My Mum Thinks I’m Insane

Filed Under (Familial Reports) by iris on 28-06-2008

I've sworn to myself never to post stuff on this blog that I didn't write, but I think I might have to break that oath. Let me share an email that I received from my own mother. Read the rest of this entry »

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Our Baby

Filed Under (Playing House, Thailand Tales) by iris on 28-06-2008

I might have neglected to tell everyone this, but Steve and I had a baby. In fact, we’ve had her for about two months now. Everyone, meet Pepper. Read the rest of this entry »

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Thais Who Think: Do They Exist?

Filed Under (Thailand Tales) by iris on 26-06-2008

Since I moved here a year ago, not a day goes by that I don’t read from one blog or another about how intellectually inferior the Thais are from the rest of the world. It’s all good reading, but one can never appreciate the magnitude of such claims until one sees it for herself. A scene that I witnessed earlier this evening is a very good example of the average Thai brain’s, umm, capacity. Read the rest of this entry »

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A Hairy Subject

Filed Under (Playing House) by iris on 25-06-2008

My hair is phenomenal. Oh, it’s not because it’s pretty and shiny. You won’t be seeing me in a shampoo advert anytime soon. No, my hair is phenomenal mainly because it never seems to run out. Read the rest of this entry »

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Another Close Encounter of the Thai Kind

Filed Under (Thailand Tales) by iris on 23-06-2008

They say bad things come in three's. If that’s true, then it looks like we might have one more to go. Read the rest of this entry »

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