1. Most memorable Peace Corps training experience.
Getting whacked with a badminton racquet by Parichart for telling her about Korean roast beef. I botched the pronunciation, and she thought I
maligned
her character.
2. Most memorable Peace Corps job experience.
Teaching chicken-raising at Ayuthaya TTC
3. Most memorable event off the job in Thailand.
Those four days at Phuket in November 1977 with Dan, Kathleen, Bill
Pritchard, Jean, Marilyn, and my apologies to those I left out.
4. Best vacation spot or tiow in
Thailand.
Koh Pa-ngan, north of Samui. The more remote the better.
5. Favorite Thai
food.
"Crying tiger" sua rong hai, one of those grilled beef dishes.
6. Funniest memory from Thailand.
Hopping into the van one morning at the Chim Pli bungalows in Maha
Sarakham, and throwing my arm around Ajaan Surapha, just to see her
reaction. It was explosive, and she wagged her finger at me.
7. Overseas trips since Peace Corps.
Singapore & Indonesia with Ilze, May 1979; three months working
vacation in
New Zealand on the way home, 1979; Consulting in Thailand, 1984-5;
Philippines twice: Dec 1984, Feb 1986; three weeks in France, Spain,
and
Italy, 1985; a month in Thailand, Feb - Mar 1986; my wedding in
Thailand,
Dec 1987 - Jan 1988; family vacations in Thailand 1991, 96, 97, 98, and
2000.
8. Proudest accomplishment(s) since leaving Peace Corps.
Father of Marie, born April 7, 1990
9.
Best vacation outside of Thailand.
Hiking for nine days north of Pokhara, Nepal
10. Favorite pastime now.
Bike rides
11. Best thing about your current job.
The freedom of working at a large university.
12. Favorite web sites.
Dilbert
13. Favorite book, movie, music, etc.
Book: "The Rise & Fall of the Third Reich" - hard to put down.
Movie: Still "Little Big Man" which I remember telling Roberta Hayden
in
one of the get-to-know-you exercises in San Francisco.
Music: Mostly jazz, though I think the current crop of young women pop
artists is exceptional.
14. Other questions of your choice
I'm married since 1988 to the former Yaowapa Charoenkul, who is a
native of
Phayao. She taught for 14 years at Phetburi TTC, and we married after
she
finished her doctorate in Education at the U. of Missouri. She teaches
ESL
at a middle school here in Madison, WI. Our daughter Marie is a fine
student, and a joy to us every day.