Oh, baby!
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Max @ IN-N-OUT
LOL!! Look at this happy boy!
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Tacos and Somtam
Olé, krup! To be precise, fish tacos and non-papaya tam variant. To be even more precise, deep-fried Nile tilapia tacos with corn and bird’s eye chili salsa and long fak bean tam. Tacos always get my inner Mike D going: He said, “Can I get some?” I said, you can’t get none! Had a chance to run He pulled out his shotgun He was quick on the draw, I thought I’d be dead He put the gun to my head and this is what he said
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Ping pong anywhere
Well, it looks like I’m going to have to buy this boy a ping pong table (table tennis table?). Luckily, it looks like used ones go for 1/3 the price of a new one here…. but they’re mostly down in Bangkok. Wonder how much shipping will cost. Fact: There is no space at our house for all of our stuff. Also: Mina and Max will eventually need their own rooms, which we did not plan for when designing this house (when we didn’t yet have kids). In retrospect: Duh!
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BaBQ
My little grillmasters – their basic protein education is already mapped out: Beef, then pork, then fish, and finally, chicken. Although utilizing local food sources means the syllabus can be expanded to rat, snake, bugs, dog, ant eggs, pond scum, mongoose, lizard, etc.
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Ghetto Pong
No ping pong table? No problem! This school is full of tables and makeshift nets…
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Sick baby, Mina
Max is at his first night away from home (away from family) on a school trip to the nearby town of Kut Lan. Meanwhile, Mina is getting over a fever and has reverted into a baby. Luckily, Nam found an old Dora bottle.
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Good Girl or Bad Girl ??
Hey Mina, make up your mind… Is it angel day, or devil day?
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Mina’s into drawing now
…following in the footsteps of her older brother. They both have a million times more drawing skill than me lol.
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M&M’s Second Foray into Muay Thai
Our son is growing up. We pulled both the kids from Tae Kwon Do a few years ago a while after we realized their teacher was unworthy and his dojo was basically a colored belt factory. After that, we tried Thai kick boxing as a family at the gym we were going to at the time, but the kids weren’t ready yet – too young and not coordinated enough. So this year, I worked a long plan of swimming (for stamina) and catch (for hand/eye coordination). Max went from playing soccer every day to playing table tennis everyday, and he improved in both, although I suspect he dropped soccer because…
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Spicy Eggs
A decent breakfast is generally hard to find in the far provinces. Grilled pork skewers and sticky rice is the de facto breakfast of choice, with rice porridge or soup being available most of the time. If you really want other choices, best to head for a market or nearby university canteen. We dropped off the kids at their Saturday tutoring session and are having breakfast at Nam’s university. Later, we’ll go check out a Muay Thai gym around the back entrance of the campus since Max wants to start up again. Busy Saturday.
