http://goatrevolution.com/blog2 Marla's adventure from Aplastic Anemia and beyond Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:50:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The second tour we took in Thailand took us to four provinces outside of Bangkok.  I would list the names, but I can't remember them.  Actually, when the tour guide told them to us, I could barely understand them anyway!  I found the Thai language very difficult to repeat.  My ... http://goatrevolution.com/blog2/2010/03/08/the-floating-market-and-an-elephant-ride/ As part of my interest in centenarians, I thought I'd take a moment to recognize a couple centenarians who recently made the news.  The first one is Judge Wesley Brown. One of the amazing things about this man is that at age 102, he's still going to work every day!  From ... http://goatrevolution.com/blog2/2010/03/05/more-on-centenarians/ The first tour we took in Thailand included visits to a couple Buddhist temples.  The first one was at the Royal Temple.  This is one view of it. There were actually several structures, so it was hard to get it all in in one shot.  The little roofs seen at the ... http://goatrevolution.com/blog2/2010/03/03/a-couple-buddhist-temples-in-bangkok/ While we were in the Philippines we had the opportunity to visit some bookstores.  One bookstore I particularly liked is called Fully Booked on Fort Bonafacio High Street.  One thing I noticed there is that they seem to have a better selection of history books dealing with Asia than the ... http://goatrevolution.com/blog2/2010/03/01/a-slow-death-83-days-of-radiation-sickness/ Today I thought I would continue with my travelogue and share some of our pics from Thailand. I thought they had an interesting looking airport.  It was rather large and sci-fi looking.  Dad said it was a bit freaky looking, which I can see, heheh.  Here's a small sample of ... http://goatrevolution.com/blog2/2010/02/28/and-now-for-thailand/ Last night we visited the Barnes and Nobles at the Grove because I heard that Crazy Aunt Purl was going to be there for her book signing.  I honestly haven't read her book, but I wanted to check out the scene anyway.   After listening to her speak a bit, I ... http://goatrevolution.com/blog2/2010/02/26/working-on-my-yarn-stash/ To continue on with my travelogue, after we left Hidden Valley in Laguna and arrived in Manila we decided to go to Marikina and visit Auntie Nora, Ophi, Cynthia, and the Cainta property.  We really wanted to visit to check out Cynthia's roof as it was damaged from the recent ... http://goatrevolution.com/blog2/2010/02/22/a-short-trek-to-marikina/ In addition to natural health issues, Brian and I have long been interested in self sufficiency.  We've thought of how nice it would be to be able to have our own farm, but let's face it, I don't see us moving to a farm any time in the near future.  ... http://goatrevolution.com/blog2/2010/02/21/growing-power/ Before I move on from Hidden Valley, I thought I'd share a few more pics.    Aaron and I wanted to see what else was around the Valley.  I read that there was a Hidden Falls somewhere, so I wanted to see if we could reach it.  We hiked farther down ... http://goatrevolution.com/blog2/2010/02/18/hidden-valley-part-3/ A few years ago I watched a video series called, Jamie's Kitchen.  IIRC, it was a six part series of students going through chef's school hosted by Jamie Oliver.  I found it to be very interesting, and also thought it was very gracious of Jamie to sponsor these kids and ... http://goatrevolution.com/blog2/2010/02/17/jamie-oliver-and-food-education/