Bangkok Boot Camp

Every Monday and Wednesday I go to boot camp on the track behind my school. An hour of push-ups, lunges, sprints, tricep dips, and mountain climbers in 95 degree weather with 90% humidity. No matter where I go in the world after this, my body will never again produce this amount of sweat. It's absurd.

Shipment Arrives!! Thanks Asian Tigers!!

It's totally surreal to see all of my Portland possessions in Bangkok. I don't understand Thai very well, but I'm pretty sure the movers were commenting on the fact that I have way too many plates and glasses for a spinster American lady...

I learned how to say guest room, bed room, and kitchen today as I directed the movers to each room:

Guest Room: Hong Gat
Master Bedroom: Hong Naawn
Kitchen: Hong Krua

It's official, I live in Bangkok and so does all my stuff.

Poop

I pass this sign every day on my walk home from work. I've never seen a sign like this outside of the compound where I live. In fact, last night as I walked through the streets of downtown Bangkok in a torrential rain storm, I saw 3 dogs relieving themselves on the sidewalk. Nobody following with a plastic bag over their hand to pick up the remnants. No $15 fine.

Lucy will be here in a few weeks if all goes smoothly. All I can give her is a walk around a man-made lake, humidity, and the promise that her poop will get picked up. Oh, and I guess some new knee ligaments.

Vegan Cooking Class

We spent the afternoon cooking and eating amazing and healthy Thai food. The school is near Khao San Road. It's called May Kaidee's Thai Vegetarian & Vegan Restaurant and Cooking School. (maykaidee.com). We made 14 recipes. Sap, Sap Sap! Yummy, yummy, yummy.




If you are vegan living in Thailand, you should know this word. It's pronounced "Jay" or "chay' or something like that..





Our Kru May. She doesn't just cook, she dances too!!

Art Imitates Life

An old friend from Bend, Oregon was in town tonight. Julia Lyon (cooking club queen) is here doing a story for Johns Hopkins on the Burmese refugees of Thailand. I took this photo at the hotel she is staying at. www.phranakorn-nornlen.com . My favorite little oasis in BKK yet. I miss the creativity of Portland and the art scene. This hotel reminds me of Portland. I loved everything about it. If you are ever here for a night, this is the place to stay. Art, massage, coffee, travelers, a collection of old rotary phones, and a display of Thai comics covering the walls. This one reminds me of the men I saw about an hour after I took this photo sitting at a bar on Khao San Rd. drooling over women that could be their granddaughters...

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I love photo booth!

Hello Doctor Chittaphon

Third time here since I arrived in July and no boobs to show for it. Probably the only foreigner in there not getting something implanted. FYI... never come to hot and humid Bangkok with athlete's foot. Fungus and moisture sitting in a tree... My fungus is so happy that I moved here.