Below you'll find a series of 13 videos that show, from start to finish, our prepping, cooking and eating fresh mussels,
abalone, sea urchin, crab and perch. All caught by one of my roommates and her co-worker/friends.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Monday, June 29, 2009
Latte in a bag
Just bought 3 Iced Vietnamese style coffee drinks for 36 THB, thats about $1.06 USD for all three. They are served in bags like you see to the left (I drank half of mine before I got to my camera). Taste is on par, with if not superior to the 'Bucks.
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Tokyo adventure
So heres what happened in a nutshell.
29 people missed a domestic flight from Chiang Mai to Bangkok, where they were then going to get on a Singapore Airlines flight to LA.
There was a mad scramble to get 29 teenagers to Bangkok, and then to book them last minute tickets to the Tokyo Narita airport, where they could catch up with their original flight.
I was awake for 3 days, and ended up stranded in Tokyo.
But!... A two day layover is the perfect opportunity to do some exploring and get another country under my belt!
I'm now fairly familiar with Tokyo public transportation, which by the way is incredible! I've never seen so many malls or so many people. Tokyo is expensive, but after about an hour of research and an afternoon of train rides and walking, I have an awesome room in a hostel for about $32. And free wireless.
I'm staying in the Ikebukuro ward of Tokyo, and spent the early afternoon wandering the Shibuya ward, which is a major shopping and fashion district.
Heres exactly where I am:
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Tomorrow around noon I will walk 6 minutes to the train station and board an express train to the Narita airport, which is about an hour away.
After my 8 hour flight, I'll arrive in Bangkok and head to my apartment near the Lumpini boxing stadium, and begin running the Muay Thai program for Rustic Pathways.
29 people missed a domestic flight from Chiang Mai to Bangkok, where they were then going to get on a Singapore Airlines flight to LA.
There was a mad scramble to get 29 teenagers to Bangkok, and then to book them last minute tickets to the Tokyo Narita airport, where they could catch up with their original flight.
I was awake for 3 days, and ended up stranded in Tokyo.
But!... A two day layover is the perfect opportunity to do some exploring and get another country under my belt!
I'm now fairly familiar with Tokyo public transportation, which by the way is incredible! I've never seen so many malls or so many people. Tokyo is expensive, but after about an hour of research and an afternoon of train rides and walking, I have an awesome room in a hostel for about $32. And free wireless.
I'm staying in the Ikebukuro ward of Tokyo, and spent the early afternoon wandering the Shibuya ward, which is a major shopping and fashion district.
Heres exactly where I am:
View Larger Map
Tomorrow around noon I will walk 6 minutes to the train station and board an express train to the Narita airport, which is about an hour away.
After my 8 hour flight, I'll arrive in Bangkok and head to my apartment near the Lumpini boxing stadium, and begin running the Muay Thai program for Rustic Pathways.
Saturday, July 12, 2008
How to eat a Rambatan
A Rambatan is a strange looking but tasty fruit you can find in my area.
Below is a video of my friend Paul explaining how to eat one:
Below is a video of my friend Paul explaining how to eat one:
Time Warp
I didn't realize my date/time stamps were still for Pacific Time. I've fixed this. I feel much better now.
Friday, July 11, 2008
I've been a little sick
Last Wednesday, at about 2 am, while creating lists of incoming students and buying last minute tickets, my throat started feeling a bit sore. No big deal, getting sick is a minor inconvenience, and i'm rarely sick, so I shouldn't complain.
Thursday morning I don't even notice my sore throat. At 7 am I have 4 delicious breakfast sandwiches from a cafe next to the gate. That was the last thing I had eaten until a small bowl of cereal I had today. Thats the Longest I've gone without food since SERE. 7:30 I fly to Bangkok and do my logistics thing.
At about 10, while I'm transferring student allowances into the books for the new week, I start getting chills. I've never had "chills" before, and wouldn't know to call them that, but that must be what people are talking about when they say chills. I'm also feeling a little out of it, zoning out alot. Shortly after the chills began, I started gagging as if my body wanted to vomit, but strangely, it wasn't accompanied by any nausea, as far as I can remember.
At this point, i'm getting pretty worried. I have a lot of important things to do at the airport on thursdays, this is not the time for me to not be mentally present. As students that were specifically my responsibility started coming in, my symptoms started fading away, or maybe I just forgot about them.
The next few hours at the airport didn't go very smoothly for many reasons, but nothing to do with me feeling ill.
Once we were finally on the plane back to Udon Thani, It really started to hit me. I rested my head on the tray table thinking I could recover a little from the brutal sleep deficit i'm working on, but wasn't able to fall asleep. My head was swimming. I was feeling really feverish and my lower back and legs started to ache badly. Great, I thought, this definitely sounds like the onset of Dengue as described during our staff training.
When we got back, I had to participate in new student orientation and get briefed for the weekend excursion to Laos that I was going to staff. I did what I had to do, and even thought I was feeling a little better during the talk with the students going on the Laos excursion. (though at this point I did have a 103 degree fever, and the medical officer at the base said the lower back pain could possibly indicate a kidney infection.)
Thursday nights sleep was one of the most uncomfortable things i've ever experienced. I'm pretty sure I wasn't sleeping, but I know I wasn't exactly conscious either.
Friday morning I was awakened by my roommate paul who offered to go to Laos for me. I'm glad he did, because I wasn't going, and there was no way I was going to get up and find someone to replace me. I had actually asked Paul if he would replace me on thursday evening, but he declined then. At this point, I still had a fever of 103, but I wasn't feeling so out of it.
I've slept since friday moring untill about 8 am saturday, waking only to get a cup of water 2 or 3 times. My temperature is normal now, i'm feeling a little woozy still, but probably just from dehydration and not eating.
Thursday morning I don't even notice my sore throat. At 7 am I have 4 delicious breakfast sandwiches from a cafe next to the gate. That was the last thing I had eaten until a small bowl of cereal I had today. Thats the Longest I've gone without food since SERE. 7:30 I fly to Bangkok and do my logistics thing.
At about 10, while I'm transferring student allowances into the books for the new week, I start getting chills. I've never had "chills" before, and wouldn't know to call them that, but that must be what people are talking about when they say chills. I'm also feeling a little out of it, zoning out alot. Shortly after the chills began, I started gagging as if my body wanted to vomit, but strangely, it wasn't accompanied by any nausea, as far as I can remember.
At this point, i'm getting pretty worried. I have a lot of important things to do at the airport on thursdays, this is not the time for me to not be mentally present. As students that were specifically my responsibility started coming in, my symptoms started fading away, or maybe I just forgot about them.
The next few hours at the airport didn't go very smoothly for many reasons, but nothing to do with me feeling ill.
Once we were finally on the plane back to Udon Thani, It really started to hit me. I rested my head on the tray table thinking I could recover a little from the brutal sleep deficit i'm working on, but wasn't able to fall asleep. My head was swimming. I was feeling really feverish and my lower back and legs started to ache badly. Great, I thought, this definitely sounds like the onset of Dengue as described during our staff training.
When we got back, I had to participate in new student orientation and get briefed for the weekend excursion to Laos that I was going to staff. I did what I had to do, and even thought I was feeling a little better during the talk with the students going on the Laos excursion. (though at this point I did have a 103 degree fever, and the medical officer at the base said the lower back pain could possibly indicate a kidney infection.)
Thursday nights sleep was one of the most uncomfortable things i've ever experienced. I'm pretty sure I wasn't sleeping, but I know I wasn't exactly conscious either.
Friday morning I was awakened by my roommate paul who offered to go to Laos for me. I'm glad he did, because I wasn't going, and there was no way I was going to get up and find someone to replace me. I had actually asked Paul if he would replace me on thursday evening, but he declined then. At this point, I still had a fever of 103, but I wasn't feeling so out of it.
I've slept since friday moring untill about 8 am saturday, waking only to get a cup of water 2 or 3 times. My temperature is normal now, i'm feeling a little woozy still, but probably just from dehydration and not eating.
Sunday, July 6, 2008
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