I often feel like I am a poor blogger. Thousands (millions?) of people update their blogs daily–and here I am, doing well if I write every other week. Part of me says that I will write more when exciting things are going on in Thailand. I mean, I’ve written about driving a few times already, and how much do you really want to read about […]
31/13 Or, The Tricks of the Trade
These days, I live on the road. I am learning (and remembering) the radio stations I like in San Diego, LA, and Fresno. I have found that Special K cereal makes a good “stay awake” snack, as do apples and bananas, but Post Select Grains is too hard to eat while driving. I love cruise control. Unfortunately, my car does not have its own wireless network, and I […]
Only in California…
Itineration all over America is similar to some extent, in purpose and often in strategy. Still, there are some days on my journey that are uniquely “Southern California.” I had one of those days on Monday. Back in October I wrote about freeways (see this post), and some things never change. On Monday I woke up at 4:30 to be on the road by 5 […]
Waxing Sentimental
Three weeks went by way too fast. I am not ready to leave Thailand! Today I finished my last set of classes for my masters degree (woo hoo!) and have homework until May (hmm) and comprehensive exams in April (oh boy…). Tomorrow I leave Chiang Mai in the early evening and land on Sunday morning in Los Angeles. From there I am driving to San […]
Happy New Year!
What a full year 2008 was, and 2009 promises to be no less exciting. This year I will move to Thailand! Moving seems like a long way off – I have been itinerating for five months and only have 28% of my monthly budget raised – but I know that God is faithful to accomplish what He has started. Thailand though is not far off, […]
The (Day-After-)Christmas Countdown
Are you finished Christmas shopping? Have you even started? From this post, there are 8 days until Christmas! Can you believe it? I am excited to spend another Christmas with my family before I move to Thailand. But there’s another countdown I’m excited about – the day AFTER Christmas! On December 26th, I will fly to Thailand to spend three weeks taking my last set of classes […]
The End… but a New Beginning
By court order, the ruling political party has been dissolved, the prime minister is banned from politics for five years, airport seiges have ended, protesters have gone home, and elections will be held soon. It will take time for the airports to open again – repairing damage and restarting computer systems – and it will take time to tell how this political turbulence will affect Thailand over […]
More news, and something for the culture gurus out there
Airports in Bangkok are still closed. The Prime Minister is still in Chiang Mai. Due to safety issues, protest leaders have decided to only hold daytime protests at the Government House in Bangkok, rather than stay all night as well. There have been a few grenades thrown into the protesting crowd at the Government House. Police are preparing for… something. The King’s birthday is this […]
PRAY FOR THAILAND
Please pray for Thailand and the political struggle that has been going on for months, but has increased in the last few days. Protesters have closed both airports in Bangkok, and are heading to Chiang Mai to confront the prime minister. The father of one leader of the dissenting party in Chiang Mai has already been killed. CURRENT THAI POLITICS IN A NUTSHELL Two years […]
25 Percent !!!
Currently I have 25% of my monthly support raised! People say, “Wow that’s great! You’re doing really well!” And 25% is pretty good, but I still feel so far away. I have been itinerating for about four and a half months — but the process to get to this point has taken a year and a half, so it feels a lot longer than just four […]