The Story of Stuff
2007-12-15 21:54:10
I just watched “The Story of Stuff” - if you haven’t seen it, I highly recommend you spend the 20 minutes and watch:
It made me think about my own story of stuff:
Every time we move from one country to the next, we ship our belongings. This time around we had enough to fill an entire 20 foot container - about 3,500 pounds worth of stuff.
Sometimes, I have to admit, I feel a little embarrassed that I have so much stuff. But, deep down, I know that it’s all my stuff that makes me feel at home in a new country. Most of the stuff we have is from our first move to Munich, Germany, when I didn’t know “the ropes” of living abroad and we sold everything we had in the US and bought it all new again in Munich.
Thankfully, eight years later, I have learned a thing or two… Now, I use the school’s, often very generous, shipping allowances to send my stuff from country to country. I usually end up buying some things again and again, like c
PhotoHunt: Small
2007-12-14 19:02:22
This summer IÂ bought a Nikon D40Â in an attempt to improve my photography skills.
Now, I know that people say the talent is not in the camera, but I’ve just been through all the pictures I’ve taken in the last three years, and something about the Nikon has drastically improved my photography. Maybe it’s just the fact that when I hold that camera I feel like I know what I’m doing, and since I can pretend that I look like I know what I’m doing, I seem to have more confidence, which leads to better pictures…
Anyway, one thing I’ve learned is to capture small details that represent the larger whole - instead of having one picture to capture everything that’s happening in one scene, focus on the details. And with that in mind, I give you some small details from the fabulous Jatajuk market here in Bangkok:Â
For those of you that don’t know Jatajuk, it must be the biggest weekend market in the world with over 15,000 stal
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PhotoHunt: Light
2007-12-21 18:18:13
I’ve been waiting for this PhotoHunt for a few weeks! Just over a month ago we spent a long weekend in Singapore - a city I had long wanted to visit, but never seemed to manage to make it there (even though it’s only a short hour flight from KL and two hours from Bangkok).Something about the island city-state seems so exciting and cosmopolitan - the skyscrapers right next to the ocean - sounds like the perfect city to me! Plus, I had heard that they have an absolutely stunning Christmas display every year, and we were arriving just in time to see everything get set up.As could be expected, Christmas lights in Singapore are over-the-top, glittering and twinkling on every tree, branch, pole, and building on Orchard Road. Although we only arrived at the very begining of the holiday season, we saw more lights on one street than we’ve seen in the last few years!
Now I must admit, though these lights are especially festive, they are not the only interesting lights I
Things’ll be great when you’re….Downtown
2008-02-04 07:57:03
As much as we love our school provided (and therefore totally free) apartment here in Nichada Thani, we’re starting to realize that we’re just a little too isolated out here in this gated community.
And thus, we are embarking on a new adventure: a quest to find a spacious, yet reasonably priced, 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom [...]
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Qatar Calling
2008-02-04 07:23:13
Just one week from today I will be traveling to Doha, Qatar
as an educational consultant!
I’m still somewhat in shock (and of course honored and flattered) to be asked by one of my edublogging colleagues, Julie Lindsay of Qatar Academy, to come out to QA and work with her faculty for 2 whole days of [...]
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Two Weeks Around Thailand
2008-01-27 03:13:19
It’s been quite a while since I last posted. I’m sad to say that this blog has been quite neglected since I started my new position at ISB. I’ve been so busy, learning so much, that I haven’t had much time to reflect on my non-existent personal life.
Of course, that doesn’t mean I haven’t been [...]
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, Thailand
, Two Weeks
What day?
2008-03-22 02:03:08
So, I’ve been neglecting the blog a bit lately. I’m ashamed. But, really, it wasn’t my fault. I’ve been so busy I don’t even know what day it is. The calendar on the wall above my desk still says February, but I’m starting to get the feeling that it’s time to flip the pages…
You see, [...]
A Little Light Reading
2008-04-11 08:20:08
Ah, vacation is finally here!
This year has gone by so fast, I honestly can’t believe it’s already Songkran (Thai New Year). Amazingly, this is the first vacation where we haven’t either had friends visiting or been on our way to visit friends in new exciting countries. Tomorrow we head out to Phuket for a week [...]
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Becoming a Beach Snob?
2008-04-25 07:58:09
I think I’m getting a little spoiled. You see, I’ve been to some pretty spectacular beaches over the past few years. And I’m starting to get a little uppity about my “beach” vacations. Now, unfortunately, every beach is held to the “Redang Standard” - mostly because when we lived in KL, we could get to [...]
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, Beach
Storm Day
2008-04-25 07:19:05
Pretty much every week, maybe even multiple times a week, we loose power for a few minutes here in Nichada. I remember everyone laughing at me when I first moved here and was looking for an alarm clock you can plug into the wall. I couldn’t imagine such fluctuating power - especially because we so rarely had [...]
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Spa-tacular
2008-04-27 09:17:45
Along with being a beach connoisseur, through trial and error, I’m starting to discover which spa treatments I like the most (ah, such difficulties I have in this life…)
I got started with the whole massage experience when Alex and I were on our honeymoon in Mexico. My very first massage was a hot stone massage. I [...]
Moving On Up
2008-05-09 19:23:03
To the penthouse, baby!
Alex and I have finally moved into our fabulous new apartment in the absolute center of the city (if Bangkok actually had a center, this would be it). We love our new place and can’t believe that we didn’t move downtown earlier. Once we get home from work (usually 45 minutes - [...]
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Delivery 2.0
2008-05-19 07:57:28
Apologies for those of you that don’t follow the wonderful world of web 2.0 (and the annoying habit of all those who do terming everything new and better “2.0″ - let this be your first experience), but I have discovered something amazing. Something spectacular. Something that may cause me never to leave my lovely new [...]
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Hello Summer!
2008-06-10 07:10:06
As you might have guessed, one of the absolute best things about being a teacher is having the summers off. Now, we work mighty hard during the year, and the responsibilities and challenges of working with children (and their lovely parents) all year definitely lends itself to requiring an extended break at the end. So [...]
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, Summer
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