It would have been nice to have a look inside this old NATIONAL solid state TV. Spotted in a hotel lobby the night we spent in a hotel because of a busted water main in the housing estate.
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As an anti-Facebook crusader, this blog is my alternative for keeping in touch with family and friends. Note: You have to press Play twice to play a video: Once to load the video and then again to actually play it. Use the Older Post(s) link to view posts in reverse chronological order.
For my failure to completely read the sign, I was fined US$ 11. I guess that's fair enough. I properly read the English part "BUY 1 GET 1 FREE". So I picked up a Chunky Monkey and a Cherry Garcia.
But did I read the Thai word under BEN? No, I did not. And for that, I was fined. I have no complaint. I deserved a fat tax for buying Ben & Jerry's ice cream in the first place.
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There I was, probably in The Mall Korat, sitting and eating my peanut cookies as I watched people eat their McDonald's "food". I admit to feeling highly superior at the time. (Not feeling so superior today after a US$ 22 Ben and Jerry's ice cream crime. Cherry Garcia if you're interested in this type of food crime.)
I wanted to warn them: "Don't do it! That food is nasty!" But my flabby, sallow, out-of-shape self had the self-awareness to stand down. Especially while stuffing my gob with peanut cookies... 20230223 |
Letting Christmas linger... 20230220 |
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As of 20230218, I have successfully circumnavigated Old Town Korat. There is a moat all the way around the old city, and I walked all the way around inside the moat. Photos are in reverse chronological order because the geniuses at Google provide me no other option.
The statue of Thao Suranaree / Ya Mo / Grandma Mo. |
The clock tower. Every town has one. |
I guess it was my dream that the air wouldn't get bad until mid-January. I got back right at the end of the rainy season, and the air is...