Jul
17
TMAC mine clearing in Thailand
“I am standing on a mine”
The words came from my squad leader and I was standing two meters away when he said them. We where busy stretching telephone wire for the HQ of A-coy, and the little Israeli butterfly mine was inside the wire. In an area we thought were perfectly […]
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Jul
16
When September Ends
July 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment
I will be living with a lovely wife in a cosy little village in the sticks in Thailand. If someone had told me 10 years ago, or even 18 months ago that this would happen, I would have gotten a big laugh out of it. Yeah Right, that will ever happen!
But it will, and I […]
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Jul
16
A Kiss or a Baht
July 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment
As I called Nan this morning, she was at the hut. That was self evident from the banging noises I heard. I got a bit curious as she announced yesterday that all the work was finished and she only had to paint it.
Well it turned out that “somebody” had suggested that when it rained, it […]
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Jul
14
Family Reactions
July 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Its a month and a week since me and Nan got married in her village in Phutthaisong. And to my surprise, so far I have only met with positive reactions among friends and family. But then perhaps thay are not quite over the shock yet. My mom f.ex, knew there was something going on, and […]
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Jul
12
Yak-yak Too Much
July 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Nan had quite a day at the hut. The tiling of the floor is going nicely and she reckons it will be completed sometime tomorrow. But she is discovering that being the big boss is not always so easy.
“Today have to yak-yak to much, teerak!”
“Why, what happened”
“Somebody do wrong, and I have to yak-yak”
“Really […]
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Jul
11
What is this Thai Land?
July 11, 2007 | 5 Comments
A year and a half ago, I knew next to nothing about Thailand. The first time someone told me about it was my uncle who did a round the world trip after finishing his university studies. He traveled with his girlfriend, and came back telling tales about how friendly everyone was there. That is, if […]
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Jul
10
More About Colors
July 10, 2007 | 2 Comments
Nan is doing her best to confuse me about the hut these days. She is painting and have completed the ceiling, and started on the windows. But now I do not have a clue what colors she is using. When we where there, the inside walls where going to be egg-shell white, and the floors […]
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Jul
10
The Age Poll
July 10, 2007 | 1 Comment
I have been running the poll for a week, and it does indeed show that many of us that have found our teerak in Thailand are indeed old farts compared to our oh so much better looking partners.
Of the 26 that answered, no less than 31% had a partner that was more than 10 years […]
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Jul
9
Colors
July 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Or is it Colours, make up your mind will ya!
Anyway, I am here to bore you with yet another report on the hut, as that and the “I love you, mahk mahk” is the only thing we talk about these days during our daily chats. So here it goes.
“Did you start painting the ceiling […]
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Jul
8
Hut Progress
July 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Far away from royal openings of a Wat in Norway, Nan is toiling away with the hut. They started on the stucco cement for the outer walls today, and she recons it will be finished tomorrow morning!
The tempo she is setting on this work is impressive. And she plans to to start painting the ceiling […]
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