"...the crem de la crem of the chess world in a show with everything, but yul brynner."
by the way, to all those who haven't visited bangkok, yet. this is exactly what bangkok is like.
disclaimer: no thais were harmed in the making of this video.
thank you, megan, for this enlightenment. the musical "chess" is next on my list of must-sees.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Thursday, May 21, 2009
engrish
this isn't so much faulty english, just more of a huh?!?!
is this the place moustache's go where everyone knows their name?
maybe it's this:
sometimes, i wish i were a man just so i could build facial hair sculptures.
this makes me suspicious. why do you have "police dog" coffee? do you also have "swallow-a-balloon-full-of" coffee?
is this the place moustache's go where everyone knows their name?maybe it's this:
sometimes, i wish i were a man just so i could build facial hair sculptures.
this makes me suspicious. why do you have "police dog" coffee? do you also have "swallow-a-balloon-full-of" coffee?Monday, May 11, 2009
calling all deli-philes!
perhaps one of the only things you can't find in bangkok is a deli; not just a sandwich shop, a real kosher delicatessen. oh, the ryes, the pastrami, the hamantashen, the rugelach - it leaves me wishing i had a bubbe.
so, i am a woman on a quest. a quest to make my own deli food:
1. make pickles,
2. bake an artisanal rye,
3. grind mustard,
4. cure and smoke my own pastrami,
5. and in un-deli-like form, bake a red velvet cake. what? i like red velvet cake.
i'm posting this for accountability. my current progress:
1. jarred spicy garlic, dill pickles. recipe.
2. rye bread. first bake, disaster: dough was too wet. second bake, second disaster: the loaf rose out, not up. now i'm working on a rye sourdough starter. i may just have to buy the dumb loaf.
the hardest part will be curing and smoking the pastrami. anybody have any advice on building your own meat smoker? i have all the necessary curing ingredients (sodium nitrite is impossible to find in thailand!) and am trying to figure out how i can put together a smoker.
man, i hope this works out. i'm like a meshugeneh here.
so, i am a woman on a quest. a quest to make my own deli food:
1. make pickles,
2. bake an artisanal rye,
3. grind mustard,
4. cure and smoke my own pastrami,
5. and in un-deli-like form, bake a red velvet cake. what? i like red velvet cake.
i'm posting this for accountability. my current progress:
1. jarred spicy garlic, dill pickles. recipe.
2. rye bread. first bake, disaster: dough was too wet. second bake, second disaster: the loaf rose out, not up. now i'm working on a rye sourdough starter. i may just have to buy the dumb loaf.the hardest part will be curing and smoking the pastrami. anybody have any advice on building your own meat smoker? i have all the necessary curing ingredients (sodium nitrite is impossible to find in thailand!) and am trying to figure out how i can put together a smoker.
man, i hope this works out. i'm like a meshugeneh here.
chinese-ification
chinese, japanese, dirty knees, look at these!
i ran across the phrase "chinese whispers" and was surprised to find that it was another name for the game "telephone." but, before i learned what it meant, i was thinking of possible meanings and i automatically started thinking of negative implications. after all, "chinese cuts" is a sneaky way of letting someone cut behind you while avoiding any personal consequences and "chinese fire drill" is a frenzied, nonsensical run around a parked car. i looked on urbandictionary.com and found a slew of phrases starting with "chinese."
as a kid, i cringed every time i heard the word "chinese" because i assumed it would be associated with negative connotations. we chinese aren't super well-liked globally; more commonly held as extremely shrewd, often ruthless, exclusive, and uncompromising. and so the term "chinese" has become another way to convey nonsense, confusion, backwardness, stinginess or trickiness.
as an adult, though i don't always agree with all things "chinese," i've really grown to love and enjoy my chinese heritage and can see the ways god's made us special. so face it, we're loud; we're proud. and this one billion ain't going away any time soon.
and since i'm chinese, i want in on this ginormous cache of comedy. shouldn't i have the first right? so here are my candidates to add to urban dictionary, especially since i've been living in asia:
china flesh (n.) yet another shade of white you can paint your bedroom
chinese compliment (n.) - simultaneously insulting someone while complimenting them. as in, "you're pretty in this picture. not like in real life." can also be referred to as a "thai compliment."
chinese vitamins (n.) melamine (is that too harsh?)
chinese vacation (n.) a 5 min break to go to the bathroom.
confuchsia (n.) a filially pious pink
a chinese "light eater" or "wasteful spender" (n.) someone who only makes 10 trips to get food at an all-you-can-eat buffet.
i ran across the phrase "chinese whispers" and was surprised to find that it was another name for the game "telephone." but, before i learned what it meant, i was thinking of possible meanings and i automatically started thinking of negative implications. after all, "chinese cuts" is a sneaky way of letting someone cut behind you while avoiding any personal consequences and "chinese fire drill" is a frenzied, nonsensical run around a parked car. i looked on urbandictionary.com and found a slew of phrases starting with "chinese."
as a kid, i cringed every time i heard the word "chinese" because i assumed it would be associated with negative connotations. we chinese aren't super well-liked globally; more commonly held as extremely shrewd, often ruthless, exclusive, and uncompromising. and so the term "chinese" has become another way to convey nonsense, confusion, backwardness, stinginess or trickiness.
as an adult, though i don't always agree with all things "chinese," i've really grown to love and enjoy my chinese heritage and can see the ways god's made us special. so face it, we're loud; we're proud. and this one billion ain't going away any time soon.
and since i'm chinese, i want in on this ginormous cache of comedy. shouldn't i have the first right? so here are my candidates to add to urban dictionary, especially since i've been living in asia:
china flesh (n.) yet another shade of white you can paint your bedroom
chinese compliment (n.) - simultaneously insulting someone while complimenting them. as in, "you're pretty in this picture. not like in real life." can also be referred to as a "thai compliment."
chinese vitamins (n.) melamine (is that too harsh?)
chinese vacation (n.) a 5 min break to go to the bathroom.
confuchsia (n.) a filially pious pink
a chinese "light eater" or "wasteful spender" (n.) someone who only makes 10 trips to get food at an all-you-can-eat buffet.
chinese whisper (n.) talking on your cell at full volume.
chinese opera (n.) someone screeching through a song without rhythm...oh wait, that's real. 
photo by exfordy
photo by exfordyFriday, May 01, 2009
81 words
"zhen ma ban?" though she just asked seconds ago
wrinkleless skin, shaped nails speak dignity, rebelling against hardship
grandma rejects dependence, forces herself to dance the two-step
the hospital bracelet states fall risk; she likes walking.
mom thinks back aloud, "she never complained. until now."
frontal lobe dim, unrestrained anger, unsilenced defiance run forth
yet she is soon to slumber, sleep pulls longer
and we begin to sort cassettes, blouses, back scratchers
i say goodbye i love you. she hums acknowledgement.
wrinkleless skin, shaped nails speak dignity, rebelling against hardship
grandma rejects dependence, forces herself to dance the two-step
the hospital bracelet states fall risk; she likes walking.
mom thinks back aloud, "she never complained. until now."
frontal lobe dim, unrestrained anger, unsilenced defiance run forth
yet she is soon to slumber, sleep pulls longer
and we begin to sort cassettes, blouses, back scratchers
i say goodbye i love you. she hums acknowledgement.
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