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America Has Fish Sauce
But there are so many basic types and specific variants, as well as imported and domestically produced brands, it’s mind-boggling. Referring to any specific type as just “fish sauce” could be quite...
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Let’s play a game…
Its called the Three Dollar or Less Beer Bonanza (Eastern European Edition): How many of these beers do you know? How many can you try while packing suitcases last minute?
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You are legend?
Rachada has never been this dark or curry-free. It’s the Friday night before a four day weekend, and the streets of Bangkok are uncrowded. It feels like a dream. I’ve come back from our trip to Pattaya...
View ArticleWhen you go out in the woods…
… And have that realization that, hey, I could die out here! It’s kind of linked to the first time my life flashed before my eyes. I was on Catalina with my aunt and cousin’s church group. We went on a...
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Max, Into the Arms of America
Max is going to stay with my sis in Washington for a couple months. He’ll be there until the end of the last term of 2nd grade there to see what it’s like. We’ll see what happens from there, but...
View ArticleHeisei Arigato
平成から令和になる前の20時頃、戎橋から道頓堀川へダイブしようと思ったけど船に落下した瞬間の動画らしい… pic.twitter.com/O9O1mz9eH2— こな (@aaosaka90) May 1, 2019 Alt. view: 道頓堀、令和カウントダウン飛び込みダイブで事故発生。危険ですのでやめましょう。 pic.twitter.com/zahGn8Tz4s— iva...
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Khon Kaen, two months ago
It takes me so long to put things up on this blog these days. There’s posts I’ve been wanting to publish for more than a decade lol. Anyways, since another trip to Khon Kaen is coming up either...
View ArticleHad to kill a snake just now…
Pretty bummed about it, but it had to be done. I’d much rather catch and release, but it looked poisonous (yellow stripes) and it wasn’t a safe situation to catch it. Sorry, snake.
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A night outside
Last night, we planned to go camping in our front yard. Max came down with a cold and Mina does nothing without him, so the kids ended up staying in the house. Nam worried about the kids waking up in...
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Do you need to show your credit card at check in?
As an anti-fraud measure, many airlines have adopted a policy of asking to see the credit card your tickets were purchased with at check in. This concerned me after buying tickets with my dad’s credit...
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Max and I have a pact.
Something big is happening tomorrow. Today was a test run of sorts. Posted from WordPress for Android
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Culmination.
It was an 8-day Thai funeral. Cremation (and for Max and I, ordination) was on the last day. Ashes were spread on the nearby Chi river this morning (9th day). Nam is still working on the aftermath,...
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Kinkadian Sunset
We are visiting Mika and Adam in Monterey. This was sunset yesterday at Lover’s Point. Posted from WordPress for Android
View ArticleJet lag, Brain lag, everywhere a lag lag
We just got back from an epic trip back home to the states where I officiated my baby sister’s wedding, reunited with whole gaggle of relatives (some of whom I hadn’t seen for decades), and took the...
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The Best Braised Pork Leg in Issan
Google review of Panom Rung Restaurant by Justin Yoshida https://goo.gl/maps/cShnNWMJMcu Staring locals. Scary truckers in the dark, broken parking lot… Raw chili and garlic in a dirty center bowl....
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I found a dinosaur
I found this on the street just in front of our house last week. Either it got run over during the rainstorm the night before, or the cats claimed another victim.
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