It's hard to believe it's April already. For the first time I have avoided a Canadian winter start to finish ( Read more... )

Hey, I'm in the People's Democratic Republic of Laos. PDR is code-word for "we're commies", by the way. Everyone seems happy, healthy and well-fed, plus Internet cafes are teeming with uniformed school children which is always a good sign of standard of living (in contrast, Cambodian kids lack any computer skills and, often, shoes ( Read more... )

I was the talk of the town (Myawaddy, Burma) today ( Read more... )

I saw a dead pigeon on the road today. Maybe it was hit by a tuk-tuk, or perhaps an omen of OMGZ BIRD FLU!!!1 My mom keeps sending me emails saying that my grandmother thinks I shouldn't eat chicken because I'll get the bird flu and die ( Read more... )

It's Saturday night and you know what that means: Daily Show: Global Edition. How I long for my regular dose of Stewart and Colbert. One of the things I miss about home is watching them with Peter sprawled out on the leather couch in his basement while guzzling black Russians (never white Russians, I'm lac-tarded ( Read more... )

A small, dull-green gecko lives in my bathroom, presumably subsisting on the trail of tiny ants who drink the water that remains on the floor following a shower.

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Did you know?

Ants not only out-number humans, they out-mass us.
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Photos: http://picasaweb.google.com/tprocyshyn

Grand accomplishments: I have an apartment in Chiang Mai. It has WiFi, satellite TV, and a balcony.

This also means I have an address.

Peter's pleased because he can finally have his past 3 months of New Yorker magazines forwarded here.

Back in Thailand and very happy to be here. After 4 weeks there I had grown to hate Vietnam... the cities are so crowded and it doesn't help that everyone is really pushy and constantly honking their horn. On the way to the airport in Hanoi I saw someone on the highway driving a bicycle be simultaneously hit by a car and a motorbike. No one ever ( Read more... )

Today I saw a dead Commie in a glass box.