Posted by: hmichelle on: December 6, 2010
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Posted by: hmichelle on: December 3, 2010
november 21 marked thailand’s loy kratong, the holiday of asking forgiveness from the river for the past year’s pollution. it’s a beautiful aesthetic, banana trunk rafts floating, paper lanterns ascending into the atmosphere. for us, we celebrated nim’s birthday, who made her own jesus raft, praying to thank god for the forgiveness he’s already given [...]
Posted by: hmichelle on: November 19, 2010
one of my favorite people in thailand is grandma muy. i like her mouth. mouth red from chain betelnut chewing mouth open to laugh mouth drawn wide when she’s fixed in dance mouth muttering mantras to her houseplants
Posted by: hmichelle on: November 7, 2010
67-65. triple overtime against illinois. also, illinois, could you not come up with a better mascot than the “fighting illini?” http://www.mgoblue.com/allaccess/?media=208089
Posted by: hmichelle on: October 29, 2010
meet dtan. another neighbor started calling her “japanese ghost.” she looks like she walked out of a japanese horror movie. a horrific, adorable, japanese ghost. she took one of our cameras and took 128 pictures of herself. 128!!! how do you think of this many poses? i like the one on the bottom left the [...]
Posted by: hmichelle on: October 22, 2010
we had our annual youth camp in chiang rai this past week, which means i felt old again this past week. lots of fun had by all: 12-hour bus ride north, met up with other youth from chiang rai, swam in a waterfall, the youth tried their hand at sharing their faith, and we played [...]
Posted by: hmichelle on: October 15, 2010
when i leave the blog alone, it feels like a huge backlog builds up and stands as a menacing hill to get started again. so, no filling you in. i’m ignoring that ugly hump. this is what’s on my mind today: i pray and i expect that God is involved. he at least listens to [...]
Posted by: hmichelle on: September 20, 2010
it’s in the hands of the aircraft and personnel automated clearance system. poo, bureaucracy.
Posted by: hmichelle on: September 10, 2010
i was looking up some tourist information since the happy grunt (and family) are coming to bangkok in a couple weeks and i ran across this: a blogging contest for medical tourism in thailand! it’s a super long shot for me and my meager blog (it’s my even less-read blog “whatcha got, bangkok?”), but i [...]
Posted by: hmichelle on: September 4, 2010
before washing the dishes monday, after missing my skype appt with the happy grunt, after may moved in with us, after may’s dad’s cremation, after 3 days of funeral, after lote died from alcoholic shock, i saw something black flicker under the sink. it was a snake. i kind of freaked out. i was not [...]