Photos
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coppermine max
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hilarity ensues
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Recent Baby Updates
After I returned home from my uni’s “International Camp” last Thursday I was surprised to find the boy hadn’t waited for me to pass some milestones: His first tooth came out (lower left incisor). I found this out when he grabbed my finger and bit down on it. Hard. He now fits into the white baby Nikes (pictured above) cousin Kana gave me in Japan almost ten years ago as a birthday present (Her simple explanation: “You and Nam should make a baby.”). Somebody in Nara please pass this factoid on to Kana. He can now laugh properly but prefers to do this wheezing, gacking chuckle kinda thing that’s both…
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In the Shadow of the Golden Buddha
Yesterday we want to a local temple for mommy’s birthday. Maxie stared at the big buddha for a long time, and then he started fussing because he was hungry.
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End Respite
We’ve been busy. I am preparing many photos for posting here. In the meantime, be happy that I’ve found proof of indigenous cowboys in Thailand:
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blue max
why not.
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Volunteering in Kalasin
Last week a few of us teachers were asked to visit some classes being taught on a volunteer basis by our Business English major students out in Kalasin. We went out without much info and assumed these were classes being taught at a school. As it turned out, one of our student’s family had created an ad hoc classroom outside their house and was hosting free lessons for two weeks since schools are mostly on holiday during October. Children from their village as well as neighboring villages attended, with younger kids coming in the morning and older ones in the afternoon, perhaps 30 kids per session. The classes were being…
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Our New Thai House Part 3 – Groundwork
Timeline: End of July to mid-August 2007 The foundations have been set to floor level (one meter off the ground) and are being extended to roof level. In this photo, our site is located at the four columns wrapped in wooden supports visible between the man in the blue shirt at the approximate middle of the photo and the first power pole to his right. The beginnings of our house. Notice the use of eucalyptus as framework; this is standard building practice all throughout Thailand for all types of buildings. In other Asian countries, they tend to use more bamboo but there’s not so much of that here. A couple…
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Happy Monkey on Yellow Ducky
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Me? Rice?
