“it’s your world.”
view from the UN building.
rice rolls
various rice rolls (filled with taro, cabbage, etc.) + sweet chili sauce and soy sauce, from one of the 29 vendors I pass on the 8-minute walk to work.
archetypal HK
I’ve decided to purge my cellphone of pictures. typical HK street: mcdo + kfc + mosque: fog over victoria harbour (guess that’s not typical–ordinarily it would be pollution):
night & day
wat wat wat wat wat (ok, the first one wasn’t a wat, but would you have noticed?) (didn’t think so.) (and did you spot the king?)
walk to work
my apartment building is the white one on the end of this block, on baan phan tom (it doesn’t show, but the building is much newer than the others at only 2 years old). every morning I walk out this small side street (trok), past a couple of very busy and tasty looking food stands–wish I could get out early … Read More
fruit, fruit, everywhere
another one of the happy things about food stands in bangkok is the availability of fruit! I really should take a picture of the typical fruit vendor: his cart is a glass ice box (so you can see what fruit is available), usually with pineapple, rose apples, guava, green papaya, and watermelon. whichever fruit you choose is promptly plucked out … Read More
vertigo bar
view of the city from the top of the banyan tree hotel. J keeps laughing when I exclaim how clean the air seems! this is of course in comparison with hong kong: here, you can still see quite far before the haze is apparent. and it never ceases to amaze me how spectacular every single sunset is in bangkok–take any … Read More
long live bhumipol
“More than 60,000 searchable pages on King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s 61-year reign will be on the Internet in time for his 80th birthday on Dec. 5.” I did not realize how far the idolatry for thailand’s king bhumipol extended. there are pictures of him everywhere in stores, in restaurants, on the street–it is common to see public shrines and billboards for … Read More
sawatdee kha, bangkok
so after applying to a bunch of different places, I was finally able to get an internship at UNIDO in bangkok for the summer. I’ll be here for 3 months, and today was my first day (filled mainly with admin tasks such as security training and getting a UN pass). it looks like it will be really lovely! there are … Read More
不中不英 = chinglish
I could not leave HK without mentioning how lovely my last few days (post exams) were! I got to see some less visited places of the city, including the 10,000-buddha temple (boasting over twelve thousand buddhas), and kowloon-walled-city park (which is pleasant, though more interesting for its colourful history as a lawless enclave). I was also in town for the … Read More