more sleep. Luckily, our favorite nanny (P’Kaew) is working for us again and comes every day to help out.
Hunting is a lot like fishing since fishing is basically waiting.
Stacks and stacks of it.
Porn is a common nickname in Thailand.
This resort is on the beach but the rooms face a small village. In the light of dawn it looked like a shantytown. Went swimming in the ocean while it was raining and it was awesome; I was alone in a warm bath taking a cold shower.
Day 1: Indoor rock climbing with my little sister
Day 2: First snow for Mina and Max, up at Wrightwood
Day 3: Storytime at the Main St. Branch of the Huntington Beach Public Library. First beach visit – we parked in the state beach lot and started walking to the water, but MAx and Mina got distracted by the sand so we headed back. Still too cold anyway. Got a SIM for my phone (more on this later) at At&T and went indoor climbing again. Pho dac biet for late dinner.