Getting By in Bangkok

Jennifer Songs

nobody@vox.com(silverchimes) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:39:41 +0700

Last month I disclosed in one of my posts that I have a small collection of Jennifer songs. Yesterday, M-----l included a great Jennifer/ba-ba song by Lloyd Cole in his post and mentioned my list. I think M-----l's VOX neighborhood is a bit bigger...

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You want fruit with that?

nobody@vox.com(silverchimes) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:09:57 +0700

Recently, the coffee shop on the ground level of the office building started offering a couple of Thai dishes for lunch. There's a food market just down the street that I usually go to, but the coffee shop is near, clean and (most importantly) air...

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Halloween Bowling

nobody@vox.com(silverchimes) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:31:37 +0700

A couple of weeks ago my boss volunteered me and couple of my co-workers to spend Halloween day bowling at a charity event. I went bowling once when I was 10 or 11 and I think that experience was enough to last me a lifetime. However, refusing to ...

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Weekend Glam Rock

nobody@vox.com(silverchimes) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 07:51:52 +0700

Friday was a holiday in Thailand, so I had a three day weekend. Mostly I just ran errands and took care of chores that I've been putting off. Yesterday evening I decided watched the 1998 film Velvet Goldmine. I'd never heard of the movie un...

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QotD: Best-Seller

nobody@vox.com(silverchimes) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:04:50 +0700

If you were going to write a book, what would you write about? I'd write a story about a Cajun boy named Gris-Gris that plays a guitar.

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My Sister's Birthday

nobody@vox.com(silverchimes) — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:56:47 +0700

My sister's birthday was yesterday. Of my four siblings she's the closest in age to me, but still 6 years older. She looked after me quite a bit and put up with me even when I was annoying. When I was very young, I would sneak into her room when s...

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A Cats and Bananas Post

nobody@vox.com(silverchimes) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 07:33:26 +0700

This weekend we harvested some bananas from the banana tree. It's a bit of an ordeal involving climbing on the roof with a machete. It's a nice bunch but not as many as last year. Nevertheless, I'll be eating bananas for a while. I'll have to tak...

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Only Partially About the Weather

nobody@vox.com(silverchimes) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:38:37 +0700

My last post was about my house flooding. Things have dried out and only a few shoes were casualties. The rain is still falling, but the house hasn't flooded again. The front yard has been turned into a swamp a couple of times, though. Just a ...

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Nam Tuam Baan (House Flood)

nobody@vox.com(silverchimes) — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:41:51 +0700

I've lived through 13 rainy seasons in Thailand, but this is the first time my house has flooded. There have been several close calls, but this is the first time water has come all the way through the house. I really understand why Thai houses usu...

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Today...

nobody@vox.com(silverchimes) — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:42:46 +0700

Is my mother's 79th birthday. She passed away in May 2007, but I still like to celebrate her birthday in some whay. She was named Bobbie for her uncle Robert. Her birth certificate actually had her gender as male for awhile. I guess there weren't ...

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