Thanksgiving Enchiladas

 I could not get out of a trip to Malaysia this week, so I'm on my own eating chicken enchiladas for Thanksgiving dinner.  

Odd

It's probably just me, but there's something wrong with serving an odd number of chicken wings.

Guys Night Out

A rare night out with some buddies from Bangkok.

Fake Ice Cream

I usually prefer natural ice cream, but I was impressed with these two perfectly sculpted scoops of artificial ice cream.

Quicker Picker Upper

This morning, our cats attacked and killed a roll of Bounty.  To their credit - they did a good job of keeping the carnage in one place (this is how we found it), and it only took a moment to clean up.

Here they are casually primping themselves after the slaughter.

Loy Kratong 2014

Two years and I've yet to use our clubhouse pool, but it was well worth having when Nuch and I simply walked down the street to float our Kratong instead of battling the 4th of July-like traffic to get to the river.

In case you're wondering,  Loy Kratong is the Thai version of Valentine's Day.

Most couples put some coins in their kratongs, which is why the kids look forward to it. 

Potty Humor

Recently, I flew AirAsia, Southeast Asia's leading budget airline, from Malaysia back to Thailand.  It's only a two hour trip, but without any in-flight entertainment, it feels like an eternity.  Desperate to pass the time, I resorted to reading (and memorizing) the emergency exit guide, the air-sickness bag, the duty free catalog, and eventually, the in-flight magazine.  After reading it front to back, I, then, tried (and failed) to do the Sudoku puzzles.  Finally, I decided to test my wits against their list of peculiar Riddles.

Some of the riddles were pretty straight forward, and for a moment, I felt smart.

- What can you catch, but not throw?  A cold

- Why did the man throw the clock out of the window?  He wanted to see time fly

However, some of them broke the well-established General Rules of Riddles

- Why can't a T-Rex scratch its back? Because it's extinct

- What did the table say to the chair? Nothing.  Tables can't talk

And one riddle, in particular, made me question the decency of the publisher and AirAsia's management as a whole.

- What was Tigger looking for in the toilet bowl?  Pooh

Of course, I got this one right.

No Fly Zone

On my flight from KL the dude next to me went to the bathroom and came back with his pants undone. 

He slept like that until we were about to land and the flight attendant told him to buckle up.

Time And Place

It was an early flight, but putting your socks on under the wing of a 747 just before it takes off ain't right. 

Grandfather Watch

When my mom came to Thailand a few months ago, she brought some knickknacks from Florida to make our home feel more like home.  Among the little treasures, she brought my grandpa's watch.  It's about as basic as you can get when it comes to watches, but it suited by grandpa perfectly.  It was reliable, durable, economical, and it told the time.  

It was also set to beep every hour.  My grandpa is the only person I've ever known to use this feature.  I certainly never have - in fact, I've never worn a watch.  However, it's serving a special purpose now - one that I'm sure he never imagined.  

I'm not home that often and when I am, I'm either on the 3rd floor sleeping, on the 2nd floor watching TV, or downstairs talking with Nuch over dinner.  So, it's not like I hear it every hour on the hour.  But when it's quiet and I'm getting ready to go to work, doing something mundane like taking my dry-cleaning upstairs, or shutting things down before I go to bed, and my mind is in another place, I occasionally hear the little beep, telling me that it's the top of the hour and reminding me to pause for a moment and remember grandpa.