So Obama is about to become the new President of the USA. I know it’s old news now, but I was just watching last Friday’s ABC World News webcast and they had the ‘exclusive premiere’ of the music video from Young Jeezy called ‘My President is Black.’ Despite what you might think of the song [...]
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Obama and my generation
Posted in News on January 18, 2009 | 3 Comments »
New PM, ABC News, oh and Happy Christmas!
Posted in Festivals and Holidays, News, Teaching, Tha Wang Pha, Thailand on December 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Happy Christmas everyone! I had a great day here in Thailand. This morning in front of the whole school, Shaleas, Kelly and I sang ‘Silent Night’ and ‘We Wish You A Merry Christmas’ while Devon played the violin. It was a beautiful sight. Kelly also told the historical story of the real Santa – St [...]
New PM in Thailand. Opposition wins.
Posted in Bangkok, News, Thailand on December 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Quick update on the fun going on down in Bangkok. A couple of hours ago Thailand elected a new Prime Minister. For the Americans reading this, the process did not involve the whole population voting, the system worked closer to the British way of organising things. I guess they do hold popular elections here, but [...]
PAD…PPP…too many acronyms, not enough information
Posted in Bangkok, News, Thailand on December 11, 2008 | 13 Comments »
I have to admit that before coming to Thailand, I knew very little about the country except that I have a lot of friends who have spent many a drunken week here diving, sunbathing, and all in all ‘chilling out.’ I also don’t remember the last time I ever saw Thailand in the international news [...]