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( Living in Thailand )

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About ready to crash, but so it goes. It's Thursday and I'm still not fully recovered, but feel much better than I had been. I go to the doctor again tomorrow, because I may have fractured a rib and I'm in a considerable amount of pain when I, you know, breathe. I know there's not much they can do for me if I HAVE hurt my rib, but it's good to ( Read more... )

Ahoy... avast... something... I don't know ( Read more... )

Evidently, the mu ban didn't get the memo that New Year's celebrations were last night. Last night was relatively quiet; really, a few firecrackers and a few people counting down. Tonight? Holy shit, who are those drunk bastards and what possessed someone to give them a microphone and a kareoke machine? Ooooh... they only know the chorus... and ( Read more... )

Dad and I got back from Vientiane early this morning, and I nearly left kicking and screaming. I truly enjoyed Laos to an unspeakable depth. It was a quiet, laid-back place and Beerlao is arguably some of the best beer I have ever had. And for a buck fifty per 640 mL bottle, well, you wouldn't expect it to be so lovely. Dad and I sat out by the ( Read more... )

I think part of the reason I love this country is that Christmas is so understated. I got up, ate breakfast, mom made us listen to some Christmas music, and that was pretty much it for the holiday season. I had a doctor's appointment (mmm... blood); these people get me, because rather than have me stand around and wait for my blood to be drawn, ( Read more... )

First week of girl's V.C. went incredibly smoothly. I'm rather in shock about the whole thing. The girls were fantastic and I found myself getting surprisingly and suddenly very emotional when the kids went home. Jen laughed at me because I was crying and surrounded by a bunch of other crying girls and we basically all just cried together. The ( Read more... )