Sara Sarver

Perhaps my favorite snack ever, in Thailand at least (though it would rival my top picks in the States as well), is a little thing called Salapao. Just hearing the name of it makes me happy. Salapao are a sort of Chinese dumpling that is quite popular in Thailand. You can’t walk into a 7-Eleven, [...]

Coping mechanisms.  We all have them.  We all do them.  And, most of the time, they make us feel better, right?  Kind of.  Changingminds.org has this to say: “We are complex animals living complex lives in which we are not always able to cope with the difficulties that we face. As a result, we are [...]

During our month in Singapore, I declared it necessary that we make a trip to IKEA.  After all, there isn’t one in Thailand (yet… I’ve heard rumors for Bangkok in 2011!!!), their stuff is super cheap, I like pretty much everything they ever stock, and it was my one chance to find kitchen utensils that [...]

Wow!  It sure has been a while since we’ve seen a new fun fact around here.  If you’d like to to know what fun facts are all about, refer back to my first post here.  You may always click Fun Facts in the category sidebar to your right to find the collection of stories there [...]

After a month of living in a YMCA hostel in Singapore, boy was I glad to see my little bitty kitchen again.  Just in time, too.  Tomorrow is St. Patrick’s Day, and although I have not a drop of Irish blood in my body, I enjoy taking part in all of the festivities the day [...]

Skype is a beautiful thing. We’ve been in Singapore for the past month, taking care of business at the international headquarters for our organization (which is why you’ve not been getting posts out of me), and yesterday morning, before heading to the airport for our flight back to Thailand, we had a Skype date to [...]