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Wishing You a Very Merry SET Christmas
Here’s wishing you all a very Merry SET Christmas… It’s now been six years since I discovered The SET Foundation, and five years since I turned over WLT’s ad revenue to SET as well. What’s the SET...
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It’s Cherry Blossom Time in Khun Chang Khian, Chiang mai
Cherry trees are blooming in Thailand – hurry if you can… Depending upon traffic, an hour from Chiang mai is the Khun Chang Kian Highland Agriculture Research Center. Around this time of year...
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Could You Survive Thailand’s Polluted North?
Would you even WANT to survive Thailand’s polluted North? … Until yesterday I was having serious doubts about my ability to stick it out in Chiang mai during the burning season. Last year wasn’t too...
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Thailand’s Ministry of Culture: No Fun Allowed at Songkran?
No Songkran fun … for the wicked… Chiang mai CityNews’ latest post shoots off with: ‘Mini Cult’ Uses Children to Shame Behaviour at Songkran. The first child responds with “It’s water fight time!” but...
View ArticleThai Vocabulary for Keeping Cool (Tempers) in Thailand
I inherited a flash temper that I’ve mostly grown out of, and I attribute a chunk of the change to living in Thailand. Even so, I’ll stay cool cool cool, but if I butt up against tough conditions too...
View ArticleMixed Messages: Is Thailand Suing Singapore for Stealing Songkran?
I don’t know about you but I’m bored bored bored with the political protests in Thailand. Go home already! Just recently Kaewmala started reminiscing about the good ‘ole days when we would poke fun at...
View ArticleAmazing Thailand: ThailandOnly SongkranThailand?
I don’t know what to think about the Songkran marketing push from TAT (Tourism Authority of Thailand): Amazing Thailand: #ThailandOnly #SongkranThailand. Google+ Community Official Community from...
View ArticleIn Search of a Thai Clock
This week I got it into my head that I just had to have a Thai clock. I didn’t want anything fancy, but I did want a clock I could use for years, preferably in wood, but I’d take a metal of some sort....
View ArticleAn Ideal Weekend Getaway in Bangkok or Expat Disasters Guaranteed?
Just what would your ideal weekend getaway in Bangkok be? I’ve lived in the city nine years so you’d think that there wouldn’t be much left of the city for me to experience fresh. After ticking off...
View ArticleLoi Krathong (Yee Peng): An Unexpected Pleasure in Chiang Mai
Wikipedia: Loi Krathong (Thai: ลอยกระทง) coincides with the Lanna (northern Thai) festival known as Yi Peng (Thai: ยี่เป็ง). Yi means “two” and peng means a “full moon day”. Yi Peng refers to the full...
View ArticleLoi Krathong Song Lyrics
My Thai teacher just loves to sing. And sometimes, right in the middle of a lesson, she will stand up and belt out a Thai song. Often, she will drag me up too. Then, swinging her arms like a conductor,...
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