More about me…
Feb 1st, 2007 by Lillian
I’m actually a very nice girl.. except when I’m not nice.
I love getting to know new people
I love living cross culturally
I am a real TCA.. Third Culture Adult, or Global Nomad.
born and grew up in Papua New Guinea
returned to Switzerland when I was 16
Lived in Thailand since 1999
I am married to a swiss guy
I have 3 three wonderful children
I love, love LOVE music
I love jamming with friends
on guitar or epiano
In my life before Thailand, I worked as a nurse and loved it
I’m not ashamed of my age (or am I?) I’m 38
trying to stay ”in shape” haha
i love life.. most days…
here some pics of me as a child…
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Hallo,
ich habe Dein Weblog über globeofblogs gefunden. Ich schreibe jetzt einfach auf Deutsch, auch wenn ich zur Zeit in London lebe (übrigens nach drei Jahren Aufenthalt in dem schönen Davos).
Der Grund warum ich Dir schreibe ist folgender: ich arbeite derzeit bei einer Internet-Firma, die sich auf Weblogs spezialisiert hat. Wir suchen jemanden, der zwei Blogging-Sites aus dem Englischen (oder Deutschen) in Thai übersetzt. Ich dachte, Du kennst vielleicht jemanden, der Lust auf so eine Tätigkeit hat. Man braucht keine Programmier-Kenntnisse und das Vokabular ist relativ einfach.
Ich schätze, dass die Übersetzung einschl. Korrekturen jeweils ca. 15 Stunden in Anspruch nimmt.
Ach ja: und wir zahlen 100,00 GBP pro Projekt.
Kennst Du jemanden, der Lust hat sich dieses Geld zu verdienen? Wir suchen übrigens keine professionellen Übersetzer. In der Regel arbeiten wir mit Studenten oder einfach Leuten, die gerne Bloggen.
Wäre wirklich super, wenn Du mir helfen könntest.
Viele liebe Grüsse nach Thailand aus dem kalten London
Sandra
Ich werde mal schauen ob ich jemand finde ! Hast du eine email addresses?
hello lillian! I just found you through your post on my blog! What a small world, I have been treated at the Lindenhof (I was very happy with the treatment) but the Small Boy was born at the Sonnenhof (I was also happy there. Swiss medical care is very good, but it is expensive). I’m looking forward to reading through more of your archives.
Cheers!
Hallo, greetings from a fellow Chiang Mai-er! ^_^
Nice site. Our forum administrator recommended your blog, that’s how I got here, and I agree with him: it’s really worth visiting! I just wish I knew about it earlier. Plenty of goodies to catch up with now!
Looking forward to reading more of your interesting blogs…
Take care,
SiamJai
Hi Lillian!!!!
I finally found your web site…… I have tried before, but for some reason I couldn’t find it…..
I hope everything is fine with you and your family! Sorry I haven’t written to you before…..It has been rather busy the last months. I have moved to Oslo, and startet my education. Hopefully I will write you soon!! I think a lot of everyone in Thailand, I’m just not that good at writing back….. But I will do my best to try!!:)
God Bless!!
Aslaug
This is a pretty funky site with some good pics. If yer fortunate enough you’ll be bumpimg into Siamjai up there in Chiang Mai. If you get around to it, post a blog or two for us i’m sure our readers too would like to see a few pics of the Chiang Mai Nite Bazaar Flood. Pity you didn’t manage to get any pics with some tourist half drowning with a backpack on top of his head.
keep up the good work
Aslaug.. thanx for leaving a message! Don’t worry about writing, just write a comment once in a while to chear me up
SiamJai…glad u like it. Come again…
Steve.. a pic like that would have been great.. or a tuk tuk. Unfortunatly I had to stay home with my family…. the life of a mum !!
Thank you for your visit and thoughtful comment …
Richard
hello, I chanced upon your blog and I like the description you made for yourself. A full time mom.. I am also a full time mom here in Thailand and enjoying every minute of it…. Have a nice day…
Hi Lillian,
so viele Infos auf der Seite, hätten wir die mal früher gesehen, ich werde gleich einen Link auf meine Seite einbauen. Sehr schön.
Deine Kommentare vom Tsunami sind bitter. Danke Dir!
CY
Claus
exciting to find your blog! tell me, where about were you living in png? what were your parents doing? have you been back, or was your last glimpse at 16yrs?
Lillian … I saw the quote this morning but didn’t feel comfortable leaving a comment there … I just wanted to say how pleased I am that you found it meaningful enough to you to post it on your page … I don’t know if thank you is an appropriate response but that is all I know to say …
Best,
Richard
Hi Lillian,
First, congratulation for you blog.
I have juste come back from Chiang Mai today in France, and I lost adress and phone of new friend thai … could you help me to get it ?
Thanks in advance for your response.
Take care
Cheers
Julien
Nice meeting you, Lillian! And thanks for stopping by my blog.
Understand the displaced feeling you have somtimes as I am too a foreigner in another land. Well, sometimes you just can’t get completely comfortable as an “American”. Haha!
Next time I come home to BKK, we should meet, huh?
I am just know starting my search for other 3rd culture kids and the resources that are on the www. I grew up in Brasil–lived there for 12 years then moved by to the USA. Thanks for a great starting page.
curtis
Hello hello eh oui voici le ptit francais qui laisse un message sur ce blog tres sympa et qui me donne envie d en cree un …. lol ah la thailand quel beau pays je l ai decouvert il y a peu de temps et c est vrai l envie de s installer dans ce beau pays est tres presente … mais bon petit a petit on devient moins petit n est pas …. voila lilly merci encore pour ta bonne humeur et plus encore …lol juste au passage je suis assez fan de photo aussi et je t enverrai quelques cliches de dubai et du desert qui te fait apparament un peur. alle a bientot
hi there~
how do deal with visa’s living in thialnd. i would love to move there, can i? i have a us passport a husband and 2 kids! how are the american schools? are they expensive? is your husband thai? so many questions!
i have been to thailand many times, i love chang mi, pai, ko chang…
thanks a bunch!
michele
Hi Michele, best you go the Thai Embassy where you live and let them advise you !
I’d be happy to help you start a blog.
Hi Axel..let petite francais
Curtis… thanx for dropping by
Oakley… its probably much easier to become american than thai. I’ve just got the wrong skin colour for that…
Hallo Sandra,
ich kenne jemanden,der seit 30 Jahren in Chiang Mai lebt und sehr gut Thai spricht und schreibt und das vermutlich machen kann.Sofern noch Bedarf ist,bitte per email melden.Ich gebe es dann weiter.Gruesse aus Chiang Dao
Hello,
I wanted to send this to your private e-mail, but could not find an address on the page. I’m in town for a short while, researching on-line games, and thought that you might know of people (Thai or expat) who would be interested in chatting. More information is posted here:
http://www.trinity.edu/adelwich/thai/index_e.html
and here:
http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=73359
If you have any suggestions, I would love to chat. If not — no worries — I fully understand!
hey you!
do you blog these days? how’s your hols so far? i’m in sunny san mateo, very hot here, same same like chiang mai.
on wed. i go to vancouver to visit wendy and will be back in good ole chiang mai on 12 sep.
i miss you, chuck! i miss being in asia. i keep telling myself, only 4 weeks to go and i’ll be back soon. dang, where will i be ever be happy!
siew aka som tam mai sai pu! ; )
wow. thats so interesting.
Dils.. don’t be so checky lol
Hi there, I just ran across your blog. I spent a lot of my childhood in Thailand but I don’t think I was ever in Chiang Mai. I look forward to reading more of your thoughts!
Hi!
You are so lucky, I lived in Thailand for 15 years I have never been to Chiang Mai. I hope to go there this year in Xmas. I’m taking my boyfriend to visit my family in Thailand - my nan. It’s his first time in Asia. I’m writing a blog as well. One in English, one in Thai. Two different stories: Life in England and Life in Thailand. I hope you have a good time there.
Lilian, hallo,
ich habe Dich ueber expat women gefunden. Ich lebe hier in Chiang Mai mit meiner Familie seit 9 Jahren. Es wuerde mich freuen, wenn wir uns mal treffen koennten.
Tschuess
Sabine
hallo lilian,
durch expat habe ich dich gefunden. ich bin eine thailaederin und habe 15 jahre lang in deutschland gelebt. mitlerweile sind wir wieder zurueckgezogen zu meine heimat stadt chiang mai. es ist sehr schoen das eine “farang frau” hier lebte und gluecklich, lustig ist das du hier laenger lebte als ich!!!( wir sind im jahr 2003 gekommen). ich muss mich bei dir bedanken, das du deine diary geschrieben hast, und eine art “voice of chiang mai ” bist. ich glaube du kennst sich hier bessten aus. und deine biograhpy ist sehr interessant. wenn ich dir etwas helfen koennte,schreibt einfach. uebrigens, mein deutsche eheman ist (ehemalige) jazz musiker, er ist in django reinhardt bessesen!, guess.
Hey Lillian,
I was drawn to this blog when I saw that you’d grown up in PNG..I was born and brought up in Port Moresby and now its time to move to NYC, and I’m going to really miss this place. It defines me. Love your blog, shall recomend it to other TCKs I know.
Cheers
Neha
Thanks again for dropping in on my blog. I’ve hardly travelled anywhere and this place is so interesting.
Hi there folks!
I like this foru msooo much, thanks for the creators.
Hey Lillian,
I dropped you a comment the other day. Not sure if you received. Pls let me know. Thank you!
Just surfed in and will definately book mark the site for future reads. Cheers
The Siamerican Wanderer @ Phuket / Bangkok