Reasons to Celebrate!

Good Morning! Good Evening!!! Good whatever time it is where you’re at! Hopefully it’s 5 o’clock somewhere ;) 


In case you didn't know, it’s been party central over here in BKK! We just finished celebrating quite the slew of holidays, which somewhat explains why I’ve been nonexistent in the bloggy doggy world.

First off, we had a very merry Christmas and rung in the New Year with a few glasses of bubbly! Shortly after that we celebrated Chinese New Year, and welcomed the year of the Dragon with several rounds of Tsing Tao and countless char siu buns. Following the Chinese New Year we partied it up for daddy’s birthday. Happy Birthday Daddyo! 31 looks soooooo good on you!! To finish it up, we celebrated our 1^st Bangkok Anniversary!!!! It’s hard to believe that we’ve already been living in Thailand a year. "Thaim" is really flying by, and what a wonderful year it’s been! We truly have so many reasons to be happy and even more reasons to CELEBRATE!!!

During this past year we’ve also met some absolutely wonderful people that will no doubt be life-long friendships. My parents have ventured out and explored Bangkok (I tend to stick to our neighborhood due to my short, stumpy legs), and after living here a year it's really starting to finally feel like home. 


We’ve adjusted nicely to expat life, and my parents (as you know, I’m stuck here due to Passport issues) are thoroughly enjoying all the travel opportunities in the region. It's unbelievable...over the course of the year my small town momma has visited six new countries. Who you calling a tender foot now HGTV!?!

Just in the last two months my parents visited Indonesia and China. Back in December they jetted off to Bali for a quick Christmas getaway. The trip was definitely too short, but they managed to enjoy every moment of the sun, sand, and even some close encounters with a few monkeys! Oh did I mention the poo poo coffee (kopi luwak)? They visited a coffee plantation where the coffee berry is eaten and digested by civets. The beans are then collected, WASHED, and roasted. Apparently it's very rare, and very expensive coffee! If only I could get my paws on some coffee beans, I might have a job opportunity for myself in BKK. It can't be that hard to poop out a coffee bean, right?!?

Happy Balidays!!!

W Retreat and Spa in Bali, Indonesia

Wanna monkey around??  

Finished pooduct. I mean, product.

In early January mommy accompanied daddy on a biz trip to Shanghai, and experienced her first taste of China. Minus the smog, everything in China tastes really good!!!

The Bund on a rare, clear and sunny day in Shanghai! 

Gimme, gimme, gimme!!! 

Dumplings for days!!!

Snap into a Slim Jim!!!

Mapo Doufu

Got peppers? La Tsu Ji...with numbing Szechuan peppercorns. Nummy! 

Silk Worms

Leaning Tower of Dumplings! 

Day trip to Hangzhou....Xihu Lake 

Mommy's driver and personal tour guide for the day. Mommy can't speak Chinese.  He can't speak English. It was a funny day!!!

Row, row, row the boat!

I have two new years resolutions for 2012. #1 – I’m going lose my muffin top. #2 – I’m going to blog more often. I know what you’re thinking, I’m off to a late start. Well, over here in Asia I thought it’s only appropriate to start my resolutions based on the Chinese New Year. Although if you don’t hear from me for a while, I may have decided to hold off on resolutions until Songkran, the Buddhist New Year. If so, don’t worry. Just know that I’m celebrating, partying it up, and of course, living the Thai life :) 

Trying to snag some chicken on the counter. The picture is a bit blurry, but as you can tell when I stand up straight I have a bit of a fat tire resting on my hips. Maybe it was a good thing I couldn't reach the chicken!