moving...

so, life has not been all that interesting lately. mostly bogged down with work and book proposals and the like. good stuff but nothing to write home about.

we are moving out of our chinatown shophouse, however, which may or may not be exciting news (depending on what else is going on in your life). we've been living here for about a year, in the chinatown district of bangkok. in many ways it is an amazing and wonderful place to live. lots of great food, very convenient, and wonderful neighbors. but it's also very loud and dirty, and our shophouse, although cool in many ways, is dark and not so modern. one of our toilets doesn't evne have a flusher. no joke. you have to scoop water from a clay cistern with a coconut shell.

and so, we've found a great new apartment in ploenchit, which is a very central part of the city. the new place is really wonderful. gigantic, 3 bedroom/3 bath with a wrap around balcony and lots of sunlight. oh, and a real western kitchen, which is a considerable step up from our closet like, leaky, two burner, cold water room in the old place.

packing has not been so fun, but we are spoiled and lucky to have someone who helps out around the house. she keeps asking me why i have so much stuff!