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Quick update
I’ve basically dropped off the edge of the world trying to get over this cold. I think I’ll be back full swing tomorrow. In the meantime, I caught this article…
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A Visa Crawl
Long-term foreign residents of Thailand not fortunate (unfortunate?) enough to have a permanent residency or Thailand Elite card must apply for visa extensions, usually every year. It’s pretty much expected…
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Pink Water Buffalo Photos!!
A few weeks ago, Nam wanted to buy some more maternity clothes so we got in the car and headed off to Non Kuan Chang (sp?), a nearby village with…
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Wherein I confront craziness
In the interest of getting everything on the record, we decided to confront the crazy bitch, at her request, at the police station last Thursday, dependant on a couple of…
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No work accomplished today
I wanted to get some midterm grading done the past five hours, but I ended up entertaining Max instead. He wouldn’t go to sleep and Nam was busy putting together…
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Where do stolen Japanese bikes go? ????????????????
Well, many of them end up in Thailand: One of two bicycle stores in town selling only stolen bikes from Japan that we visited this week (we’re looking for a…
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Thai funerals are chill
I went to a funeral over the weekend; a coworker lost her father. I always find it remarkable at funerals here because they’re such pleasant affairs. Is this a Theravada…
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Plagiarism in Thai Universities
I stumbled upon an excellent article on plagiarism over at Inside Higher Ed: LINK Plagiarism is such a deeply rooted and widespread problem in Thailand, I think it deserves its…
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Our New Thai House Part 5 – The Blessing Way
The end of 2007 coincided with the milestone of 98% or so of the basic house being completed, so we decided to move in on New Years Day. We invited…
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Working Around Planned Obsolescence
All of the PCs I’m using at home are ones I brought over from Japan in 2006 so they are all either very well-used or broken now. My main laptop…
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Learning to speak Thai
Andrew Biggs (I always think of him as the Dave Spector of Thailand although that’s far from being accurate) wrote a couple of great columns over at the Bangkok Times:…
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near wild heaven
An old woman came by my table at an outdoor restaurant, selling this (plus another similarly-sized chunk) out of a basket. It was the last of her merchandise so she…
