Sunday, October 19, 2008

Foxy and Red Bull

So Niti and I had been planning to get a couple of puppies at some point. Her mom said she would be happy to take care of them for us when we return to Hawaii next year. Originally, we were going to take one from a litter at Niti's cousin's house. But after we picked out the one we wanted, he 14 year-old nephew decided he wanted to keep it.

We ran across these two on Tha Pae road (kind of the main drag downtown) and after a little bargaining talked the seller down from $15 to $12 per puppy.






We named this one 'Foxy' because it sounds fun with a Thai accent (that was my motive, anyway). Sounds like a name for a Thai disco. She's a bangaew mix, which is a Thai breed used for herding cows or bufallo, I think.








Then this is Red Bull, a Yellow Labrador mix. All this one does is sleep, pee and whine. She's cute, though. She's alwas about ten seconds from passing out.





The house in the village is about to become liveable, so we'll be moving the dogs to the countryside here in a few days.

Friday, October 17, 2008

After much debate...

I have decided to give in to the global obsession with blogging about mundane things in your own life. Above all, I see this as an easy way to share photos with friends and family without forwarding bulky, attachment-laden emails. You'll have to forgive me, as the only way I can stomach doing this is by inserting a lot of metatext and cynical remarks along the way.