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	<description>anecdotes, advice and tales from Asia, with some general musings and rants thrown in for good measure.</description>
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		<title>Seen in Bangkok &#8211; Babysitting, 7-11 Style</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll be the first to admit that I usually like children like I like a piece of plastic sitting on a table: quiet and not bothering me. But even a grumpy old fuddy-duddy like me occasionally enjoys the company of children and the unabashed evil innocence they display. With the knowledge that I &#8211; gasp! [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gregtodiffer.com/2010/03/06/seen-in-bangkok-babysitting-7-11-style/</link>
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		<title>Is Twitter an Expat&#8217;s Best Friend?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A surprising amount of people ask me just what exactly Twitter is. What is it good for? they say. Why would I want to know what you&#8217;re eating? What I usually tell them is that Twitter is like a big bag of cocaine: if you don&#8217;t have a use for it, it&#8217;s totally pointless to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gregtodiffer.com/2010/02/24/is-twitter-an-expats-best-friend/</link>
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		<title>ExciTED, MotivaTED, ExhausTED: Anatomy of a TEDx Conference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Up until about 6 months ago, I only had a few basic tatters of information about TED Talks. I knew it was an annual conference, or&#8230; something. I&#8217;d seen a few talks on the website and thought it was an interesting concept, but it was only when I was invited to help organize Thailand&#8217;s first [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gregtodiffer.com/2010/02/14/excited-motivated-exhausted-anatomy-of-a-tedx-conference/</link>
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		<title>Forcing Yourself to Feel Lost Again is a Good Thing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Momma always said that it’s very easy to get in what she called a ‘comfortable rut’, and she was right. After a while in any job/location/relationship/yoga position, you get comfortable; staying where you’re at is easier than moving on, and consequently, a lot of people never bother to change their situation. A drastic shakeup is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gregtodiffer.com/2010/02/11/forcing-yourself-to-feel-lost-again-is-a-good-thing/</link>
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		<title>Damn Worms</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, it finally happened. I apparently didn&#8217;t upgrade to the latest version of Wordpress within four minutes of it being released, and consequently, my dear website/blog/e-rant was infected with some type of worm. It will be a few days until I post again while I clean things out. Thanks for dropping by. Stupid worms.
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		<link>http://www.gregtodiffer.com/2010/02/04/damn-worms/</link>
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		<title>Sexpats, Thai Stereotypes, and the Pleasure in Avoiding Them (the Stereotypes)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are always tons of stereotypes for any situation/person/country, and even the best of us can’t help but fall victim sometimes. Indeed, I&#8217;d be a lot more nervous going on Jeopardy! if I was up against an Asian kid with glasses than I would against an unshaven dude from Alabama wearing a wifebeater. (Let&#8217;s be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gregtodiffer.com/2010/01/23/sexpats-thai-stereotypes-and-the-pleasure-in-avoiding-them-the-stereotypes/</link>
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		<title>A Visit to Bangkok&#8217;s New One Stop Immigration Office</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Keeping on top of Thailand’s ever-changing visa and work permit regulations can be a pretty tiring job. Rules often vary from office to office and border crossing to border crossing, and updates, amendments and changes to the rules and overall system are hard enough to find in Thai, let alone English. Thankfully, there’s a small [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gregtodiffer.com/2010/01/11/a-visit-to-bangkoks-new-one-stop-immigration-office/</link>
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		<title>IMAX is Awesome &#8211; Except When They Lie</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(This post might get a bit technical and nerdy, but I&#8217;m technically a nerd, so no apologies).
There are many things that make me proud to be Canadian, such as our diverse cultural heritage, our laid-back nature and the fact that our cases of beer have handles big enough to allow mittens to fit through them. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gregtodiffer.com/2010/01/07/imax-is-awesome-except-when-they-lie/</link>
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		<title>Seen in Bangkok &#8211; Unholy Ice Cream Topping</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thai food is, after Indian food, my all-time favorite cuisine in the world. Many people would call me crazy for even saying that, as Thai food is usually seen as the end-all, be-all food in terms of sheer taste bud-exploding goodness. Fair enough. But there is one thing that Thais have not yet nailed, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gregtodiffer.com/2009/12/28/seen-in-bangkok-unholy-ice-cream-topping/</link>
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		<title>The Worst of America&#8217;s Fast Food Comes to Thailand</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As more and more jobs consist of mainly sitting at a computer and more and more recreational activities consist of mainly sitting in front of a television, it&#8217;s no surprise we&#8217;re getting fatter. The oft-maligned American diet is usually brought up as a pretty hefty (heh) contributing factor, chronicled brilliantly on ThisIsWhyYou&#8217;reFat.com. Well, one of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gregtodiffer.com/2009/12/19/the-worst-of-americas-fast-food-comes-to-thailand/</link>
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