by Kevin Thom | Feb 5, 2005 | Thailand 2005
Feb 5, noon I just checked out of the Trinity Silom hotel and I’m sitting in the lobby catching a breather for a few minutes before heading out to the train station. I was at an Internet café this morning, making the final arrangements for my hotel in...
by Kevin Thom | Feb 4, 2005 | Thailand 2005
Feb 3, 3:45 pm It’s amazing how difficult the simple things can be if you don’t know the language. My mission today was to find a cell phone. I didn’t think it would be too difficult, but I was prepared for anything. I went to the MBK Centre, which...
by Kevin Thom | Feb 2, 2005 | Thailand 2005
I’m here! It’s hard for me to believe, but one look around confirms it. We’re not in Kansas anymore, Todo. Here’s a brief rundown on the story so far: I left home at 4:45am on February 1 and drove over to Dad’s. Dad drove me to the...
by Kevin Thom | Feb 1, 2005 | Thailand 2005
Well, I’m off. I can’t believe I’m actually getting onto the plane in just a few hours, when it seems like just yesterday I was thinking it was a month until it was time to go. It’s been a whirlwind few days. I had a great party with some of my...
by Kevin Thom | Jan 27, 2005 | Personal
I watched an amazing documentary on CBC last night featuring an anti-racism seminar by Jane Elliot. Her methods are pretty extreme. She divides the group of volunteers into people with brown eyes and people with blue eyes, and then proceeds to treat the Blue Eyes like...
