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where cider meets condensed milk: September 2006
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Where cider meets condensed milk. Thursday, September 21, 2006. Old news, but still news. Besty somehow convinced a newspaper reporter to interview our clique at an international villa back in February. In Okayama, gaijin hanging out with each other ARE NEWS. Let's stay together, yeah, yeah, YEAH! I am proud to say that I am quoted saying things I didn't exactly say. Example:. Reporter Trained At Journalism School of Leading Questions: So, you are really interested in Japanese culture, aren't you? I thin...
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where cider meets condensed milk: Hell's Angel goes to the ocean and nearly 'Nam
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Where cider meets condensed milk. Saturday, August 02, 2008. Hell's Angel goes to the ocean and nearly 'Nam. This shouldn't be confused with American horns, which can be translated as wingdings and exclamations and pound signs to cover up vocal cussing. Or the Japanese horn, which says "Arigato! While bowing and cowering along the side of the road in guilt. Thank you for driving on my road! It's been a pleasure! Don't mind if I do. Posted by Raychaa @ 5:28 PM. Bring me back some of that coffee, will you?
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where cider meets condensed milk: March 2006
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Where cider meets condensed milk. Tuesday, March 21, 2006. Daylight fading, come and waste another year. There are lots of ways to be entertained in the countryside once it's too dark to do thrilling things like ride your bike and go to the grocery store! The bustle of Ochiai town is just a long, winding, dangerous stone's throw away if you want to pay for some company and JOY for the evening. In fact, Bae-Yon Chris Joon and I end up here once a week! No wait. Not that. Posted by Raychaa @ 3:52 PM. Don't...
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where cider meets condensed milk: April 2006
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Where cider meets condensed milk. Monday, April 24, 2006. Our last event for this AJET year was an easter party at the orphanage in Okayama city where we also visit at Christmas. We had 20 ALTs, 40 kids, 160 eggs, and excessive amounts of chocolate: perfect combination! Spent 3 nights preparing hardboiled and blown eggs- Bob-san and Adametal and I did our best to not wasteful by preparing a giant Japanese-white-trash omu-rice (lots of ketchup! Dinner, but we couldn't even eat a dozen between us. The W is...
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where cider meets condensed milk: May 2006
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Where cider meets condensed milk. Saturday, May 27, 2006. Kobe- more than beef and earthquakes! Benefits of being an occasional minion of the Ministry of Education, Sports, Science, Magic, Improper Use of Muggle Objects, and Technology: staying in fancy hotel rooms, being paid in crispy 10,000yen notes, and breakfasting with a view of sprawling cityscapes. Also, I keep stealing my namecard holders. Posted by Raychaa @ 9:45 PM. Friday, May 19, 2006. Motos and marriage and farewells to Siem Reap! Our last ...
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where cider meets condensed milk: Cruising
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Where cider meets condensed milk. Friday, June 20, 2008. Holiday number 65 of the year (Queen's Birthday Celebration. for the elderly. and the water harvest) was my first escape from central Phnom Penh in weeks, but we didn't get that far. Loaded up some PEPY bikes, set off into the 30C heat, and cruised around on red dirt roads towards Choeung Ek, aka the Killing Fields. Not a good destination for a lazy holiday ride, you say? You'd be right. Just a touch of Deepresso is how we roll in Cambodge. Hotel, ...
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where cider meets condensed milk: Mister Mister
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Where cider meets condensed milk. Thursday, July 17, 2008. My boys. Muscle-san looks ready to jump off that spray bottle to scrub down our counters. Not a moment too soon, I say! My occasional view from work. Not my desk (which overlooks a scenic whiteboard) but the community center. Cows and trucks stroll by. Power goes out. Sun blazes. Behind me, picture 50 of the cutest kids ever, running around and doing art projects and swinging. Catch me when I'm home to see photos. Commute. Good times.
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where cider meets condensed milk: Happiest Place on Earth/Thailand!
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Where cider meets condensed milk. Monday, September 29, 2008. Happiest Place on Earth/Thailand! Beautiful Baan Unrak, in Sangkhlaburi town, Thailand! Most of the kids are Burmese refugees, but some are Karen or Mon tribal minorities. I should have done the sketchy border crossing trip last December! The Myanmar border, only a few kilometres away, is locked down now. Unsurprisingly enough. Highlight: three mornings in the nursery! No international phones in sight, but Sangkhlaburi is now wired.
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where cider meets condensed milk: January 2006
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Where cider meets condensed milk. Sunday, January 29, 2006. Visit to Bae-Yon-Chris Joon's Winning Mountain Town. This is a very helpful sign we encountered before getting in. Don't speak/read Japanese? Our translated onsen guidelines: (L to R). 1) No washing in the tub. 2) No pouring beer- use a can. 3) No samurai mischief. 5) No watching. hop in or leave, pervert. 7) No touching yourself. (You can, however, collect a good profit for that at one of the Sutorippu Ruumu in town.). 8) No jazz hands. Wednesd...
