Monthly Archives: June 2015

Jing-Joks

Posted on June 30, 2015 by rich1019

I was in the bathroom enjoying my Western-style toilet, the powder blue number with the fashionably contrasting white seat. The walls and the floor of the bathroom are a mosaic of sorts, a mishmash of broken tiles flung into wet … Continue reading →

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No Smoking. No Flammable Goods. No Durians.

Posted on June 24, 2015 by rich1019

On the chalkboard in the front of the classroom the young English teacher printed the words: There are many fruits in Thailand. Mangoes are sweet. Green mangoes are sour. Yellow papayas are sweet. King of Thai fruits is durian. Queen … Continue reading →

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Morning Rituals

Posted on June 20, 2015 by rich1019

Each morning, somewhere between 6:45 and 6:53, two to four monks walk past by house. They wear the traditional Thai Buddhist robes in the orange to brown spectrum. They are barefoot and carry silver bowls for collecting communal offerings. These … Continue reading →

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What’s He Doing Now?

Posted on June 13, 2015 by rich1019

I stopped off for an order of som dtom (a spicy green papaya salad) on my way home from work the other day. I typically visit this one vendor once a week, she knows my tastes now. I chat with … Continue reading →

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Bananas

Posted on June 6, 2015 by rich1019

It started with a seed. It all starts from a seed, doesn’t it? One day I bought a bunch of short, thick bananas from a woman down the street. When I got home I peeled one.  In Thailand you peel … Continue reading →

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