Sunday, January 31, 2010
Eclectic Taxi
Eclectic doesn't begin to describe the unusual combination of things in the taxi that I rode in this evening. Maybe the driver is trying to start a new design trend. But for me, the sporty-granny-military-fireman look just doesn't work.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Super(Hanu)man
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Rethinking Over-thinking
Living in Thailand has helped me to realize that over-thinking everything is bad. Thais often use a phrase that basically means, "don't think about it so much". The idea is to stop dwelling on problems in order to clear the mind and to feel at peace. It's not always easy to practice this way of thinking (or not thinking), but when you do, you'll feel a greater sense of contentment and well-being.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
The Art of Writing
They say you can tell a lot about a person by their handwriting. If that's the case, then the monk who drew this fancy script on the taxi ceiling is a perfectionist and an appreciator of beauty. The lines are fluid and graceful and the letters and forms are precise and well-proportioned. I can't read Thai very well, but I'm assuming there aren't any misspellings either.
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Birdie Birdie
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Yin Yang Taxi
I often have engaging conversations with Bangkok cabbies, and the drivers and myself generally agree on most issues relating to Thai culture and to life in this city of ours. The other day, however, the cabbie was rather surly and disagreed with everything I said. After I got out of the taxi, I realized that the driver and myself were like the ying yang symbol hanging in the cab: opposites in the universe.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Dairy King
In English, we have the idiom "two heads are better than one", but in India five heads are apparently even better. At least that's the case for the Hindu white elephant, Airavata, depicted in the picture on this taxi's dashboard. In Thailand, we have a similar deity named Erawan. But the Thai version usually only has three heads. With so many hungry mouths to feed, it's a good thing there are so many vanilla ice cream cones encircling him.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Happy New Year!
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