Author Archives: Mark Egge

Over 19,000 people confirmed dead, with 42,000 people injured, and countless people still trapped under millions of tons of rubble or suddenly homeless, separted from family, in need of medical attention… and the benevolent United States has allocated $100,000 in … Continue reading →

Friday was spent, from 5:00AM to about 4:00PM, visiting the various Angkor temples. Sunrise at Ankgor Wat One of over 200 enigmatic faces at Bayon temple: Ta Phrom temple has not been restored, and the resulting fusion between 12th century … Continue reading →

For me to try to document just the events of the last few days would require pages and pages and pages. And frankly, there’s a lot of exciting Cambodia out there, and I’m disinclined to while away my hours in … Continue reading →

Although I can say nothing of hell, I can faithfully attest that I waded through high-water for a cup of coffee this afternoon. For that matter, walking across a flooded campus has almost become routine the last few days. My … Continue reading →

That elevator is going to be my sad undoing, I tell you. It’s just been getting progressively worse, every time they “fix” it. There were “out of order” signs on and off of it all last night, in addition to … Continue reading →

There’s so much I’m troubled by… so much I don’t understand. I don’t understand the physics that allow my laptop to carry a charge of 90+ volts, or that allows my USB hub to carry 110 volts… and yet everything … Continue reading →

Apparently, the car-park was full. Oh my. I hate to be the one to say it, but parking outside the car-park and fogging up the windows just isn’t as classy as pulling up inside a stall and closing the curtain. … Continue reading →

I have this odd routine where, almost every night, I come down from my 6th floor room wearing running shorts and a ratty t-shirt at some obscene hour in the morning, carrying my laptop to the computer room, where I … Continue reading →

Author and renowed nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal died yesterday at age 96. His passing does not go without notice; may his story and legacy live on.

In an unrelated rant, if I were forced to evaluate Thammasat’s security, I would give it a shining 100%– nay, 110%! But in terms of resources for students? A golden goose-egg. A big fat zero. An aggrevating students should not … Continue reading →