Things are getting personal again today. I keep this blog not only as a memoir of our travels, but also as a place for personal reflection and an outlet for the jumbled thoughts in my brain. I feel like I used to write a lot of deeply personal posts back when nobody read, and I see no reason to stop now. :) A while back, a certain someone close to me* told me that I’m not a good writer and that…
December 2014 travel re-cap: from beaches on Koh Chang to temples in Siem Reap
Happy New Year everyone! I can’t believe the year is over! I haven’t decided yet if I will do a 2014 re-cap this year, as I see so many people are doing, but in the meantime, I will continue with my new monthly recaps: Nov 28 – Dec 10: Koh Chang, Thailand Over the past several months of travel, I’ve fallen in love with many places. When that happens, it’s sad to have to leave, but for the most part, I’ve been…
A very Cambodian… errr, French… Christmas
Confession: I’ve been a grinch all December this year. It’s just so hard to get into the holiday spirit when… ummm… there isn’t any at all. The first half of December was spent in hot and very un-festive Thailand. Then we got to Siem Reap, and I was happy to see lights and trees outside of hotels/restaurants. Looks like the Christmas spirit is alive and well here! But as the days went on, it still didn’t really feel like Christmas….
Vignettes from two red stockings
I have a very special post today! The following is an article written by my mother, recounting the Christmases of our childhood. The article was written in Chinese, and I (polishing up my rusty Mandarin) slowly read it character by character. By the time I finished, I had a headache from concentrating so hard, but also a smile on my lips and a warm glow of nostalgia for those magical childhood moments. My memories of my childhood Christmases have always been some…
A shitty argument
I had speculated that Southeast Asia may cause a fair bit of culture shock. There’s the heat, the food, the markets, the more conservative way of dress, the language barrier, and of course my fears of giant cockroaches and squat toilets. Turns out, I didn’t have much to fear. Most people speak a little English to communicate, I’ve only come across a handful of cockroaches, and I have not had to use one single squat toilet. I was even surprised…
[Thailand] A porky obsession: khao kha moo
Never before on this blog have I devoted an entire post to only one single dish. But the following is completely deserving of this special treatment. After 2 months of traveling through Thailand, this is the single best Thai dish I have ever had. On our first full day in Koh Chang, our AirBnB host, Jum, came around to our cottage to take us on a grocery run in her car. Along the way, we briefly got to know each other…
Temples, monkeys, and needles: a Lopburi misadventure
I should have known better. I should have known that beneath the cuddliness, is danger. During our 2nd full day in Ayutthaya, we took a day trip out to Lopburi, a little town about an hour’s train ride north of Ayutthaya. Up until a couple of days before, I’ve never even heard of it. But a couple of people we’d just met told us to go there to see monkeys. Any mention of potential animal encounters, and I’m in! After an…
November 2014 travel re-cap: criss-crossing through Thailand
Sometimes when blogging gets tough, when I sit and stare at a blank screen for hours, I often ask myself why I blog. “It’s for our memories. It’s the best souvenir I can get,” I’d tell myself. Otherwise, I’d forget. But then I realize that if it really is to document my memories, then I’m doing the world’s crappiest job at that. When I started this blog, I really thought I was going to write about everything we do and…
Unplugged
It’s been almost a week since I’ve accessed my email, social media accounts, blog stuff, or the internet in general. 6 days of being completely disconnected from the outside world (except for the occasional Facebook update from D, who has a data plan on his phone). But I swear I have a good reason! Here is where I have been: Okay, not actually in the ocean, but on the island of Koh Chang. We chose Koh Chang for our Thai island experience based…
A Thailand Thanksgiving (2014)
Thanksgiving really quietly snuck up this year, didn’t it? This is our first Thanksgiving abroad (from Thailand!) and it just isn’t the same. Whereas everyone back home is basking in the aroma of a golden roasted turkey and laughter of family and friends, here it’s just another hot & muggy Thursday. We spent the day visiting a hospital (story another day!) and grabbing take-out from the grocery store (that’s right, we didn’t even go out to eat), followed by a couple of Netflix movies….
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