Musings

"Don't worry, tomorrow it's going to warm up to 6 [degrees F]."
Suz to Emily and Devin, Jan 20, 2011

You can tell that you may miss your dog when you initiate games of fetch with coconut shells with random dogs on the beach.
Jan 9, 2011
 
"I know part of the reason you love beach life is because you don't have to shower...but you should probably shower.  If nothing else, get the egg yolk out of your beard from breakfast this morning."
Emily to Devin, Jan 8, 2011

"I feel like Ron Burgundy should be around."
Emily while sitting at the beach bar, listening to mid-seventies hits - Jan 5, 2011
Jan 5, 2011

Devin: "I wonder how old the King of Thailand is?  Right now, I think his reign as king is the longest of any in the world."
Emily: "What about Queen Elizabeth?"
Devin: "She's a queen."
Jan 1, 2011

Tom Clancy, Danielle Steele, Dean Koontz, Sidney Sheldon, James Patterson, and John Grisham - you write too many books.  They fill the used book stores of SE Asia.
Dec 22, 2010  

"Will you please stop eating your beard?"
Emily to Devin - Often

"I will probably jinx us, but I am a little surprised we haven't been attacked by bed bugs yet in India"
Devin to Emily in Kolkata, India (our last nght in the country) in shady hotel - Dec 19, 2010
*Ironic Aftermath: The next morning we both woke up with bed bug bites.

Emily: You just stepped in poop.
Devin: Dog?!?
Emily: No, cow.
Walking down the street in Agra, India - 10 Dec, 2010

"The only way this shower could be any better was if I vomited on myself and had to shower to get it off"
Devin to Emily while taking a rare HOT shower in Udaipur, India - Dec 3, 2010
*Ironic Aftermath: The next day Devin DID get to shower after throwing-up.

Q (Indian guy on beach): Are you leaving?
A (Us): Yes.
Q (Indian guy on beach): Why?
A (Us): I don't know...
Walking along Palolem beach in Goa, India on our way to the bus to leave - Nov 29, 2010

"It smells like poop.  Like actual poop.  I bet if you look hard enough, you could see some."
Emily while waiting on the train platform in Ernakulam, India - Nov 25, 2010

Q: "Would you like some cashew nuts?"
A: "No...No Teeth."
Conversation between Emily and our canoe 'driver' in the Kerala Backwaters, India - Nov 23, 2010

Durians are GROSS.  Do these things really grow on trees?  Nice trick, Mother Nature.
Nov 14, 2010

I'm not sure if I'm happier about booking our tickets to India or buying my ticket to see Harry Potter...there is something not right about that.
Emily - Nov 13, 2010

"Good evening, sir. How are you, sir?  Shaver, sir?"
Salesperson to Devin immediately after entering a department store in Manila - Nov 10, 2010
 
"All of my married friends seem so mature, even if we're close in age."
Sherry Manning at breakfast - I give her a questioning look after glancing at my husband who has a comb stuck in his beard.  Nov 7, 2010

"I never thought I'd ever be drinking lemon grass tea in a log cabin in the Philippines while listening to acid jazz."
Emily to Devin - Nov 6, 2010

Maybe I was too comatose to notice, but today was the first morning in a long while that I was not woken by the crow of a rooster.  Refreshing.  No warnings from the barn yard bird pimp.

And a message to all roosters going forward: I don't want your hens, so you don't need to wake me every day to tell me they are yours.  Furthermore, my day generally does not start at 4am - I get it, it's your circadian rhythm and all, but not mine.  So, do we have an understanding?
Oct 30, 2010

Upon exiting Malaysia, an attractive female immigration officer did point to my passport picture and say "Adam Sandler" with a big smile.  
Oct 29, 2010


Kuala Lumpur's airport has the most diverse assembly of patrons I've seen to date.  Are we in India? China? Saudi Arabia? Polynesia?
Oct 28, 2010

I really dislike certain Lao kids with firecrackers; they're going to shoot someone's eye out.
Oct 24, 2010

Did that guy just offer me opium?  Is it the 19th century?  Did I just respond "No thanks, I am tired"?
Oct 19, 2010

Will hand sanitizer kill the germs on my neck from the guy coughing in the seat behind me?  He didn't cover his mouth once on a four hour bus ride and he coughed at least five thousand times.  I felt him coughing into my hair.  Terrible.
Oct 18, 2010

I just got out of a tuk-tuk...you watched me climb out...no thank you, I don't need another tuk-tuk right now.
Oct 13, 2010

Of all the hawkers, those peddling umbrellas in a rain storm are the worst.  For the 15th time, no thank you.  Can you not see that my wife is already holding an umbrella, and I am wearing a raincoat?
Oct 6, 2010