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Potak (spicy Thai seafood soup)
This is the hard-to-find but often superior alternative to Tom Yum Goong.
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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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The perfect cappu
Now that I’ve been served a perfect cup, all other cups after this will somehow be lacking, even if they aren’t. @ The Bizarre Island, Rayong
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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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Kujira Weather
The weather has cooled considerably, which means cruising with the windows down. I gotta say, it was a good day.
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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.
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Sunday Hoops
A three day weekend is something special, but especially so when you’re a little kid. Mommy was off at graduation practice for her uni, so the kids and I got in the Crown and cruised around lazy Sunday style, picked up some fries at Mickey D’s, and went to some shaded outdoor courts across from their school for a picnic and some basketball. These days, Max is trying out all kinds of sports to see what he likes. He was into football only for a couple years, but has gotten into ping pong more recently. He’s expressed interested interest in starting up muay thai again, so we will start on…
