Monthly Archives: September 2014

From a recent day out with friends Khun Mod (the woman with the red hair) is the owner/manager of SP Palace, the building that Eid and I lived in for more than three years. During this time, she and Eid … Continue reading →

It’s been two weeks since Eid started a month-long course of radiotherapy, and two months since she was diagnosed with breast cancer, but this is the first time I’ve been able to write about it on FB. I’m really sorry … Continue reading →

Met Eid’s new friend again at one of our favourite coffee shops yesterday. Her name is Khanom Chan (a kind of Thai sweet).

More views from our room on the fifth floor of SP Palace.

Yesterday we decided to have lunch at our favorite spot on the CMU campus. It wasn’t typical picnic fare (we ate salt fish, boiled bamboo shoots, tamarind-based chilli paste, and red sticky rice, with a few bananas for dessert), but … Continue reading →

This was the meal we had with Win Thu and Tuk the day before I quit my job with The Irrawaddy. We wanted to share some of the food we had brought back from Chonburi, and I wanted to give … Continue reading →

These photos of Eid and myself (along with my new profile photo) were taken in February 2008, shortly after I returned to Chiang Mai after five years in Kyoto. I thought I’d post them now because they mark the start … Continue reading →

This photo was taken in the first apartment we lived in after I returned to Thailand in January 2008. It was also the first place we had ever lived in together, although by this point we had been married for … Continue reading →

Here’s more info about the flowers. And here’s the omelet Eid made with the bell pepper:

Happy birthday to Utai Paiboonchompoo (aka Joe), the mad photobomber of Chiang Mai.