:EDUCATED IN THE WEST

Looks like someone’s a fan of Thailand:

Since the second ever two Koreas summit is making news right now, I think this entry is appropriate.

Not long ago, I was flipping through former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright’s autobiography, Madam Secretary. Albright writes of her visit to North Korea made at the very end of President Clinton’s tenure in the White [...]

I was able to retrieve some of my parents’ old photo albums this weekend. Previously, I had stated here my intention to scan and upload some of their old pictures. I still intend to do so, but the process will be more difficult than I had envisioned. The pictures in question have [...]

I’m sure that everyone was keeping a close eye on the La Palma City Council race last month. You knew that history was in the making as there was a Thai-American candidate in the race. Well, I’m here to report that he was victorious and is now perhaps the first Thai ever elected [...]

As most of you can imagine, I’ve been pretty obsessed with Tuesday’s coup d’etat in Thailand. It has temporarily taken over my life as I’ve been thinking and reading about it for the past two days. For those around me, life goes on, but for me, it’s like I’m in a different [...]

Last week I mentioned that the Royal Thai Police had managed to collar the man suspected in the much publicized murder of JonBenet Ramsey. The suspect, 41 year-old John Mark Karr, was taken by United States immigration officers in Thailand and landed at Los Angeles International Airport tonight aboard a Thai Airways jet– TG794, [...]

Yes, I know that some of you are waiting for the the write-up and the pics from my little Fourth of July excursion to Chicago. That will all be posted in due course. But before I give you the low down on my trip to the Windy City, I wanted to first drop [...]

I was looking over some of my old personal documents and suddenly realized that my very first Thai passport was written in Thai and French! Mon dieu! Thailand wasn’t even a French colony. What gives? Sheesh, it makes me feel like I was born in the 19th century or something. [...]