The Las Vegas strip, from a pedestrian bridge between the Venetian and The Mirage hotels.
I have been absent from blogging for the past few days, because went on a road trip with my family to Nevada and beyond, staying three nights in Las Vegas. I never bring my laptop with me on vacations, so I [...]
One of those nice seaside homes in Balboa Island.
This letter came after a day of blissful peace I spent at Balboa Island, a swanky coastal neighborhood off the coast of Newport Beach. Balboa Island is very nice and pleasant. If I were awash with money, I would definitely consider renting one of those oceanside homes [...]
I–actually, my parents–bought me a new laptop this weekend. It’s Hewlett Packard, as usual (all of the computers my family has bought have been Hewlett Packards). And it’s a bargain, considering that the laptop has 4 gigabytes of RAM. The customer service at Circuit City, where I bought the laptop, however, is sub-par. There is [...]
I think I’ll try to revive this ‘Photo Friday’ thing again. That’s the family cat, Coca, which I think is a Turkish Angora or possibly a mix. How it came to my family is interesting, but I’ll save it for another post.
Praying for a better life: At the Maha Wizaya Pagoda in Rangoon.
When I went to Burma in 2006, one of my father’s friend, who I’ll call U Myint Aung picked us up at the Rangoon airport, in a old Toyota saloon car. A short and stout man, he was very talkative. U Myint Aung works [...]
On occasion, I take time to write about myself, taking a break from what I normally write about. Sometimes, it is emotionally taxing living in such a dysfunctional family. My parents are not meant to be together. I have known it probably since I was a little kid. Every few months, my parent’s [...]
I forgot to mention that yesterday was my birthday. I am finally able to legally smoke cigarettes, not that I intend to.
My family celebrated by going to the Golden Triangle Restaurant, a moderately-priced Burmese and Thai restaurant in Uptown Whittier. (I have no idea why the restaurant is named after the major opium-producing area). [...]
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