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BKK to NYC

32 hours after leaving my Bangkok apt., my NYC life begins again in this new year, but I will never forget this amazing month I had the privilege of spending in Thailand.  KobKunKrabMeungTái (Thank you Thailand)!

Now for my last blog post:
Bangkok airport is as crazy as you'd imagine it:

 Lots of waiting around on this trip, 

 but I channeled some of the Buddha's tranquility and patience, and I was never annoyed!

 Then I got to Beijing's brand new, beautiful airport:

(not at all as crazy as you'd imagine it)

 where I waited for 7 hours (many in this place):

 before my NY-bound plane took off:

There were great views of the wing and the sky,

 but time became really confusing - with a 12-hour time difference and the sun coming up, or was it going down?  ...

 I got in touch with celestial time

while really missing Thai food!  

 I arrived to a freezing mountain of snow in NY (and under-dressed of course):

but I got to meet my hypnotically-cute nephew, and marvel at the fact that my little sister is now a mom!  Lots of "wow!" 

 

The bottom line:   Life is a trip.

Thais That Bind

I'm tremendously grateful for this residency, and I'd like to give a few shout-outs on the Global Stereotype Radio...  A huge THANKS to the apexart theory and practice: Julia, Steven, Cybele, Julian, & Heather.  GRACIAS Melissa Rachleff-Burtt for the rec, and OBRIGADO Sergio Bessa & the AIM 30 crew.  MERCI beaucoup to my generous Kickstarter Backers, to Logan Bay & Sandy for guardian-angel-ship, & to their guitar-lending friend.  ASANTE to the whole RCS crew, to my students, & to Virginia.  BIG UP YOURSELF to all my peeps! DANKE SCHÖN to ABB crew, Christine & Taller Boricua, previous outbound residents Jayson Keeling & Edwin Ramoran, and the Third Streaming crew.

SHÚKRAN to the people who hooked me up even before I left, like José Ruiz, Ji & Yin, Skowmon, Prawat, Sandi, Becca, and Karen.  KOB KÚN KRÁB to my Thai peoples Denis & the Q-Bar crew, Toby & the Patravadi crew, Som & chefs, Baan Bar & Seasoning, Orange, the Nuts Society, Philip "Very Thai," Susan & Eagle House, my Chiang Mai Kru crew [guru], Marisa & Sangdee Gallery, Korakot, Pailín, & Panú, and ARIGATO Chiká.  GRAZIE MILLE to my Folks for being right there, my sister & Adam (for giving me a nephew to come home to!), and to my extended familia both near & far.  To all the Thai cooks who kept me alive and kicking... and screaming:   ALÓI ! 

THANK YOU all for making December 2010 become a mind-boggling, eye-popping, brain-altering & expanding reality.   I am so sad to leave but so happy to have been here.

KOB KÚN MÁK NA KRÁB  &  Happy New Year ! ! !

When Dogs Bark

sounds like Confucius to me...  That sign was @ a Wat (temple).  Here are a few more miscellaneous pics:

  

 

        

  

Jim Thompson

I went to Jim Thompson's traditional-style Thai home-turned-museum, but they wouldn't let me take pictures (don't even get me started on what I think about that type of policy).  Anyway, I most enjoyed  the art and antique collection.  Jim Thompson was a silk businessman who fell in love with Thailand and built this home before mysteriously disappearing in 1967.  I submit to you that he is currently working at a 7-11 in Chiang Mai.  Here are the few pictures I was able to sneak...

 the spirit house here...

Click here for their website (which could really use more pics from his collection).  

My Apt

My "Soi" (alley off a main street)...

building:

 and studio apt - a 4th floor walkup (in BKK heat): 

 luckily it had A.C. (and my own bathroom),

and a fan.

Here are some views from my little balcony:

  

 I can judge how busy Bangkok is by seeing how many people are walking on this Skytrain ramp (and it's usually really busy):

And here's the communal balcony:

and the best part of its view (this type of scaffold never ceases to amaze me):

I grew to love this little apt. and especially its location.  I'll miss it - 4 flights and all.