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Come on Over to Caravanserais.com
Posted in Uncategorized on March 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What do Peanuts, Soda and Bible all have in Common?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged english, mission, pioneers, thailand on March 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
They are the names of some of our students!
Other names of our students include: One (born a winner, clearly), Ohm (you know, like Ω), Mind (two of them), Big (he was heavy-set to say the least), Nut, and Ice (“Ice, Baby”).
And I’ve met a 7-Up and a Mango before!
At birth, Thai mothers give their children [...]
We Picked the Archibald!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged archibald, art, australia, sydney on March 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Well, even though we are in Thailand Amy and I picked this year’s Archibald Prize winner simply off the internet.
Looking at all the finalists Guy Maestri’s portrait of Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu stuck out prominently. The haunting and shadowy contours of Yunupingu’s face stood out. His eyes appear almost absent. Its a very memorable piece. Amy [...]
Foot Down on FTAs?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged australia, economics, free trade, kevin rudd, korea, politics, trade on March 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Have you ever wondered where Australia has got free trade agreements? As talks start with Korea, it is worth considering that all of our FTA partners are members of APEC (with the exception of the Gulf States).
ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand FTA
Singapore-Australia FTA
Thailand-Australia FTA
Australia-United States FTA
Australia-New Zealand [...]
Going Up in the World to Caravanserais.com
Posted in Uncategorized on March 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ladies and Gents caravanserais.wordpress.com is going up in the world.
We are about to make the transition to … wait for it … caravanserais.com!
Maybe a make over might be in the mix too. More to come…
Jesus Loves Pornstars
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged christianity, queensland on February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Full marks for guts from the Bible Society Queensland on this one.
Bibles with covers “Jesus Loves Pornstars” at Sexpo and the new website www.xxxchurch.com to help people with sexual addictions.
QLD Election Called
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged brisbane, politics, qld election, queensland on February 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Surprise, surprise Bligh has finally called the QLD election.
Green has released his regular seat-by-seat analysis.
Here is the pendulum. There are a swag of seats on low margins for the ALP. I’ll give you my tips soon.
Credit Crisis Explained
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged credit crisis, economics, financial crisis on February 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you’re still struggling to understand what has happened in the credit crisis, you should really watch this video. It explains the crisis simply and visually from first principles.
Biggest Wheelchair Distribution Ever
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged chiang mai, christianity, disabilities, pioneers, songkhla, thailand, wheelchairs on February 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m sorry in my post-marriage euphoria I haven’t been more regular in my posting. As you know Amy wins out every time now. But I promise to get better…
Over the last week I’ve also been busy with the biggest wheelchair distribution that I’ve ever been involved with in Thailand. Over a week and a half [...]
