i’ve been at mom’s in niskayuna, ny (that’s in schenectady county, near albany and about three hours north of new york city) for the last week. the house has four bedrooms, two living rooms, two bathrooms, one shower and now only has 8 people staying in it. the first part of the week we had [...]

i really do hate the cold, except when it’s on the other side of a window from me and i’m not forced to go out into it. if i can get up when i want, enjoy a fire, relax and only go out when i feel like going for a walk or getting some exercise [...]

when i was in los angeles and san francisco people liked to ask me what i missed about living there. of course i miss family and friends, and there is a certain convenience that comes from having a level of language fluency that i have in english but don’t yet have in thai. what ireally [...]

i’ve been sitting at the airport in baltimore, maryland for the last two hours waiting for my connecting flight to albany, new york. last night a bunch of friends threw a party for me … which was a really nice way to see so many of the people in san franscisco that I used to [...]

last wed night, mme arranged cocktails at mecca with a bunch of friends. it was really nice to get together and hang out, especially since i hadn’t seen most of the people since i left sf 2.5 years ago.

david (with a really bad cold), leslie and me

jeff and i

that’s me, then lee end ed

me with [...]

yesterday mme and i went to the new deyoung museum in golden gate park … the old one was torn down because of seismic problems and the new one was built in the same spot admist typical bay area controversy. herzog and de meuron designed the building and wrapped it completely in copper. right now [...]

when i first flew to india, i felt that the airport had the most bizarre security practices i had ever witnessed. that was before flying out of bob hope airport in burbank, california. in america, they are constantly afraid that a plane is going to blow up. security guards and transportation security officials are scary, [...]

ummm, so i think it’s just going to be easier to post a whole bunch of pics from la all at once …. the pics are pretty much from two events. having dinner with some friends at a thai restaurant that another friend just opened and hanging out with my nephew and niece. well i [...]

so about three weeks ago, i went for the weekend up to saraburi with p’wan, p’nut, p’bpu and p’elle …. this time of the year there are huge fields of sunflowers in bloom all over the place. well there were supposed to be at least. last year there were huge fields all over the place, [...]

so this whole jet lag thing is pretty interesting. last time i flew to la from bkk, i found that i could sleep ok at night but that for four days i would be exhausted around 4pm and would have to take a nap. i arrived here on monday evening, tue followed a similar pattern, [...]