My Brother

My brother and I both attended an international school in Bangkok until we reached 6th grade, when he decided to take a plunge and move to study in Japan (and has been there ever since).

Recently he got married and is now expecting a baby. I wrote both him and his wife a casual email (keep the word 'casual' in mind, it becomes important), asking about their new home, the sex of the baby, and if they could send me some pictures of their wedding.

This was his reply, 1 month later:

Sorry for my belated reply.

The baby is said to be a girl.
Wedding pictures/movie in DVD will be send to you by post shortly.
Please kindly advise address in BKK.

ATTN (wife)

Please prepare and send above said DVD to (me)

The first thing that came to mind as I read the email was: "Did he use an online translator?" (a la Babelfish)

Or maybe he's just a lot more business-like. Big brothers are weird.

tokyo food

tokyo is a gourmet's paradise

somehow i had an inkling that was the case.

-p.

why boys will never grow out of anime and cosplay

and you thought it was all pokemon and doraemon.

-p.

What Goes On in Your House is None of My Business

"The suffering ordinary people have to endure as the world respects sovereignty is beyond belief"

a profitable foreign policy is not always the most healthy one.

i wonder if anyone will care.

tragic.

-p.

The Power of Alcohol

Young people in Europe get drunk to improve their sex life

somehow i don't think it's limited to just Europe.

there's a reason why Thailand is one of the biggest Whiskey consuming countries in the world.

cheers.

-p.

Aid Wanted, but not the Foreigner

by the way, if you read the title and thought that this would be about sex or STDs because the word "aid" was mentioned, please go away.


after the cyclone which devastated the country, killing 15,000+ and displacing 1.5 million people, Burma still refuses to allow UN and other aid workers inside the country.

"ridiculous," you may think to yourself.

but you know, Thailand is not that different, as anyone who tried getting a work permit in Thailand can tell you.

and the Thai government once said that Thailand only wants foreigners that make good money.

xenophobia + greed = ?

you tell me.

-p.

Facebook in Real Life

A bit of an over-exaggeration,

but that's probably why some of my friends refuse to upload pictures of themselves, or write excessive wall posts.

(but they'd look very carefully at everyone else's profile. sic.)

-p.