May
15
Home, Sweet Home
May 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment
As Nan was chatting away about her day the other day, she said something. I did not quite register it right then, and she uttered them so casually that over a terrible mobile phone connection, I may have missed them completely. But it made me realise why I am falling for this wonderful woman, and […]
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May
13
A New Start Mark II
May 13, 2007 | 4 Comments
Well, I moved again. This time under my own domain, using the Wordpress blog thingy. Sorry for all the confusion folks, but from now in this will be my permanent address. I am here to stay. After all I spent most of the weekend fiddling with all the settings.
Nan on the other hand spent […]
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May
11
Nan the Hut
May 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Nan is going about her life in her Isaan village as usual. She has also learned a new English word. The word she has learned is “hut”. It turns out that her house. The house we plan to live in while we figure each other out is actually a hut, according to Nan that is.
I […]
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May
9
Still at Work
May 9, 2007 | 2 Comments
I called Nan this morning and her relatives are finally dispersing to Bangkok, Chon Buri, and other villages in Isaan. So Nan can finally relax. Me on the other hand is still in the sticks getting my hands dirty, while dreaming about sitting under the mango tree with Nan eating her barbecue chicken and sticky […]
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May
8
Work
May 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment
I had to go on a field trip this week. So will have problems giving you a daily update. Well, there you go. Even a lazy bum like me have to work sometimes.
Meanwhile in Isaan, Nan was cooking for about 17 people yesterday. The house is still full of relatives that are reluctant to go […]
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May
4
Can Sleep Now
May 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Nan called me me yesterday evening. It was sort of a crisis. Mum had gone to stay with her brother in another village for a few days, and the kids were sleeping over at her aunts house, and the uncle was also off somewhere. Nan was in a situation unthinkable. She was alone at […]
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May
3
Sick to Much
May 3, 2007 | 8 Comments
I have not been feeling quite well lately. This Monday, after an uncomfortable weekend where my chest was sort of aching a little bit, it all topped itself and stubborn me threw in the towel and went and saw a doctor.
They probed, they tested, they drew blood, they made me breath into tubes, they x-raid, […]
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May
2
Rice, Cows, and Monks
May 2, 2007 | 4 Comments
Nan’s nephew is going to do his ‘buat phra’ - becoming a monk for his mother, and the family is throwing a big party for him. starting may 5th. It’s going to be a 2 day event, and there must be quite a bunch of people to feed as they are slaughtering a cow […]
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May
1
The Market
May 1, 2007 | 4 Comments
Since Nan is making most of the cooking in the household, she goes to the market fairly often. The Market is in Puthaisong, a small town about 15 minutes from the village. It’s an open air affair with a roof to keep the sun out and you can get just about anything you want in […]
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Apr
29
Crocs and Sonkran
April 29, 2007 | 4 Comments
As you well now already, my brain is not connected quite right. I have always blamed it on the incident when I was about 3 years old, when I slipped on some wet grass and had the back of my skull whacked in. I still have the scar back there. Anyway, me and Nan where […]
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