It’s amazing how when I repeatedly called all three (Max! Mina! August!), only one would look up at a time. Then again, it was ice cream time.
Category: Work
Pinching
Just a note: It hasn’t always been so, and it may not always be so, but right now I’m at a stage in life where I’d rather do work for free than for a token amount of money… And I’m much more inclined to accept such offers from people who need it than those who don’t.
That is all.
The way it is
Everybody has a talent. It may be obscure, it may be something you’re sure nobody else can understand… but you should definitely take advantage of it.
One of my talents is meeting random people who change my life at the damndest times. It happened again today.
We just finished having beers.
Koh Samet Photos
A self-explanatory photo set because I have no time, only children.
Quick trip to Ko Samet
I am taking the family on a work trip from now. It will be an overnight bus ride, followed by a boat ride to Koh Samet and a smaller ferry-to-shore. We plan to return on Monday night, just in time to finish preparation for the new school term.
Off to Hua Hin
Tomorrow I’m off on a faculty trip to Suan Dusit University in Bangkok, then to Hua Hin the next day. I’ll be back on the 6th. Haven’t been to Hua Hin since our honeymoon, nor to the beach for far too long..
Manual Ejection Jigs
Worthless. Priceless.
Lunch break
I’m eating a plate of crab fried rice that looked unremarkable, but actually tastes quite amazing. This is a touristy dish that I pass on in Thailand because it’s usually got bits of shell in it, but it’s what they made for me today, and I’m glad they did – there’s huge chunks of crab meat hidden in the middle, and the egg was crispy with a runny yolk. Yum.
Meanwhile, there’s a guy who looks like jesuscristo floating in the huge hotel pool. If he turns it into wine, I’m calling off the afternoon lecture..
It’s called “prep”
Note to organizers:
If you hire me to lecture at a conference or other event, please do not change the topics five minutes after it starts.
That is all.