Month: April 2008
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Irish folk music in Chiang Mai
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Yesterday evening I went to play Irish folk music at the UN Irish Pub in Chiang Mai. We have been playing together for quite a while now. It is a lot of fun. I remember back when I was a teenager I would listen to Irish and other folk music.…
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Bitten by a centipede
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This morning I got up to get the children ready for school. One by one they came into the kitchen to get their breakfast. Suddenly Timmy came with a painful expression on his face. On the kitchen floor a huge Centipede was running for a corner. It was about 15…
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Storm in Chiang Mai
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The last days were so hot it was getting to me. I could sense it in the traffic. I mean driving in Thailand is very dangerous as it is. But when it gets so hot over many days we all get short tempered and traffic becomes even worse. Two days…
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Pixelmator, ein Grafikprogramm für Mac
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Ich habe vor ein paar Tagen Pixelmator runtergeladen. In den letzten zwei Jahren habe ich immer wieder das Internet nach einem Program abgeklappert mit dem ich Photos bearbeiten kann. Photoshop ist mir einfach zu profesionel (zu kompliziert 😉 für mich). Das meiste das ich ausprobiert habe hat mich nicht anngesprochen…
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Gecko attached!
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In our old house we used to have a nightly visitor. A big colorful Gecko. At least I think it is a Gecko. Thais call them Too-keh. They are very beautiful but also scary. I was told that when they bite they won’t let go. Now having moved I realized…
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Help I am melting!
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It is 38 degrees here in Chiang Mai and in our house it is over 30. How can any normal person work in these conditions. Living here for so many years I still have a hard time with that kind of heat. Global warming here I come. We moved house…