Archive of Skylarkings

An
American in Asia:

His Quest for Cosmic Truth

(or at least a Decent Espresso)

2007

12/08/07	First Christmas Tree and Fishing for Agents
08/10/07	Interview with my Wife
06/01/07	Americans is Good Folk
04/08/07	Homesick for Someplace Far from Home
02/26/07	Drifting Around in a Great Meandering Circle
01/14/07	I'm Outta Here
01/06/07	A Day in the Consulate, A Week on the Farm and a Surprise Wedding

2006

12/26/06	Horrible, Horrible Christmas
12/02/06	Alien Stingers, Tsunami Buoys and a Taxi Rebellion
11/06/06	A Fishing Village, Coconut Monkeys and the French
10/10/06	Frog vs Tractor
09/22/06	Coup d'Thai!
09/14/06	Thailand in Ten Years
09/02/06	Going to America
08/10/06	D.I.Y. Thai-style
07/26/06	Rich House Poor House
07/11/06	Dead Laptop, Backpacker Island and the Second Richest Man in the World
06/20/06	Gibbons, mosquitoes, and the Prince of Bhutan
06/04/06	Tell him what he won, Johnny!
05/21/06	Asbestos, Alien Worms, Atomik Circus and Christians in Thailand
05/12/06	Buddha's birthday, Cambodian Visas, Casino Airports, and Budget Airlines
05/03/06	Is Thailand Safe?
04/18/06	The House that Jeff Built
04/04/06	Wine, Bicycles, Buffaloes, Dirty Politics and a Consumer Victory
03/19/06	Black Magic, an Ugly Beach and Fun with Jellyfish
03/12/06	An Honest Car Mechanic
03/05/06	Natural Wonders Never Cease
02/19/06	Reggae on the Hill and Jet Skis Kill
02/02/06	The Island Life
01/14/06	My Tropical Island

2005

10/18/05	Animal Planet, Phuket
10/09/05	Goodbye Bangkok: Hitting the Beach
10/02/05	Cambodia Visa Run
09/14/05	Hitting the Beach

2004

12/12/04	Eyeballs and Lasers
10/23/04	Back to the U.S.S.A.
09/08/04	Perhaps a little case of burn-out
07/20/04	Goin' Up To Country
06/27/04	Cambodia: Like France without the French
04/18/04	Too Much Kiwi Juice, Too Many Water Pistols
03/07/04	The Kansas of Thailand, Khmer Ruins and Goofing Around With King Cobras
02/15/04	Underwater Weddings, Drunken Dugongs and Ladyboys on Parade
02/08/04	The Road To Vientiane
01/25/04	A Cop-out Preview of Coming Attractions
01/10/04	Rodents on My Toes, Walking Meditation and Cruising on Gilligan's Island

2003

12/28/03	The Inevitable Recap of 2003: from Japan to Seattle to New York to Bangkok....AND BEYOND!
12/14/03	The Life's Work of a Million Insects on My Floor and Billiards as Barometer
11/30/03	A Dance Extravaganza, the Ambassador of Laos and Little Boring Puppets
11/23/03	Munching Bugs with the Waltons in Thailand
11/16/03	Mahout of the Golden Triangle
11/09/03	Flaming Stars, Banana Boats and Giant Pandas vs the Hounds of News
11/02/03	Walking with my Parents in Seedy Neighborhoods, Evil Taxi Drivers and Ancient Cities of Gold
10/19/03	George Bush Visits Thailand, Press Conferences and The Sanctuary of Truth
10/12/03	The Mekong River, a Scary Buddha Theme Park and an Even Scarier Kitchen
10/05/03	Penang: The Bellingham of Asia, Almost Meeting Princesses and Being Recognized by Strangers
9/28/03	A Couple Sad Endings, A Trip to Penang and Johnny Weismuller as Tarzan
9/20/03	Talking to a Buddhist Abbot about Phenomenology in the Temple that Escher Built
9/14/03	I Finally Get to the Beach
8/31/03	The Dandies Still Rule OK, Big Bottoms, Ant People and Booty-Shakin'
8/24/03	Respecting the Dead, Fishing with Spears and Getting Ignored by Fate
8/17/03	Wave to Laika
8/10/03	Laughing at Hippies, Ignoring Rock Stars and Bribing the Cambodian Army
8/03/03	Pancakes to Tragedy
7/27/03	I Saw An Elephant And I Wasn't Drunk
7/20/03	You should be really careful with super glue
7/13/03	Walking in Bangkok: watch out for the gaping hole in the pavement, the taxi roaring through the giant puddle, the curb-jumping motorbikes and the dangling electrical wires
7/06/03	Ignorant Tourist
6/29/03	Eatin' Chicken Feet
6/22/03	Isaan Food
6/15/03	Live Chickens
6/07/03	My Big Dorky Life

Jeffrey Studebaker has been (in no particular order) a SE Asian correspondent for a Singaporean travel magazine, a teacher, consultant and translator in Japan, a guitarist with the band, Swoon 23 in every city of the US of A, a coffee roaster in Seattle, a bike messenger in Portland, a marine fire system repairman in Seattle, an osteoporosis clinic researcher in Providence, a mental ward counsellor on the night shift in Portland, a brief success in New York, and he has now returned to the US after nearly a decade in Asia to pursue a publishing career.