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my seemingly monthly update
Happy Easter, everyone! Things on the home front are going well. I’m still working full time, and it looks like my contract is going to be renewed at the end of April, which means employment for the future as well! I’m also doing a lot of web design on the side now. All my spare…
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Life in Thailand
Yes, I know it has been a while! Life has been extremely busy lately.In January Dave’s cousin’s daughter came to visit. Sal was in Thailand for 3 weeks, during that time we went to Koh Samuie for 3 days. We enjoy that island because it is still fairly untouristy. It started life as a backpackers…
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Designing and photoing and blogging! WHOO!
Hello! So what have I been up to lately? Working on a few freelance projects, is what! Things are getting crazy hectic, but it’s always like that and it’s what seems to keep me going (much like my parents, I guess). I recently had a photo shoot with one of my clients. Go here to…
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Bodies, boats and puppets
In keeping with the mad dash towards completion here we spent another busy Saturday out doing the sort of things we “must do” before we leave.We went first to a Hospital on the Chao Phraya river bank where there are a number of medical type museums. This was the first real hospital in Bangkok, back…
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Loy Nava Dinner Cruise
Saturday night spent on an old style Rice barge on the Chao Praya – what a perfect evening.Watched over by a solicitous host, attended by a conscientious crew of male Waiters and female Musician/Dancers, and with good Thai food, this is a perfect way to spend an evening in Bangkok.The “Rice Barge” is a wonderful…
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Cambodia – Angkor Wat
Kampuchea – our next stop in our Asian exploration, and Angkor Wat; reputedly now to be right up there in the “Wonders of the World” (understandably so to us since our visit). This was a whirlwind tour with only 3 days to see so much, but absolutely fabulous, even if exhausting.The picture is Angkor Wat…
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Time Flies When You Have Too Much To Do
Been a while… this is because I’m so busy! Toronto is such an invigorating city that, if you let yourself, you can get completely engrossed within. I’ve started going to Toronto Public Space Committee meetings to help prettify the urban landscape. There are a number of projects I’m trying to get in on – not…
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Trip to the UK
Well, just had a trip to the UK for 2 days of meetings in Reading. I was REALLY looking forward to seeing the house, after 14 months away; and of course it was also a chance to break the February Blahs. Here’s a pic of the garden – just a memory.In the end I got…
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Final Christmas stories from Thailand
I know it is boring reading about something that is long gone but this is for my reflection as well as others and I want to remember what I did in the short while I hung out in “The Land of Smiles”.December was a busy month as can be expected and I was lucky enough…
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February blahs
Having just been through Chinese New Year (Kong Hee Fatt Choy, y’all) and seen the weather start to warm up (starting from 23/75 degrees) here we are in February already. Everone is saying summer is starting!It’s now been 2 weekends since out last visitor (Sally-Anne, my cousin) left, and although Trish remains very busy (actually,…