Our New Thai House
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Our New Thai House Part 2 – Foundations
When setting the first foundation of a Thai house, it is a common practice to hire a Brahman priest and hold a blessing ceremony. Enter Ajarn Chachawan (Ajarn is an honorific title equivalent to sensei in Japanese and pretty much nothing in English), pictured on the left in the photo below. He was also the announcer/master of ceremonies who did the morning ceremony for our wedding two years ago. He will also be supervising the installation of an animistic “spirit house” on our property this month or next. Truth be told, he’s pretty much our go-to guy for all our Brahman needs. Clockwise from Ajarn Chachawan: Mother-in-law, yours truly, worker,…
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Ancient Photo Generator
Use this ancient photo generator (in JP, but a cinch to use) to give your photos that certain Edo look. Here’s the results using a photo of the plot where we built our house from my post the other day:
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Our New Thai House Part 1 – Picking a Plot
I’ve put off posting proper photos of our new house since we decided to build it, that is, for the better part of a year. What can I say? We were busy getting it finished (this is a home builder’s joke – a new house is never finished). Getting this house built took a lot of blood, sweat, and tears… We really honed our powers of persuasion, pleading, and cajoling. I learned how to effectively threaten someone in Thai, and Nam learned that being visibly pregnant is a great way to have people do things for you. We both learned that government officials in charge of the positioning of power…
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Promenade
Earth, sky, sea, and rain Is she coming back again? Men of straw sneak a whore Words that build or destroy Dirt, dry, bone, sand, and stone Barbed-wire fence cut me down I’d like to be around In a spiral staircase To the higher ground And I, like a firework, explode Roman candle lightning lights up the sky In the cracked streets trampled under foot Sidestep…sidewalk I see you stare…into space Have I got closer now? Behind the face Oh…tell me… Charity dance with me Turn me around tonight Up though a spiral staircase To the higher ground Slide show, sea side town //////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Above is a partial view from…
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Crab on Baked Earth
Crawling around the building site of our new house.
