Exploits
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Kinkadian Sunset
We are visiting Mika and Adam in Monterey. This was sunset yesterday at Lover’s Point. Posted from WordPress for Android
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Culmination.
It was an 8-day Thai funeral. Cremation (and for Max and I, ordination) was on the last day. Ashes were spread on the nearby Chi river this morning (9th day). Nam is still working on the aftermath, even now. These are some photos from one of the outfits (HD-ELEE Studio) covering it.
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Max and I have a pact.
Something big is happening tomorrow. Today was a test run of sorts. Posted from WordPress for Android
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Do you need to show your credit card at check in?
As an anti-fraud measure, many airlines have adopted a policy of asking to see the credit card your tickets were purchased with at check in. This concerned me after buying tickets with my dad’s credit card for my family (wife and kids) to visit home later this year. We are flying Korean Air, so this information is pertinent only to them. The Korean Air website clearly states that the credit card used to buy the tickets online needs to be shown at check in: Documents Required Passport Visa (if required by country visiting) e-Ticket itinerary/Receipt Credit card used for online transaction (if booked online) Reading online flying forums for confirmation…
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A night outside
Last night, we planned to go camping in our front yard. Max came down with a cold and Mina does nothing without him, so the kids ended up staying in the house. Nam worried about the kids waking up in the middle of the night and not finding her, so she also slept in the house. I had already put tents up, so I decided to sleep on the lawn alone. Woke up with a sore back and lit some charcoal because camping is not camping without fire. Grilled some yakitori and khao chi rice balls in a wonderful fusion of classic Japanese and Isan flavor profiles. Then I went…
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Had to kill a snake just now…
Pretty bummed about it, but it had to be done. I’d much rather catch and release, but it looked poisonous (yellow stripes) and it wasn’t a safe situation to catch it. Sorry, snake.
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Pink Kubota
At a fruit orchard tour in Chonburi, Thailand. I will never catch up with all the photos I have to post before I retire… At least I’ll have a lot of photos to look at then.
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Into the Muk
The start of the new school term means that I am juggling full-time teaching, weekend studying, steady part-time work, and intermittent lecturing gigs all at the same time while parenting, so for the past couple months, I’ve been busier than a one-legged man in an ass kicking contest. Today I’m off to Mukdahan, where I will teach a seminar at the Mukdahan Grand Hotel tomorrow morning. It’s about a three hour drive, and I’ve been trying to pin down a gearbox problem with Nam’s car on long drives, so we’ll see what happens.
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Kanchanaburi War Cemetery
When I told Max not too step on or over headstones, he asked if it was because they are traps. I remember being told not to do the same thing decades ago in a cemetery in Hawaii. I remember asking if it was because it’s impolite to step on people’s heads. — Posted from WordPress for Android —
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In a taxi
On our way to pick up our car in Khon Kaen, then to Ayutthaya. Note: This post was uploaded 10 days late because of friggin webhost. — Posted from WordPress for Android —
