A New Year

I am sitting in the first/business class lounge for Thai Airways at the Bangkok airport on New Year's Day, bound for Auckland, New Zealand. I've been at the airport since about 7:30 this morning (it's now almost 2:30pm) because I saw my parents off to Hong Kong. Unfortunately, I couldn't check in for my flight 12 hours in advance (security only allows 6 hours ahead), so I am only now arriving at the lounge. I anticipated having WiFi in the airport, but I found out that it's no longer free. So I sat in the middle of a huge thoroughfare and listened to music and read about free will (Freedom Evolves, Daniel Dennett). As I said, I'm now in a really nice lounge and will be here for about 5 more hours.

My parents' visit was really nice. We had a great time together, and they helped me fix up a few of the issues I was dealing with (arranged a refrigerator and got me a few things I needed). It's really great to be able to spend Christmas with family. Even though we didn't have a tree or any official presents, it was just nice to be together.

This begins a new phase in my writing! It's my goal to write at least twice a week, starting today. It's a tough week to start because I'll be in New Zealand for the week, but I'll try to post my second one in a timely manner. Also, you can look forward to more pictures. I've never made New Year's resolutions, but it's nice to have a chance to start new.