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Gee, must be doing something right. Got several new sg friends in the past week, plus nine, count them nine, posts on my previous blog!

Anyway, still in Thailand, though returning to Australia soon for xmas. Here are a few more pics of xmas cheer in the land of Buddha. I did not realise just how prevalent xmas was. People swap presents, do stuff, eat...
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Feeling the years creep up. Feeling introspective. Just finished reading a short book by a US Marine General, Smedley Butler. After a life time of killing people around the world, he realised that the purpose of war was money. To bad the lesson was not learnt. And, me, the rest of my life, what to do? haha

Nothing much to say. Still hanging in southern Thailand, waiting to return to Australia for xmas. Surprisingly, for those not in the know, the Thais celebrate xmas. In fact they celebrate everything. Thai national holiday, Buddhist holidays, Valentine's Day, xmas, easter. I have not noticed Jewish holidays yet, but wait a few years.

A few pics from a nearby shopping mall. People are the same...
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I am a mass of contradictions (which just proves that I am human). I enjoy travelling, but hate the travel process. Tomorrow I will be travelling to the island of Koh Lanta, in southern Thailand, in the province of Krabi. My reason--a girl (sigh). Will this work out? No, it never does. Anyway, have to awaken early, take a tuk tuk to the small bus...
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Congrats to the US citizens who voted for Obama, and at least a glimmer of sanity. We live in a world with rampant militarism, a declining and warming environment, growing poverty, and the idiots who would support someone like Romney deny all of this, and believe that the world is 6,000 years old. I am not claiming that Obama is going to solve all of...
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A week in Singapore. With my perambulations I spent a week in a backpackers in Little India, Singapore. Little India is definitely one of the more interesting areas of Sing city, certainly cheaper and more fun to stay. A backpacker place is $20 a night (Sing$ = ~$18us). For this you get a dorm bunk, breakfast, and a fun common room with a big screen...
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Here am I, in the southern Thai city of Surat Thani. A pleasant place, filled with lots of good people, plus a few no so good---just like everywhere. Here for a month so far, caught between several conflicting impulses. Go home to Australia, see my family, brothers etc. I will do that, but also, fucked up financially. Lost 90% of my money in a financial...
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Still in Thailand, looking for my next destination, trying to keep an upbeat outlook on life. 50/50, sometimes 60/40. But still trying.