Nov 22 2009
Continued from Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day, 4/5/6.
Day 7, Thursday.
10:30 am. In my van and on my way to Dusit (where the main meeting is to be held) to report to one of the bosses. I was running late and I don’t know why the driver didn’t take the ASEAN lane which as [...]
Nov 17 2009
Continued from Day 1, Day 2, Day 3.
The thing about these monthly meetings is that this present one was supposed to be our last (after 17 meetings no less) and we’re supposed to submit our drafts to the ministers. But you know lawyers… put ten lawyers in one room, add all their assistants, and they’re [...]
Nov 05 2009
Continued from My Hua Hin Diary (Day 1).
Day 2, Saturday.
The next day, I literally woke up with the sun. As in.. I actually saw the sun gloriously rising up from the sea when I opened my eyes while in bed.
I’ve been complaining before that although I go to all these exotic beach resorts, I never [...]
Nov 03 2009
Day 1, Friday.
Is Day 1 the day you arrive at a place or the day after Night 1? As the teen-agers say… whatevuh! Â For this post, Day 1 is the day I arrived in Hua Hin.
So after that eventful plane ride, Boss and I arrived in Bangkok where this really big van arranged [...]
Oct 16 2009
Was just on another plane ride and feeling bitchy. The attendant just poured coffee on me (and I have to wear these pants for the next six days! Yuck! They don’t have a vegetarian meal for my Indian seatmate. The ride was particularly turbulent (my Indian seatmate was hanging on to me for dear [...]
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Natalie Goldberg in Writing Down the Bones
