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Sat
21
Jan '12

St. Louis, Missouri

I haven’t posted in a while, mainly because I moved back to the USA, and I thought, that was less interesting.  Well, if I’m brutally honest, things are more  interesting now that I’m back.  It’s not the same place I left. Culture shock, it’s more intense coming back.  I expected Thailand to be foreign, I didn’t [...]

Thu
13
Jan '11

Thanks to Couchsurfing, an Apartment

I was at a Couchsurfing event here in Chiang Mai, and I was lamenting about the fact that I was having trouble finding an apartment.  Despite dropping by the office of “the best property management company in Chiang Mai”, and a follow-up phone call, no one contacted me to look at apartments.  My guess is [...]

Wed
29
Dec '10

Bangkok Cough

A little over a year ago I was getting sick every 3 weeks or so.  It was during the “flu” season, so I initially didn’t think much about it.  But then it kept happening over and over again.  I ended up going to a pulmonologist who diagnosed me with mild asthma.  With a daily use [...]

Mon
6
Dec '10

Preparing my Scooter for Storage

Thankfully my parents are willing to store my Lambretta scooter in the garage while I’m overseas.  As much time, sweat, and money I poured into that scooter, I wasn’t ready to let go.  Considering I’ll be gone a minimum of a year, I needed to prep the scooter for long term storage.  Searching around, I [...]

Mon
29
Nov '10

Purging

I spent the long Thanksgiving weekend going through everything I owned and purging.  I needed to get down to stuff that I would take with me, and a small amount to store in my parent’s garage.  I’m not a pack rat, so I figured this would be easy–it wasn’t. I do this as an exercise every [...]