Imagine your stereotypical view of Thailand: beautiful, green, steamy rainforests, gorgeous rivers and lakes, meandering hills and mountains, striking sunsets, bamboo houses and rice paddies, wooden teak houses and sparkly, golden temples. After 10 months in this country, and after giving up the quest for the above entirely, this weekend I accidentally stumbled upon the … Continue reading »
Today is “Constitution Day,” a public holiday in Thailand. While I’m not too sure what Constitution Day is really about, what it means to me is that I have a day off of work. I thought I’d use the occasion to share some fun facts you may not yet know about Thailand. So, here goes: … Continue reading »
[Note: I think I wrote this one mainly for myself, but figured I'd put it up here anyway.] I recently started reading Descartes’ Meditations. Good lord I love him. In college, I only read excerpts of the Meditations, and it seems those excerpts were primarily the “meaty” sections with the bulk of his theory. I’d … Continue reading »
loneliness, noun. [lohn-lee-ness] The feeling you get when you see something beautiful or inspiring or hilarious, but there is no one you can take by the arm and say “Look!” friend, noun. [frend] (1) A person you can take by the arm and say “Look!” (2) These girls: poetic, adjective. [poh-et-ik] Sitting in the open … Continue reading »
