prayer you know I go on and on and somewhere in the middle of this thing I noticed that everybody has become chiana's you know everybody's crying and I don't know why we're crying except for the fact that bandit and his wife don't know anybody who's ever gone
But during that time it was basically the same menu wherever you went and it never changed. So being in Chiang Mai and being introduced to a dish that was local, seasonal, regional, was really kind of shocking.
So right around March, April, they start coming up in the forest and people-- in Chiang Mai, I lived in a small village about 20 kilometers north of Chiang Mai. And during het-top season, if you try to go to the market in the village, as soon as the het-top start popping up,
So "Arrival," amazing. That was my baseball bat moment. The Ted Chiang short story, "Story of Your Life" is so impactful, so beautiful. But it's so tied up in language and the written word and the way that he sort of-- I don't know who's read it, but go and read it, it's awesome.
And you can do everything you could do in New York, pretty much. So I moved to Chiang Mai, which was a city of 100,000 people at that time. A town, basically, in northern Thailand.
scaring us into being more uh reclusive well you know there's a a long history in linguistics of study on this and those who are Chomsky chians Chomsky ites will will recognize that his his whole theor is that there's a fundamental basis for uh for language whether or not that's true I you know is a matter of some debate but uh I think
You know he would, appear holding birthday cakes in the middle of the race and singing "Happy birthday." So this one day he resolved that he was gonna win this Chianti. He said whenever there was wine up for grab, and this is something that I kind of picked up when I interviewed him. Because you could kind of tell he was fond of a glass of Chianti or two Richard: He got drunk during the course of the day, didn't he?
So I just kind of looked around on the internet to see if there was anybody who was making it. I couldn't find anybody in Chiang Mai area that actually made it. It's kind of-- I think it's more kind of like something that people do at home.
OK. More recently, I will follow Kim Stanley Robinson pretty much any place he wants to go. And I will hold up Ted Chiang as the best science fiction author. If anybody here has not read the short stories of Ted Chiang, I got something for you.
Ah, Taiwan. So basically, this inscription is actually in . And it was put there by Chiang Kai-shek as a sort of our rallying cry to tell Taiwanese citizens that we'll come take back the mainland.
is acidic. This wine is weird. Where's the raspberry milkshake aspect that I've come to trust and know?" But if you're in Italy and you're eating a bowl of pasta, you're sitting outside and you're drinking this Chianti, it's the most brilliant wine that you've ever consumed. So, I think having a context really helps. Understanding where these wines come from, what they're trying to achieve in these wines.
where students have less opportunity. I had the chance to visit a primary school in Chiang Rai, Thailand, a month after Melissa and her students came to see me.
And I will hold up Ted Chiang as the best science fiction author. If anybody here has not read the short stories of Ted Chiang, I got something for you. You can thank me later.
To try lots of things, and keep what works. And she grew up in a very poor family up near Chiang Mai.
On this particular case in the Tour of Italy, they went past this famous Italian singer's Château kind of castle manor house that he had. And he was putting up 50 bottles of Chianti for the winner of this sprint. And this Italian rider Dino Zandegù who became a bit of a folk hero because he was just, he was a circus act.
Anyway that night, they were all staying in the same hotel, all the teams up on Copper Mountain. And Merckx knocked on his door and demanding half of the Chianti otherwise he was gonna see to it that this guy never race again. That's kind of, I'm sure there's a degree of truth in that.
So it's like in an Italian household, nothing is held back. And things-- you know, you have a little Chianti, and it gets even bigger. And there are people who-- you know, everybody has an Aunt Debra.
Disons-le. Eh bien, la vie de nos enfants c'est pareil. Il y a des moments où pour eux ça peut être aussi très chiant. Donc, je ne sais pas si cela vous ai déjà arrivé, d'être dans une boutique et vous regardez un objet
They played piano. They loved jazz. So when they got married, when Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling got married, she invited Whitey Smith and his band to play at their wedding. So in addition to here comes the bride, which they played with a jazz band, they also played in Irving Berlin number and some other jazz numbers at the wedding.
need to destroy the original. I don't know if you will read all the short story from Ted Chiang, "Story of Your Life." It's a little masterpiece, it's a gem. And as you rightly said, the way you play with language and time, it's so beautiful and so clever and so brilliant.
win this Chianti. He said whenever there was wine up for grab, and this is something that I kind of picked up when I interviewed him. Because you could kind of tell he was fond of a glass of Chianti or two Richard: He got drunk during the course of the day, didn't he? Daniel: But he was particularly motivated for this kind of sprint.
handed over to China when Japan surrendered at the end of World War II. Beginning in December 1949, on his island sanctuary, Chiang worked toward the day when China could be freed from the Communist yoke.
Jazz was so popular in China and in Shanghai. You probably know these two, Soong Meiling and her husband Chiang Kai-shek. Soong Meiling was a huge fan of jazz, probably that you don't learn about that in the history books.
And I had a really good friend of mine who was living there who had married a local woman who worked at the university as a professor. And they were-- she is from Chiang Mai, and that's where he had settled in. So they introduced me to the local cuisine while I was there, which was--
The very south of Thailand has its own culture, language, and food. And so when you say Thai food to a Thai person, say we're in Chiang Mai and you say to your friend, you want to go out and eat, and they say, what do you want to eat, if you say Thai food, you're talking about central Thai food.
OK. So the way that I came up with that name was many years ago, I was on the diesel railcar from Khorat back to Bangkok. And I'd come from all the way up in Chiang Mai and I'd come all the way down through Isaan and ended up in Khorat or Ubon Ratchathani, and I went there to eat larb, duck larb.
Down below are like India, Madras here, Chiang Mai in Thailand, et cetera-- wide variation in colon cancer rates.
Oh my god. He showed up at the airport in Chiang Mai to greet Pierce and it was like, you'd think it was the Beatles or something.
are what I call cave lines, representing the tunnels that Chiang Kai-Shek had his nationalist army carve through the mountains when they came to Taiwan.
But I think one part of the story that often doesn't get remembered is that Cecilia Chiang was doing the same thing
the question of who is the real China, the ROC, not the PRC, got a seat as the founding member of the United Nations in 1945, before the Chinese Civil War had even ended. This seat went to Chiang Kai-shek, the then leader of the ROC, because he was the one who brought his army onto the side of the allies against Japan during World
Et on est tout hyper content d'être des parents. Mais parfois, il y a des moments où c'est un peu fatiguant, voire complètement chiant. Disons-le. Eh bien, la vie de nos enfants c'est pareil.
And this is like the weirdest goal, but we were like, we want to go someplace and order the nicest Chianti on the menu and have it be one
It's kind of really dark brown, it has kind of a bitter taste to it, very earthy and bitter, but it's really prized wild mushroom. So right around March, April, they start coming up in the forest and people-- in Chiang Mai, I lived in a small village about 20 kilometers north of Chiang Mai.
have to really hunt it down. I found them in New York through a purveyor there, and I bet if there's anybody from Chiang Mai that lives here, or northern Thailand, you probably would be able to find a few of these things.
After 1 month, since Melissa and the students came to visit I had the opportunity to visit Chiang Rai in the northern part of Thailand
The English have long had a love affair-- and in fact, an English writer once dubbed that part of Italy "Chianti-shire." That's how we end all our counties.
He was minutes ahead on the general classification. And when he saw Zandegù cross the line, he was screaming at you, "You bastardo, you'll never race again." Or "I'm gonna kill you", and, "That Chianti's mine." Anyway that night, they were all staying in the same hotel, all the teams up on Copper Mountain.
wine. And then at that point, you can never drink a Napa Valley Cabernet ever again. So, I don't know exactly what it takes. I think it's something like being in situ, going to Italy. It's like Italian wines. If you were to just pour an Italian wine, a Chianti for somebody, a California wine person, they would say, "Ew. This wine is acidic. This wine is weird. Where's the raspberry milkshake aspect that I've come to trust and know?" But if you're in Italy and you're eating a bowl of pasta, you're
Confucian values; such as social harmony. The oldest residents of the PRC can remember a time when China was governed by a non-communist regime, that of Chiang Kai-Shek