Category Archives: SEA

Watch out for the flying Bucket of Water

Posted on April 5, 2016 by jenorv

Each spring in Thailand, there is a festival called Songkran.   This is the traditional Thai water festival celebrated with the Thai new year in April. According to Wikipedia:   The Songkran celebration represents purification and the washing away all of … Continue reading →

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Leaving Home

Posted on January 17, 2016 by jenorv

I have been reading a great memoir of the Second World War: Quartered Safe Out Here, by George MacDonald Fraser. It details his experiences in the Burma Campaign as a 19-year old private in the Border Regiment fighting the Japanese … Continue reading →

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