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Ant Invasion

November 29th, 2009 1 comment

Overall, insects really are not a problem here in Thailand, and I’ll always contend there are fewer problems here than anywhere else I have lived. There are some, however. There are these small ants, as small as any I have seen (thus no pictures). They will find food anywhere you put it within fifteen minutes. [...]

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Beetle Bombing

November 28th, 2009 No comments

Insect problems are surprisingly absent from this part of Thailand, contrary to my years ago image of what Southeast Asia was like. There is nothing to correspond to the yellow jacket plague in various parts of the U.S. when you try to eat outdoors. Everyone eats outside here nearly all the time. The kitchens and [...]

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The Gold Medal

November 28th, 2009 No comments

You can see the two finger salute in this picture of four of our girls. The little one is also doing it below the bottom of the picture. Every Thai girl under the age of 30 has to do that in every picture. I suppose I should find out what it means. I took that [...]

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Sila’s Birthday

November 27th, 2009 No comments

by Walai Jantawiboon Today (Nov 26th) is Sila’s birthday. (Sila means “Rock”) and I went to see him and his two grandmothers as I do once a week. I went one day late to make it on his birthday and went alone because my partner is out for a Children’s Council meeting in another province. [...]

It Happens in the U.S. too.

November 26th, 2009 No comments

This article just appeared on cnn.com. With all our talk about human trafficking in this part of the world and what Opportunity Foundation is doing about it, let’s not forget it is really everywhere. In the U.S. we have had laws against it longer, but there is also more money available to earn by breaking [...]

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All Fall Down

November 26th, 2009 No comments

A city in India has an earthquake and 50,000 people die. Why is that? Almost two weeks ago I noticed a new building starting just around the corner from me in Nang Rong. I know, I say everything is just around the corner. It usually is. I live close to city center, such as it [...]

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Cool Season

November 21st, 2009 No comments

I just got back from Bangkok last night. I had heard it had cooled off here while I was gone. I have not used the air conditioning in my house yet, and had to have my blanket, which is more like a big beach towel, last night. This morning was the first time I really [...]

Meetings

November 20th, 2009 No comments

I just returned to Nang Rong yesterday from Bangkok where for a week I was in a number of meetings. Anita is here in Thailand and set up meetings with foundation staff for future social work issues, budgeting and government regulation compliance. I spoke of Anita in a previous post (29 July 09), so you [...]

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Kao Pat Gai

November 14th, 2009 No comments

With Sue in India doing teacher training and me in Nang Rong, I have to think about finding food more often than I would otherwise. I have already written about one Isaan basic food group, Som Tam. Today I walked down to Nong Biea for lunch. It is named after the owner’s young son and [...]

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Myanmar and the U.S.

November 14th, 2009 No comments

Mr. Dinger did sent a picture of the U.S. Embassy in Myanmar. As I said before (08 Nov 09) the Embassy is quite impressive, and indicates that although the U.S. has a lot of differences with the government there, it is certainly taking Myanmar seriously. As I remember, there was more in the compound on [...]