Or, a vision in a dream. A Fragment.
I just noticed in the pic it’s exactly “sihp-sorng” o’clock. time for lunch. from here I cross the street to centralworld, the largest mall in bangkok (and larger than hong kong’s Ocean Terminal, according to wikipedia). there are over 100 restaurants in this mall, with shuttle golf carts that will take you on a taste tour, if requested. by each … Read More
plastic ‘clappers’ were provided for our convenience. [VIDEO]… Read More
people are so ready for summer that it even seems nice to sit by the side of a road under construction. (does anyone remember it snowed a week ago?) two more exams. and then, and then? … the excitement of the unknown.
“You are not Rukai then?” I said. “On no!” she replied with a tinkling laugh. “None of us are. We saw the chance to get married Rukai style on the Taiwanese tourist board website.”
I think you should just be able to say no to [redacted]. It shouldn’t be a surprise to her that you wouldn’t want to spend a weekend with her sorority sisters. But I can also look into your wisdom teeth out that weekend if you want. When will you be home? Love, Mom http://postcardsfromyomomma.tumblr.com/
proportion living in poverty proportion living on over PPP $200 a day proportion of mopeds and motorcycles proportion of species that became extinct between 1500-2004
doing an econ assignment on the asian financial crisis: didn’t know that thailand–after running down their foreign reserves (which precipitated the crisis)–even encouraged people to hand over their gold jewelry to be melted down (economist). almost as good as melting down woks for steel in the great leap forward.
Wharton takes it one step further, allowing students to sell their courses (for points) to other students. It’s all done through a Web site. Buyers and sellers are anonymous, so buddies can’t make deals. Wharton also uses a second-price auction in which the highest bidder wins, but he or she pays the amount of the second-highest bid. Economists like the … Read More
The Israeli government has limited the number of visas for foreign restaurant workers to 500, and will reduce this number to zero next year. seems to be targeted mainly at asian workers, particularly thai, chinese, japanese and indian restaurants… and the Israeli Ethnic Restaurant Association is trying to appeal this decision to the supreme court. “We feel an Israeli can … Read More