Actual Hell

Meditations on Nurseries and Hair Removal on Samui by SPM

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January 21st 2009
So, I work in a nursery ( plant, not child, as I'm often asked ) back in the states. The actual state is Oregon, but this is met by a blank stare of unrecognition among many Thai people. Heidi learned early in our trip to answer the politely broken-english question, "Where are you from?" with, "California", and that answer is followed by a smile of familiarity and sometimes a follow-up of, " ... read more

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more