Category Archives: friends real & cyber

nicola

Posted on 17/08/2011 by

revisiting the haiku and x365… lovely nicola you speak a truth i can hear my heart whisperer

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dissertations are really long

Posted on 03/05/2011 by

When making a proposal, consider that committees evaluating PhD dissertation still look for the originality factor. They would want to see to it that you are working on something genuine and also promise great contributions to your field. Your audience … Continue reading →

Posted in friends real & cyber, i make things, life is good, random | Tagged | 13 Comments

signs of change

Posted on 01/11/2010 by

sure signs the seasons they are a changing here in chiang mai frigid morning and evening temperatures.  and when i say frigid i mean it. it was 66 this morning and i didn’t want to get out from under the … Continue reading →

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one is silver and the other gold

Posted on 21/04/2010 by

as a general rule, i don’t do friendship well. like any rule, there are exceptions, but they are few and far between. i am great at acquaintances. keeping things surface is my forté. see, i sort of keep people at … Continue reading →

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good pai

Posted on 12/06/2009 by

i’ve just returned from a lovely no-kids-nor-husbands invited few days away. our escape getaway started in the cutest toy plane ever and we sat closer to the pilot and copilot than i thought was possible. the flight was only 25 … Continue reading →

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making a list, checking it twice…

Posted on 08/04/2009 by

i’m getting serious about the whirlwhind north american tour thing. c15 and i have our travel booked for india and now we’re just waiting for finalization of travel dates for america.  i’m constantly making lists of people we need to … Continue reading →

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the letter meme

Posted on 04/01/2009 by

i found this meme at hay’s and have just copied and pasted the instructions. the rules for the letter meme are as follows : you leave a comment on this post, and I’ll assign you a letter. you write about … Continue reading →

Posted in family, food, friends real & cyber, love all around, me me me, meme | 12 Comments

big chewy ginger cookies

Posted on 12/12/2008 by

It’s a food post.  With pictures. I got myself invited to a cookie exchange.  And then I panicked.  I needed a good recipe. Something interesting. Just off the beaten path enough to not be the same cookie everyone else was … Continue reading →

Posted in food, friends real & cyber, holidailies, i make things, love all around, me me me, merry christmas | Tagged | 9 Comments

are there language lessons for that?

Posted on 08/12/2008 by

recently, it’s been brought to my attention that animals speak in different tongues. and i had no idea that one country’s animal onomatopoeia isn’t the same as another.  for example, an american pig goes “oink, oink” while a japanese pig … Continue reading →

Posted in conversations, culture shock, friends real & cyber, haiku, holidailies, i make things, i need to learn thai, kids, knitting, me me me, thailand | 2 Comments

can you get too multi-cultural?

Posted on 06/12/2008 by

last night we had friends for dinner. i mean we had friends join us for dinner – not that we ate them. our friends are from mongolia and are taking a sabbatical here in chiang mai. so i had to … Continue reading →

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