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Etiquette for Engineers - A Technical Guide for STEM Professionals (Paperback): Kelly Harris Etiquette for Engineers - A Technical Guide for STEM Professionals (Paperback)
Kelly Harris; Edited by Carl E. Weaver; David Potts
R222 Discovery Miles 2 220 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Off White (Paperback): Carl E. Weaver Off White (Paperback)
Carl E. Weaver; Annie Bryan
R249 Discovery Miles 2 490 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
White Fang (Paperback): Carl E. Weaver White Fang (Paperback)
Carl E. Weaver; Jack London
R331 Discovery Miles 3 310 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Kim (Paperback): Carl E. Weaver Kim (Paperback)
Carl E. Weaver; Rudyard Kipling
R407 Discovery Miles 4 070 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Dhammapada (Paperback): Carl E. Weaver The Dhammapada (Paperback)
Carl E. Weaver; F. Max Muller
R243 Discovery Miles 2 430 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Shakespeare's Sonnets (Paperback): Carl E. Weaver Shakespeare's Sonnets (Paperback)
Carl E. Weaver; William Shakespeare
R241 Discovery Miles 2 410 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Poetry of Stephen Crane (Paperback): Carl E. Weaver, Stephen Crane The Poetry of Stephen Crane (Paperback)
Carl E. Weaver, Stephen Crane
R239 Discovery Miles 2 390 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Roughing It (Paperback): Carl E. Weaver Roughing It (Paperback)
Carl E. Weaver; Mark Twain
R535 Discovery Miles 5 350 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Raven and Other Poems (Paperback): Carl E. Weaver The Raven and Other Poems (Paperback)
Carl E. Weaver; Edgar Allan Poe
R249 Discovery Miles 2 490 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Songs of Innocence and of Experience (Paperback): Carl E. Weaver Songs of Innocence and of Experience (Paperback)
Carl E. Weaver; William Blake
R241 Discovery Miles 2 410 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Call of the Wild and Other Stories (Paperback): Carl E. Weaver, Jack London The Call of the Wild and Other Stories (Paperback)
Carl E. Weaver, Jack London
R274 Discovery Miles 2 740 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Regius Poem or Halliwell Manuscript (Paperback): Carl E. Weaver The Regius Poem or Halliwell Manuscript (Paperback)
Carl E. Weaver; James O. Halliwell
R243 Discovery Miles 2 430 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Tell-Tale Heart And Other Stories (Paperback): Carl E. Weaver The Tell-Tale Heart And Other Stories (Paperback)
Carl E. Weaver; Edgar Allan Poe
R287 Discovery Miles 2 870 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Old Past Master (Paperback): Carl E. Weaver The Old Past Master (Paperback)
Carl E. Weaver; Carl H. Claudy
R275 Discovery Miles 2 750 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Good Day to Die - Haiku in Traditional Form (Paperback): Carl E. Weaver A Good Day to Die - Haiku in Traditional Form (Paperback)
Carl E. Weaver
R252 Discovery Miles 2 520 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Next Life in the Afternoon - A Journey Through Thailand (Paperback): Carl E. Weaver Next Life in the Afternoon - A Journey Through Thailand (Paperback)
Carl E. Weaver
R313 Discovery Miles 3 130 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is the story of what happens when the author's plans to ordain as a Buddhist monk in Thailand are derailed after he has arrived in the country. Next Life in the Afternoon is spiritual, funny, at times irreverent, and full of personal lessons learned along the way.

I'm squatting naked on a concrete floor in the predawn coolness of Udon Thani, pouring water from a washbasin onto my head to rinse off the bar soap I used as shampoo. My hair is long and stringy. I had counted on it being shaved off by now, so I had let it grow out a bit leading up to the trip. It's about fifty-five degrees, and I am trying to be as quiet as possible so as not to wake the monks and my traveling companions. The splish-splosh of water is punctuated by my sharp, pronounced inhaling, a result of being doused with such breathtakingly cool water. My toes tingle against the cold floor, and I am momentarily brought back to Boston, where my trip began. It seems to be a different planet, almost, although the air and water hold a familiar chill.

A week into the trip, I still haven't acclimated to everything, and I am stuck somewhere between amazement and culture shock. My mind tries to escape like the cool sudsy water that pools at my feet. The sun is nearly on the horizon, and the temple is coming alive with slow-moving footsteps along the rainy paths outside. I should get going. The morning alms rounds have begun, and I hear familiar voices muffled outside the door. I can't make out many words, but hear one that is familiar: Farang. A half-derogatory Thai word for "foreigner" and the name I have in this country that keeps me at arm's length.

-From Next Life in the Afternoon: A Journey Through Thailand

What's with the name?

"Next life in the afternoon" is a translation of the Thai idiom "Chat na bai bai." It's a lightly humorous expression of frustration in plans not working out as intended. This seemed to be an apt title, since the author was not able to become a monk. It also ties in the concepts of reincarnation and impermanence, which are key in Buddhist belief and thus Thai culture.

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