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Sixth disease aka exanthem subitum aka roseola infantum
Max has roseola. Yesterday the fever left and the pediatrician said the rash would peak, and it seems that the concentrated red spots all over baby’s face, chest, and back have turned somewhat blotchy and less well-defined today. The important thing is that Max is getting stronger again. We played around some yesterday and even though he didn’t smile so much, it was a relief to see him demanding mental stimulation again. Until two days ago was just horrible – he was hugging mommy all day and got weepy about anything. Last night, he actually let me hold him and put him to sleep with two conditions: I didn’t stop…
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Max is sick
It started with a runny nose a week ago, then a fever four days ago. Then coughing two days ago and a rash on his face this morning. The pediatrician thinks it’s a bacterial infection in his intestines and perhaps an allergy as well. Max is now on an antibiotic course and taking a lot of fluids – mama’s milk, lactose-free formula (mostly sugar it seems), electrolyte beverage and water. I’m not too worried because he’s a strong boy and getting sick is part of growing up, but it’s hard on Nam because he’s even more weepy and sensitive than he was a few days ago. She’s not getting much…
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Put on your dancing shoes – STAR WARS ULTIMATE JP DUB
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Toooooooonyyyyyyyyy!!!!
Even out here in the sticks BT enabled me to watch the first two new episodes of 24. Technology is grand.
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Cell photo wrapup
So that concludes this session of faux-moblogging. Out with the new camera phone photos and in with the new, I say. Hell, I might even have to get a new phone with a better camera if I drop my current one a few more times…
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Fartin shoes
Sorry for the crappy focus. I was trying to take a photo without the vendor noticing… This was taken at a temporary vendor inside the new Big C in Sarakham. They were actually quite nice leather children’s shoes. I really want to know the story behind the brand, though.
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Big C Mahasarakham
In November 2008, Thai superstore Big C opened a branch store in Maha Sarakham, just a few minutes down the street from us. Life hasn’t been the same since, mostly in good ways since we pay less for more and no longer have to venture downtown to the small Tesco with shitty parking inside the SermThai department store. Also, there were certain things – such as sporting goods and bicycles – that were only sold at ridiculous markups at small stores until now, so watching said shops close up forever is satisfying on some very small, very human level. On the flip side, traffic on the main street in front…
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Sporting Goods Knockoff Fever: Mitzuka & Balldings
Is this the highest form of flattery for Mizuno and Rawlings? “Balldings” is officially the best knockoff name, ever. Better than a genuine BOLEX watch, better than PenesamiG, better than MICKEY MUSOE. What was that last one, you ask? The person wearing this thought it was wholly unremarkable.
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Thai rice and the future of illegal street racing
Note the front and rear damage. Rice is rarely as fitting as this. I believe this is known as a self-fulfilling prophecy; the only thing that would have made it better is if it was being towed.
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Pu Yai Ban – Village Headman
Do you see what I see? Close up: Now there’s nothing remarkable about village headmen here. Every village has one, and there are presumably thousands of villages in this region alone. What’s remarkable is that (presumably) a village headman has taken it upon himself to advertise his position on his pickup. I wondered about what kind of egotistical twat would have the nerve to do something so tasteless, so pointless, and so retarded… So I waited for him to return to his car for over twenty minutes. Sure enough: One self-important asshole in a pickup, not bothering to look before he pulled into traffic and almost crushing a passing biker,…
