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Laos Kids

montanaron — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0000

One of the fun subjects of travel photos is taking shots of kids. Children everywhere are ingenuous and innocent, and don’t seem to mind when some strange, old foreigner sticks a camera in their face. Most of the time, I’ve found, they like to ham it up for the lens. As usual when visiting Nai [...] Related posts:

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Happy Birthday to Me, Part ??

montanaron — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 07:20:15 +0000

Clinging precariously by my fingertips, I survived another year, but it’s just another day around here–work, work, work. No time to celebrate. However, I did buy a large cake and several boxes of candles. Now, I’m not sayin’ that I’m gettin’ old, but below is a photo of me as I’m preparing to light the [...] Related posts:

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Another Year, Another Fire

montanaron — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 11:00:00 +0000

Yup, I lucked out and made it to another birthday celebration. I don’t know how, but I’m thankful that I did. Unfortunately, I’m writing this from my office. Here’s what happened.

I bought a smallish cake, since I observed my big day alone (no party, because I have to work tomorrow). Unfortunately, I put [...] Related posts:

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Hope

montanaron — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 08:52:56 +0000

Hopefully, this isn’t my last post for a while. War games involving South Korea and the United States will begin tomorrow in the Yellow Sea (West Sea to South Koreans) near the line demarcating the North and South, and Crazy Uncle Kim in the North says that this will bring the peninsula to the brink [...] Related posts:

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Vientiane Celebrates 450th Birthday

montanaron — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 01:21:17 +0000

This weekend, the capital city of Laos is marking its 450th year since its founding in 1560, when the capital was moved from Luang Prabang out of fear of Burmese invaders. There have been lots of celebrations, and when I phoned Nai on Friday night, it sounded like the party had moved to his house. [...] Related posts:

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Having Fun On My Birthday

montanaron — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:52:36 +0000

Yup, I’m celebrating (?) another year. How many now? Let me think . . . ummm . . . lemme see, where the heck is that calendar . . . better figure out where I put down my glasses first . . . no, not there . . . maybe over here . . . [...] Related posts:

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Fire and Ice

montanaron — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:05:44 +0000

I managed to get through another birthday last week, and my mother sent me an e-card which featured animated fireworks. Coincidentally, Yeosu held a Fireworks Festival the evening before, featuring a contest between teams from 4 countries–Korea, China, the Netherlands and France. (I don’t know who won.) Unfortunately, I had a night class to teach. [...] Related posts:

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Birthday and Baseball

montanaron — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:32:05 +0000

It was Nai’s birthday a few days back, so I called to wish him Happy Birthday and to sing the birthday song to him. Did you know the B-Day song is, reportedly, the most sung song in the English language. It’s also sung in English in Korea and Laos. Anyway, Nai’s 35 and he said [...] Related posts:

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On My Last Legs

montanaron — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:35:12 +0000

[Edited 12/12/2007--I forgot to put a subject line in this posting, so I added one on this date.]

First, thanks to everyone for the birthday greetings. I hope I’m still still posting to this blog at the same time next year.

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Trip to San Juan de la Maguana

montanaron — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:02:36 +0000

It’s about time I posted another entry, since I told a number of people I would soon write about the team’s trip a few Sundays ago to the western part of the country. It was interesting, beautiful, touching, and, at times, crazy and out of control. (Here’s a brief press release about the trip and [...] Related posts:

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