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The Big Mango V.S. Uncle Sam
Thai expat living in California, looking back and comparing life in Thailand and the U.S.
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Sunday , August 12 , 2007
Death Becomes Her
Posted by OakMonster , Reader : 1345 , 10:15:06   | Category : Ranting Away   Family Matters  
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ETA: I just realized that this is posted on Thailand's Mother's Day, August 12. I guess my instinct was telling me something...Well, I'm 4 posts into the Nation Blog. I think I'll go ahead and unload my 200 lbs. gorilla here. (No...not that cute little capuchin monkey on my head.) It's going to come up eventually.My mom is in Thailand, lying in a hospital bed, dying of cancer.There. Now that's ....


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Monday , August 6 , 2007
Po-pos gone wild
Posted by OakMonster , Reader : 939 , 13:17:08   | Category : Ranting Away  
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In that other English-language newspaper, it is reported that the Royal Thai Police Crime Suppression Division has turned to to put pink Hello Kitty armbands on cops as a new disciplinary measures for those who break the rules.Because the warnings no longer work, said the chief. So we're going to shame them with the pink Hello Kitty armband.What. The. Hell???I mean, LAPD is no shining example but ....


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Saturday , August 4 , 2007
My Boys
Posted by OakMonster , Reader : 946 , 12:54:24   | Category : Ranting Away  
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I have just become a huge fan of a U.S. comedy series called "My Boys". It's about P.J., a female sports writer in Chicago who hangs out with a bunch of guy friends. She does have a girl BFF (best friends forever, for those who doesn't know the term just yet) and she is definitely pretty and girlie. Each of the episode is of course about her life, pairing off the sports metaphors with ....


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