Author: Mark Egge

This might be the first time this semester that I’ve posted here simply because, well, if I wasn’t posting, I wouldn’t have a good excuse to not to do homework. Needless to say, this post has been long over-due. =) So, well, here ya go: I have my Thai For Non-Native speakers final tomorrow afternoon. […]

After months of training, my roommate Josh ran the Bangkok marathon this morning. He ran very well (especially considering that this is his first marathon), coming just a second shy of his school record at 2 hours, 37 minutes 42 seconds. There are pictures here:http://www.eateggs.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=1052 On a more random note, I came across another Bangkok […]

Here’s a random, vacuous post for ya: I was arrested (heh) by a most interesting sensation today. Stealing wireless internet outside the Dome building on campus today, I had been sitting in a lotus-esque position with my laptop well beyond the point of my legs losing all circulation and going to sleep. When my internet […]

Today has been completely non-productive, but ultimately rather enjoyable just the same. I remember vaguely thinking something to the effect of “I’d better fall asleep quick, or the sun’ll be up before I’m asleep” around 5:40 this morning… or some time around then. I found myself on the roof of my apartment at 5:00 this […]

Last Wednesday was Thailand’s annual Loi Krathong festival: a holiday for dedicated to the rivers– mae naam, mother water— expressing gratitude for its life-giving renewal, and apologizing for using it and polluting it. The holiday is celebrated by setting krathong (literally, baskets), carrying incense and candles, afloat on the river. Although, traditionally, every family would […]