奥の細道：The Narrow Road to the Deep West Vox 2009-10-27T03:03:29Z Cinnamingirl http://okunohosomichi.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00e398a4ab6e0002/ Someday I'll post why I chose this name... A sneaking suspicion and lychee tea tag:vox.com,2009-10-27:asset-6a00e398a4ab6e00020123ddb4eee6860b 2009-10-26T10:00:09Z 2009-10-27T03:03:29Z Cinnamingirl http://okunohosomichi.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I’ve had an idea before that Bangkok is not as big as most people claim – or at least, the downtown part isn’t. One of my first clues was when Ben said that the CentralWorld near my hotel looked exactly like the one at Siam Square. I got even m...

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]]> No night without stars, even in Bangkok. tag:vox.com,2009-10-25:asset-6a00e398a4ab6e00020123dddc8c2e860d 2009-10-25T10:40:05Z 2009-10-26T22:36:04Z Cinnamingirl http://okunohosomichi.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I’m sitting here in McDonald’s at CentralWorld, and though I’m ostensibly here to work on my assignments, I figured I could write something about yesterday while I eat, before I get into actually working. Let me say though, that Thai McDonal...

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]]> This post got a bit derailed from its original point tag:vox.com,2009-10-24:asset-6a00e398a4ab6e00020123ddc88dfe860c 2009-10-24T18:43:01Z 2009-10-26T05:36:31Z Cinnamingirl http://okunohosomichi.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Today was a turning point of sorts. I have epiphanies every now and then, and I realized that I haven’t really given Bangkok a chance, and I should have tried harder to like this city. That’s getting a bit ahead of myself though, so let me c...

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]]> Impressions of Bangkok tag:vox.com,2009-10-12:asset-6a00e398a4ab6e000201240b6811b3860e 2009-10-03T04:45:37Z 2009-10-12T04:46:41Z Cinnamingirl http://okunohosomichi.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Oh my god the airport is so huge. Or not huge, really, but long. I had to walk at least 8 moving sidewalks to get out of the place. It’s concrete and what looks like thai silk and glass – not as pretty as the Kuala Lumpur airport, but all li...

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]]> i haven't been there for the longest time... tag:vox.com,2009-09-16:asset-6a00e398a4ab6e00020123ddb7a222860c 2009-09-16T11:46:20Z 2009-10-12T04:39:19Z Cinnamingirl http://okunohosomichi.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom well, here we are again. i'm fairly certain 2 months is not the longest time i've gone without posting a blog entry, but it sure feels like it. then again, i dont suppose that much has really happened, in the grand scheme of things. my life sti...

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]]> Rain, rain, go away... tag:vox.com,2009-07-17:asset-6a00e398a4ab6e0002011016b0b2d5860d 2009-07-17T12:48:11Z 2009-07-27T16:03:03Z Cinnamingirl http://okunohosomichi.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

American Gods

Rain, rain, go away come again another day I want to go out and play, and have a yarn crawl tomorrow. to be perfectly honest, I'm surprised that I'm not napping right now. I felt tired enough for it - today was a long day. Today was field trip ...

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]]> I bet you could make rice wine in a rice cooker- tag:vox.com,2009-07-14:asset-6a00e398a4ab6e0002011016ae6fe0860d 2009-07-14T13:42:33Z 2009-07-27T16:00:25Z Cinnamingirl http://okunohosomichi.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Rice Cooker Surprise! July 2009 - Ice Queen

Seriously. You can make pretty much anything in a rice cooker. Rice, obviously. But, also, cake. Pasta. Risotto (does that count as rice?). Soup. Just google it. So, it stands to reason that you could make rice wine, as well. Or other alcoho...

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]]> Korean words of last week tag:vox.com,2009-07-06:asset-6a00e398a4ab6e00020110162943ce860b 2009-07-06T03:53:28Z 2009-07-06T03:53:28Z Cinnamingirl http://okunohosomichi.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Learned a few new words last week, among other things. Post about those later, I think. hama = hippo kirin = giraffe (this one I actually already knew, and it has some interesting etymology behind it. Apparently there were giraffes at the I...

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]]> I *could* talk about my weekend. tag:vox.com,2009-06-28:asset-6a00e398a4ab6e0002011016694ce8860c 2009-06-28T15:16:09Z 2009-06-28T15:17:28Z Cinnamingirl http://okunohosomichi.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

June 2009 - first sock! June 2009 - first sock! 2

But I don't feel like it. Maybe later. Midnight here in the Land of the Morning Calm, and I need to go to bed so I can get up for work in the morning (don't feel much like doing that either, but that's another story. Here's what I wanted to sho...

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]]> Dragonwings Shawl Picspam! tag:vox.com,2009-06-22:asset-6a00e398a4ab6e0002011017e0217e860e 2009-06-22T17:14:02Z 2009-06-22T17:16:31Z Cinnamingirl http://okunohosomichi.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

June 2009 - Dragonwings hanging 2 June 2009 - Dragonwings hanging Dragonwings front - June 2009 Dragonwings - June 2009 Dragnwings 2 - June 2009

Here we are, the promised pictures of my recently-finished dragon shawl. Looks damn awesome, if I say so myself. No long-winded nattering about the details of it, since I have been informed that that is boring. :P Feel free to ask though, if ...

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