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Sawasdee!

I’ll be off next week to the Land of Smiles again for about a month. Thank God for this blessing! I can’t wait to play again with my pamangkins, eat my favorite spicy dishes like Tom Yum and Nam Tok Moo, do the wai, say “Sawasdee Kha” and practice my limited Thai...

Exotic food, anyone?

Have you eaten exotic food like fried silkworms, crickets, cultured frogs or those that look like cockroaches? I saw these kinds of food always being displayed in Thailand. Last december while we were at the night market in Chiang Mai, my bro gave me one of those tiny...

Help for troubled teens

Warning: Teenager lives here! These were the glaring words printed on a big colorful poster we glued to our room’s door when I was still a student. We loved it ‘cause it sounded cool and meant some authority and independence. However, as we graduated and got some...

Money, is it evil? Part 2

You can tell a person’s true character at times in his life when money stares at him in the eye. Take for instance an incident about a lady who accidentally left her bag at a cemetery during All Soul’s day. That bag contained a large sum of money. She was so...

Money, is it evil?

Is money really evil? In itself it is not. It is only a form of exchange for buying, a piece of paper with some amount printed on it. Man’s attitude towards money is what makes him bad or good, an evil person or a saint. The heart’s motives for having money and the...