Monthly Archives: November 2008
Escaping from Vietnam
>мебелиs supposed to leave Hanoi for BKK last Friday, but obviously that didn’t happen … our initial thoughts on the matter were that it would be wrapped up quickly, but obviously that didn’t happen either. Anyway, Mme and I finally … Continue reading
Super Obama
коли под наем The image above is from a weekly Thai news magazine, what the text says really isn’t all that important, what is important the fact that it made the cover of the magazine. On the day of the … Continue reading
Back In School
So I started school back this week, taking five classes which mostly seem pretty fun … in case you’re interested here’s the workload: JA211: Japanese Conversation TH247: Introduction to Readings (seems to teach critical reading and analysis skills, probably not … Continue reading
More Stuff You May Not Know About Laos
When Ambassador [to Laos from USA] William Sullivan assumed his post in Vientiane near the end of 1964, his assignment was to wage war while maintaining the fiction of the Geneva Accords, which he had personally helped to negotiate. He … Continue reading
Brave New Hmong Village
In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, the vast majority of the “enlightened” world hangs out taking drugs (Soma) and ignoring reality. All members of society are conditioned in childhood to hold the values that the World State idealizes. Constant consumption … Continue reading
Nightclub community centers
So I’m probably not your average tourist, when I travel I find that my interests are much more about language and contemporary culture than in seeing lots of old buildings. I think that it’s mostly seeing how other people live … Continue reading
Laos to Chiang Rai
After spending three days in Luang Prabang, we got on this long boat which we rode for two days up the Mekong river to the border of Thailand and Laos. The days lasted about 6-8 hours each, mostly just sitting … Continue reading
Comparing the Thai and Lao languages
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