Saturday, March 10, 2012

The Dexterous Upper Lip

02.28.2012

Did the title grab ya?  This photo shoot all started when Kathleen discovered she had an aptitude for grasping objects between her nose and her upper lip.  You know you want to try this.

Banana.  Not an easy lip-grasping task.
Trying not to laugh

Solid.

This one needs a little work.

Need something more challenging.

No object in the office was safe from her hungry upper lip























Soon we had some friends join in on the action:


Breaking cultural barriers, one lip grasp at a time.

Some are naturals.  I had to practice.


My technique needed work.
Is there nothing she can't grasp?!

Let's make sure we have everyone's country of origin in order with these convenient erasers:




Not included in this blog post is Kathleen humming "O Canada" while doing this.























Things start to get a little out of control.

This is truly impressive.
Mister is always up for a team-building activity.


Fully accessorized.




This has gone TOO far.

I practice getting the basics down. 



This lasted for a nanosecond.

Not there yet.

I felt good about this grasp.

We were on a roll.  Then began a whole new photo shoot.


Come on guys, this is serious.



Our gang sign.



Q and A toys and their masters unite!

We're so productive between classes.

Saturday, March 3, 2012

Jen and Ryan Visit!

Before we get to the awesome visitor action, here are some misc. pictures that I can't put anywhere else.

Not usually my style of humor, but you can't ignore this.  And no, I didn't buy it.  Maybe I should have?

Getting whipped in the face by Brandon's ponytail is a regular occurrence when he's the one driving.

Sugar at the helm

A student's artwork that I really liked

The office is sometimes distracting.

Student teacher Sai and I at a bar down the street that has swinging benches.


















It is appropriately named "Swinging."



















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02.25.2012

We spent a completely awesome weekend hanging out with Ryan and Jen who stopped for a few days in Bangkok before flying out to Phuket for the wedding of Ryan's cousin.  It was so great to see (more!) friends from home and we had a blast!

Shugs and I arrived in Bangkok before they landed, so we went looking for English books and other stuff.

This place is way too fancy to buy anything!

But it had a really rad entry way

In this mall we stumble upon some rad crochet exhibition.  This is a FULL cover for a VW bus!

Burners be jelly

This was pretty enormous.

WANT.





We got a cheapy room on Kao San (very close to Ryan and Jen's hotel) that came with awesome curtains.








They were a little knackered after the flight, but spent the whole afternoon and evening out with us like total troopers!


<3


View from their hotel room



















Sounds like my kind of travel.

Hitting the night street

Go to Asia much?


Shooting the breeze and getting all the updates from home.



My awesome new hand-fan that now goes everywhere with me.  Why didn't I think of this sooner...?


The next day.


Photo op on their awesome balcony

Some kind of bedspread flair in Ryan and Jen's hotel room (that we lovingly dubbed "the cumber bun" from the previous night) that I turned into a rad hood.  I wish I could have kept it.


Heading out into the heat

They managed to put on great smiles for this taxi smelling like absolute armpit.


Ryan's got that tourist look down pat.

Malls a million.  It's bewildering.

Jim Thompson's Historical House.










Yes, I bought some crazy shoes the night before.  I saw people staring at my feet all day when I wore these.


This guy's pad was right along the canal.

He collected a lot of impressively old artwork.  "It belongs in a museum!" came to mind.



Sorry, more lotuses.




Back out in the hustle bustle.





Too cute!


Checking out what's cooking on the street.



 Market time!







Thai wedding and formal dresses.


Creepy no matter what country you're in.  At least he's got the Thai wai etiquette.

A drifting favorite.