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Loy Krathong 2007 @ MSU
A short, jumbled series from the Loy Krathong celebration at Nam’s university last month:
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Mooban Hack – The Legend of the Kujira Begins
mooban def: a village or community (Thai) (note: I previously wrote about my new ride here) Maybe I should say the legend “continues,” since I’m told it’s quite possibly run…
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Goose Steppin’
I have only one class on Fridays, in the morning. Today they were supposed to do presentations, but only a small fraction of the class showed up. When I asked…
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Karaoke Machine from Hell
Found on a floating barge restaurant on our way to the candle festival in Ubon Ratchathani a few months ago. Note the lighting ball and licensed song stickers around the…
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A Wedding in Ratburi
You know you are in for one fine shindig when you wake up at 5:30 AM to speaker stacks from hell: A few weeks ago, we took off for our…
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Culture Shock
I just found out one of the top hitmen in Thailand (no shit!) is studying English in my weekend English class. Details to follow as soon as I survive grading…
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Sometimes Life is Better on the Back of a Tuktuk
Currently going through photos I took earlier this year in preparation for a couple of big upcoming posts…
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LANGBA – PenesamiG
In my previous post, I spoke of “fake brand name knockoffs that are loosely based on a famous item but a little too ironically so, giving you the impression that…
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Justin of America – Justin Jeans?
Sometimes, a sign just hits you in the face: Spotted in Khon Kaen, Thailand Somebody painted my ass on a sign! We’ve actually spotted Justin Jeans apparel – mostly t-shirts…
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Happy Thanksgiving!
… words heard from not a single student today. Surprise, surprise. I think I’ve actually seen a real live turkey here in Mahasarakham, up in the forest near the fish…
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Sunset on Nodules
Taken at the English Camp we went on a couple weeks back. (Nodules will be explained in a later post)
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Embanking
In most of the world, there is no OSHA I saw this shot when arriving to my building at school this morning. I passed by first, then turned around my…