“Max, Mina! Do you remember when the baby bird fell from its nest and daddy had to climb the wall to put it back?”
“What do you think happened to that bird? Did it grow up to be a big bird? What does it look like now?”
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Month: March 2013
Cheesy Sauce
The other day I was welcomed home by an enthusiastic Max, who excitedly reported that he had eaten a whole plate of spaghetti, ran around like crazy, then barfed it up into one of my shoes.
Mina’s School Uniform
Mina will be going to school with Max after summer break. Mommy took her to buy uniforms (blue is for Fridays, and Thursday they wear uniform running suits), and she immediately wanted to try them on.
View from Thai Watsadu
We is all fugees
I guess I’m not the only one running to the People’s Republic of TOR before my RSS homeland disappears forever, joining its old arch rival Bloglines, or for that matter, its distant cousins Buzz, Wave, and Lively… but I guess the social features were amputated already, so…
I’m also trying Feedly, which is nicely designed but somehow difficult to use.
Mystery VIP Car, Khon Kaen
I raced this car home back to Sarakham last week.
I guess the driver was worried about spilling his Grey Poupon, because he had me on the straightaways (kind of rare because my wife’s VQ30-powered Cefiro A33 smokes almost everything under 2 million baht; such is the sad state of affairs in many road-tax-by-engine-displacement countries) , but slowed way down on the curves. I’m kind of sad because I don’t even know what kind of car it is, but if I had to guess — Chinese Bentley? Korean Cadillac?
Either way, it was hideous. Almost as bad as the ugliest car ever made, which I’ve been seeing kind of often lately.
UPDATE: Of course, Chris the master of all things with engines, called it – this is definitely a Mitsuoka, probably a Galue-III. It’s the first I’ve ever seen, having been in Thailand almost the whole time they’ve been produced, and it totally matches with what I saw. On another page it says this car “incorporates styling touches from such classic designs as the ’94 Cadillac Fleetwood.” Also, the specs indicate it was loaded with the same type of engine in our Cefiro, but newer and with higher output – either a VQ-25HR or VQ-35HR. Interestingly enough, the Galue-III was made in both RWD and AWD.
Dirty dogs at Burapha U
There are many.
You say iodated, I say iodized
Let’s call the whole thing off.
Dynamite
A couple of Pinoy exchange students came over to the house last month to make some food, and we had a party with their classmates and some teachers. In order to avoid posting any incriminating evidence, I will limit myself to a single photograph here:
One of these kids was about half my age and played really classic songs on the guitar – it’s unnerving to hear songs from when I was a child played by someone younger than the original artists’ kids (or maybe even grandkids!) – Woodie Guthrie, Kansas, Bread, etc., etc., I want an 8-track player for my Crown now.
Also, the food was really good.
Thanks, Bryllie and Job! Maybe I’ll make it around to the University of Luzon some time..
Max’s Art Attack
Max can’t get enough of this old series on TV called Art Attack, and gets a lot of inspiration from it. One of his recent creations was made from items found in the kitchen, and he proudly announced he had made an elephant sculpture:
I’ve been keeping it in my shower for a while now, and the green algae growing on the sides only adds to its charm.