Mai Rim

I mentioned that I was going to go to Mai Rim on Wednesday...here are some pics. It is not very far up the road. Just a few hundred yards from the school is the main road to Chiang Mai. Turning away from Chiang Mai takes you right into Mai Rim, a town that seems to be mainly located along this busy road.



On the way up is the entrance to a golf course. The back end of this course is actually very close to the farm, where I stay. Nathan says it is right expensive. I do not plan on founding out- especially against him. He played on his HS team, and played in college as well.

Another view of the entrance to the golf course. Very pretty. FWIW, one is never very far from home these days. Now that I have finished the book about bad books, I am reading one about knowing your brain. On the quiz in the beginning of the book, I learned that a good way to overcome jet lag is to get some afternoon sun. (I have been sleeping better and more, but still get really drowsy about one or two in the afternoon.) So, I am outside in the sun working on this, tuned into radioio. Just heard a beautiful Moby Grape song, Sitting By The Window. The world is small. The table outside where I am working. The wi-fi reaches here!

Hard at work :)

Back to Mai Rim... Saw this pile of bricks by a building. These are typical of what you see around here. Small bricks with holes in them that show when you're done.

A view along the main road into Mai Rim. I tried to bicycle on the side, but many times there were vehicles parked there and I had to go out in the busy road. In this pic, there is not much traffic because the light up ahead is red. To get your bearings, remember that traffic drives on the left here.

Some businesses on the other side of the street, including one of the very few reminders of home in this little town.

A view inside the market. Lots of good-looking produce, and lots of stuff that takes my appetitie away!

One of the meat stalls. Notice the spinning brushes above to keep the flies off.

An inactive meat stall, showing the flying brushes at rest.

Found a nice place to eat. Huge- I was the only customer. Very nicely decorated with beautiful plants. Menu had English translation- Bonus! I had a chicken curry dish.

Some of the restaurant's landscaping.

Marigolds- just like home!

Tonight I have been asked to do the Bible Study. I will be covering some first through 3rd or 4th century Church history. As I mentioned before, the students have almost no familiarity with Western history, so the context of the New Tesament is lost on them. I have brought my aerial DVD's of Israel from Preserving Bible Times (the masters of Biblical context, check them out at http://www.preservingbibletimes.org/ , and sign up for Doug's reflections- good stuff.)

Bonus jokes from Emo Phillips (don't know anything about him, just that the first quote was in my Brain book, so I looked up some more).

I used to think that my brain was my most important organ. But then I thought- wait a minute- who’s telling me that?

(Here's one for you COG folks)
I was walking across a bridge one day, and I saw a man standing on the edge, about to jump off. So I ran over and said "Stop! don't do it!" "Why shouldn't I?" he said. I said, "Well, there's so much to live for!" He said, "Like what?" I said, "Well...are you religious or atheist?" He said, "Religious." I said, "Me too! Are you christian or buddhist?" He said, "Christian." I said, "Me too! Are you catholic or protestant?" He said, "Protestant." I said, "Me too! Are you episcopalian or baptist?" He said, "Baptist!" I said,"Wow! Me too! Are you baptist church of god or baptist church of the lord?" He said, "Baptist church of god!" I said, "Me too! Are you original baptist church of god, or are you reformed baptist church of god?" He said,"Reformed Baptist church of god!" I said, "Me too! Are you reformed baptist church of god, reformation of 1879, or reformed baptist church of god, reformation of 1915?" He said, "Reformed baptist church of god, reformation of 1915!" I said, "Die, heretic scum", and pushed him off.

This one is great...
I got in a fight one time with a really big guy, and he said, "I'm going to mop the floor with your face." I said, "You'll be sorry." He said, "Oh, yeah? Why?" I said, "Well, you won't be able to get into the corners very well.

People come up to me and say, "Emo, do people really come up to you?"

I went into Gus's artificial organ and taco stand. I said "Give me a bladder por favor." The guy said "Is that to go?" I said, "Well what else would I want it for?"

For Tarah D and Chris B:
I was in a bar the other night, hopping from barstool to barstool, trying to get lucky---but there wasn't any gum under any of them.

The other day a woman came up to me and said, "Didn't I see you on television?" I said, "I don't know. You can't see out the other way."


One more while I am at it...Certainly made up (saw it as part of someone's signature on an expat blog here in Thailand):

I think it is down in the basement. I'll go upstairs and check. - M C Escher