Bangkok Week 15

October 9, 2008

The Week of the Puppy! Well really, just the weekend, but you'd never know it based on the number of photos. We guess he's 6 or 7 weeks old, but we're not sure. Also, the Best Bangkok Birthday yet! Thanks to all!

Adding some color to a rainy day.

Only Dunkin Donuts would promote Halloween in Thailand.

"It's the Puppy Show!"

Determined to see to it that he become hooked on tennis balls (too), we brought some as a gift from Bangkok.

Lying like a puppy lies.

Mother and son watching their newest family member flop around.

Initially, he nibbled away at the tennis ball until it became uncharacteristically fuzzy.

In another 30 seconds, he would be drinking my coffee.

He has a penchant for lying on feet (other than his own).

He nibbled his way from the ball to the concrete.

Tired after an exhausting morning with a new toy.

"Leave me alone, you farang!"

Buying (square) ice cream from a mobile vendor. No, he's not selling motor oil!

Mmm, square ice cream!

Tropical dogs need lots of rest.

These ants carry away some leftover rice that Maruay wasn't fast enough to eat.

Still unsure of where to put all his limbs.

Not nearly as interested in a pomelo peel as the human was.

"For the last time, let me sleep already!"

"Don't think I don't see you there with that camera."

Looking through a photo album we recently organized.

There happened to be a cow next door. He was totally unenthused by the new pipsqueak.

Ice cream in a hot dog bun. A classic!

What a tease.

Fully vegetarian! Fully home-made! Fully yummy!

Shocked by the number of dishes!

Fervently excavating a hole...

... to awkwardly lie, slightly cooler than before.

A vendor prepares coffee in the "ancient" style. Perhaps, the vendor himself was just ancient.

The overwhelming extent of Trad's vegetarian festival.

Carrying 3 (one's hidden) iced drinks back home in a Mazda taxi.

"I swear! I didn't do anything!"

He started persistently barking. Turns out he had some beef with the cow's staring at him from next door.

Truly sitting like an awkward puppy.

Did anyone leave their horse shoe crab on a cactus?

Bathing the messy trouble-maker.

Now clean, back to work, chewing away at whatever he can find.

Moving back and forth, from the brush to the ball.

Here, he's sporting a full set of human chompers.

Sleepy Puppy (TM).

Licking every last drop of milk from his bowl.

Trying to maximize his body exposure to the cool, damp sand.

One's more eager to smile for the camera than the other.

Holy smokes! Now what?

When the ground gets too dull, why not play in a pot?

Several hands of bananas growing on a tree next to the store.

Fast asleep, ergonomically.

Enjoying himself.

"Okay, enough with the photos now."

Realizing the dirty water really is quite fun to lie in.

Leaving Trad, and stopped at the smaller bus station in town.

A (Canadian) Thanksgiving gift from my American classmate. (She was exactly 1 week early.)

On my last day of class, Megumi gave me this table cover she crocheted by hand. And Bonnie brought in home-made pastries for all.

My first birthday present! Glow-in-the-dark Kung Fu Panda stickers!

The loonies in Mexico singing "Happy Birthday"... out of key, no less.

A cake! Our first cake in Thailand! We've only been eying them for months.

A very succinct message!

Enjoying his red bouncy ball.

After laboring hard to remove the package from the speedy Mexican bundle...

... there was another outside, inside!

Fully equipped to bring Mexican style to the streets of Bangkok.

And not the least bit excessive on the wrapping.