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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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Posted by OakMonster , Reader : 894 , 20:56:02   | Category : Family Matters   Thai X Files  
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Hi gang. I have returned to the sunny California. Thank you for all the kind words and support you have given me the past few weeks as I went through all sorts of things.Oh hey, if you want to see some pictures from my mom's wake and funeral, head on over to the memorial page on my personal blog at OakMonster.com.It was interesting to describe the Thai funeral proceeding to American friends. &quo....

Posted by OakMonster , Reader : 1020 , 14:03:53   | Category : Family Matters  
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Just want to drop a quick line to let y'all know that I haven't quit the blog just yet.  So hold your applause.My mother passed away in the early Bangkok Tuesday morning after a 2-year battle with metastatic lung cancer and dehabilitating stroke.  She was 66.I got words of the earlier complication around lunch time on Monday in Los Angeles, 2 a.m. Bangkok time on Tuesday mroning.  I found plane ticke....

Posted by OakMonster , Reader : 1319 , 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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