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Khon Kaen Immigration
So the most heinous task of renewing our non-immigrant Type B working visas and work permits fell on this very day and to my great surprise, was quite painless, if not actually pleasant. Since I’ve been here, the immigration officethe foreingers in Maha Sarakham report to has changed from Nong Khai to Mukdahan to Khon Kaen. The Khon Kaen office started out kind of rough, which is to be expected anywhere, I guess, but they have really improved their operation. What used to take us 2 hours in Khon Kaen (or in the worst case, 10 hours at the Mukdahan office) only took us 45 minutes today, and since we arrived…
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Some baby photos
Mina is currently going through the dreaded NO! stage, and Max is off school (a month earlier than Mina) and going to work with mommy or daddy every day. Mina hit me in the face when I said she couldn’t have ice cream, then ran away giggling to mommy when I came after her. Max is perfecting his knee kicks and nailed me in the eggs a couple times this week. The first time it hurt so bad, I bit my lip until it bled. There is something to be said for having babies when you are young and still indestructible. When people ask if we are going to have…
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Tommy Lee Jones FTW
The best addition to a highball on a hot summer’s day is half a lime squeezed in the glass.
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Diasporical
#1 Rule for Social Networking Sites post-Facebook Domination: If you name your new service something uppity like Diaspora, Exodus, or Migration, we expect you kick things off by nuking your competitors from orbit (or something equivalent to an Act of Gawd).
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Dragonfly in flood
This is what a wall in your house might look like if a dragonfly landed on it when there was a flood. — Photo taken at Tong’s juku where I teach high schoolers English on Thursday. I ‘shopped in the water for fun.
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Lego Land Mines
One of the worst ways to wake up is by stepping on a lego. Add in the fact that you’re in a rush to reach the room of your crying baby, and it means you are probably in a hurry, and may fall down on the tiled floor before smashing your head into the doorway of the kid’s room. At least the baby stopped crying long enough to give you a WTF look.
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Tamaleros and Cul-de-Sacs
Coupla good links popped up: Tamales, L.A.’s original street food (via Dil) Debunking the Cul-de-Sac (via Joe Jones on Buzz)
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No time for writing…
…but I take photos sometimes, mainly with my phone. I found this little guy hiding under my car when it was on jack stands (replacing wheel bearings). Luckily, he belonged to the mechanic so I didn’t have to deal with abandoned animal issues.
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Neti Pot Olympics
AKA YouTube Video of the Month
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Chill time with mommy
