Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand on May 9th, 2008 1 Comment »
Heute Morgen hat mich eine Freundin auf diese Gruppe von coolen, engagierten Menschen aufmerksam gemacht. Ist eine super idea eine Fahrradtour für Menschenrechte zu machen! oder?? Ja, ich weiss, ich mag solche Leute die den mut haben zu handeln und sich nicht nur im ihrer eigenen kleine Welt wälzen :-)Darf ich vorstellen : Burmariders
(This […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand on May 7th, 2008 2 Comments »
Yesterday relief organisations were still waiting to get visas to go to Burma. I wrote that Burma asked for internation help, today I wonder if I read that correctly…. The latest numbers are 22000 dead. If those are the official numbers you can be sure that the real death toll must be much higher. Some […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand on May 6th, 2008 1 Comment »
Storm over Burma caused havoc. At least 10 000 people killed. Burma is actually asking for international aid! ( hear hear) Will the people in the villages really any of the help or will all the money go to the Army generals to replant their gardens?
In the south of Thailand people are being killed daily […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand on May 5th, 2008 No Comments »
The coronation of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej took place on 5 May 1950. That means he’s been king for 58 years ! Wow! His Majesty is the ninth King of the Chakri Dynasty. On 5 May of every year, the Thai people rejoice and express their affection and loyalty to him by organizing a […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand on May 3rd, 2008 2 Comments »
Yes, we are getting alot of rain! But the winds haven’t been as strong as expected even though yesterday as I was leaving Big C the wind was so strong it blew the shopping trollies towards the cars. A farang guy and I managed to stop them… That was surreal ! Check out here […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand on May 1st, 2008 3 Comments »
Yesterday on a trip to Phrao I saw some beautiful rice fields. The green is amazing! Its rained for the last 2 days and now everything is turning green. So beautiful! btw I haven’t been able to write my blog cos the internet is down most of the time ! (Especially when I want to […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand on Apr 26th, 2008 3 Comments »
After dropping my Son7 at ‘Jungschar’ I saw this on the road.. Whats that? Wow.. it’s a truck !!!
A truck transporting garlic.. wow.. No one is seriously hurt. How did the driver do that ? Was he doing a U-Turn??
Ok.. the crazy farang has to stop, roll down the window and take a picture. Just […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai on Apr 23rd, 2008 5 Comments »
….it r a i n e d !!!!
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand on Apr 21st, 2008 3 Comments »
China has imposed further curbs on business and tourist visitors, just days after it stopped issuing multiple-entry visas, Hong Kong travel agents said on Friday.. Yahoo News wrote today. I know 2 people who wanted to visit friends and have been unable to do so. Ironic, isn’t it? Most countries who host the olympic games […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Family on Apr 21st, 2008 1 Comment »
My sons just love buying this when the man comes round with his ice-cream on wheels shop. You can buy the ice cream on a bun or in a little plastic cup. One flavor only, coconut. The whole bun with ice-cream costs 5 Baht (Sfr0.16)
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai on Apr 18th, 2008 6 Comments »
I’m so hot.. and wondering if there is something else I could do to cool down. I don’t have air-con in all room so my house isn’t air-coned. Its hard to stay cool! Here some things I have to remind myself to do !
1. Drink plenty of fluids. Take your water bottle with you everywhere […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai on Apr 17th, 2008 3 Comments »
Ok , check this out! Our kids are back in school. The time-table for this month. 16th -30 school with only the Sundays free. [censored rant]
Here the weather forecast for Chiang Mai. Looks like we have some super hot days ahead of us.
Updated: 7:00 AM ICT on April 16, 2008 here
Thursday
Scattered Clouds. High: 105° F. […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai on Apr 16th, 2008 2 Comments »
The roads have been even more deadly this year, with the death toll at the halfway period of the Songkran festival above last year’s figure.Justice permanent secretary Jarun Pukditanakul said there were 1,018 accidents on Songkran day, Sunday, the third day of the seven-day most dangerous period. This was 5.5 per cent up on last […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Deutsch Sprachige Seite on Apr 14th, 2008 3 Comments »
Heute morgen haben mir gute Freunde diese Lied vorgespielt. Ich muss immer noch lachen… enjoy:-)
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai on Apr 13th, 2008 5 Comments »
Officially today is the first day of songkran. Here two photos of the waterfight in town.
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Family on Apr 12th, 2008 1 Comment »
Yes, thats the Thai Buddhist year. But this post and the next is about Songkran ! Like every year my friend and I take our kids to the moat and join the fun. We are leaving in half an hour. I’ll get you some pictures ! Sawaddii Pii Mai. Happy Thai New Year !!!
For […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai on Apr 9th, 2008 4 Comments »
I get emails asking me questions like the one above. I am honored to be asked these questions but honest.. I don’t know. So now, dear THAILAND, CHIANG MAI READERS I need your help. Please please answer this question for me !!
How difficult is it to run a small business in Thailand if you’re not […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Family on Apr 8th, 2008 2 Comments »
I found a secret place. Its b e a u t i f u l as you can see … And no, I will not tell you where it is. Its a secret. My hubby and I found it and let the kids in on the secret. After all these years in Chiang Mai, I […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Family on Apr 7th, 2008 6 Comments »
Since my children don’t go to school I really don’t get much time for myself. The time I do get, I spend reading or sleeping. Yes, its 8pm now, picture taken at 7.54pm. Its already dark outside so I had to use a flash. Today was hot. No breeze and we ended up going to […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai on Apr 5th, 2008 4 Comments »
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai on Apr 2nd, 2008 6 Comments »
We have a lot of flowers in our ‘new’ garden. I was sweeping what the wind had blown around yesterday and had to make a picture.Pretty isn’t it?
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai on Apr 1st, 2008 1 Comment »
I love noodle soup I’m hungry, can you tell?haha
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Family on Mar 30th, 2008 4 Comments »
Just look at the picture.. He driver reversed out and pushed the Mercedes so far it hit the NEXT car. What was the driver thinking?? Honestly!
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Family on Mar 29th, 2008 2 Comments »
I had to pick up my boys from a camp. They had a GREAT time. My mum would have liked to join me so here is a little clip for you. Not the best clip.. but gives you a little idea of what the road to Payao.. or if I would have gone further, to […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Family on Mar 27th, 2008 5 Comments »
For the first time in, yes, it really must be YEARS since my hubby and I are home alone! All our kids are out of the house at the same time for 2 nights in a row. Our planned outings are still plans because a quiet house is just<sigh> l o v e l y. […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Family on Mar 26th, 2008 3 Comments »
I’ve been off line for so long and now that I have Internet in my house my mind is blank ! Maybe I’ll start with pollution. We often smell smoke but its much better than last year. I hear that Mae Hong Son and Fang are suffocating in smog. Let hope it doesn’t get blown […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Family on Mar 21st, 2008 1 Comment »
Kids are on a school break now.. most boxes are unpacked but we still have no desks, no internet and UBC. We DO have a phone line, finally. Our number is.. haha really think I would tell you??? I waited at home all morning for the guys to come…They arrived 10.00 just late enough for […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Family on Mar 18th, 2008 3 Comments »
Hi! We moved and love our new place.. but we have no phone, no internet and yesterday I managed to drop my cell phone from the top balcony… don’t ask lol. I also dropped a box on my little finger and I can’t remember where I put ANYTHING! But i need my internet and my […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Family on Mar 14th, 2008 6 Comments »
Almost everything is packed and tomorrow is the big day. We have lived in this house for almost 8 years. I think the biggest thing is that I had a new baby here. I remember bringing him home, the joy, the tears, the endless sleepless nights then watching him grow. We’ve had alot of visitors […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Family on Mar 13th, 2008 3 Comments »
This little baby I’m holding was abandoned at birth in Bangkok. He’s about 15 days old and the family he is with is probably with the third caretaker in his short life. If you know anything about how important it is for a baby to experience attachment in the first few days […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai on Mar 12th, 2008 1 Comment »
Flower, a 11 year old girl with swiss parents but who lived in America before coming to Thailand about 7 years ago, was talking to a 28 year old Swiss guy. Flower speaks swissgerman and the 29 year old italian. Together they spoke english up to this point in the conversation..
Flower: ”wieso chasch du […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Family on Mar 11th, 2008 4 Comments »
So the house-owner came over yesterday and we talked some about when we are moving out exactly, what we will be leaving etc. As its done here, we paid three months deposit when we moved in. We will let one month go to this months rent. But we really want the other two months deposit […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai on Mar 10th, 2008 3 Comments »
…last night was soo disappointing. No hotair balloons, and almost no people. We started packing up at 9pm! I did learn why there was no publicity. The whole event was supposed to happen at Ratchapruek but because the Princess died, they didn’t want to do it there so the whole even was postponed and […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai on Mar 8th, 2008 2 Comments »
If you can, do try and visit this festival. Many expats are representing their countries and there is alot of great food to buy! Unfortunately there were very few guests last night so we are hoping for more today!… Here some pics..The swiss stall and in the evening the balloons. Absolutely beautiful!!!
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Family on Mar 7th, 2008 4 Comments »
Packing, sorting, driving, cooking, complaining, packing, sorting, driving, cooking, complaining, packing, sorting, driving, cooking, go to gym, packing, sorting, cooking, complaining haha you get the idea
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai on Mar 5th, 2008 5 Comments »
From 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. there will be a big flea market in the garden of Citylife,
in aid of the Rooftop Charity Party 2009. Musical and magician entertainment for the kids, Easter egg hunt starting 11.30 a.m, Tombola with lots of goodies…There will also be stalls by the Wine Gallery and Ginger Shop among […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand on Mar 5th, 2008 No Comments »
Fair Trials International released this information on the 20th of February 2008…
and more. This is scary and makes me think twice about planning a stop over in Dubai with my family. I’m sure 1000 of people go to Dubai without even knowing about this law or have never had any problems but would I […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Family on Mar 4th, 2008 7 Comments »
We found a house we like in another mubaan (settlement). Its a little big bigger and alot brighter than what we have now. I’m so happy btw.. I took this pic while I was thinking about the junk that needs to get thrown away
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai on Mar 2nd, 2008 2 Comments »
Chiang Mai International Heritage Festival. March 7-9, from 4 pm until 10 pm at Lanna Polytechnical College, next to the Lanna Hospital on the Superhighway. Admission 50 baht / children under 12 and students 25 baht. Classic Cars Display, Marching Bands and International and Lanna booths. Also featuring ‘Viva in the Air Hot Air […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand on Feb 29th, 2008 8 Comments »
My children are delighted! They were born last night so they are between 6-12 hours old. Cute cute !
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand on Feb 28th, 2008 5 Comments »
Apparently thousands welcomed him in Bangkok, after his 17 months self-imposed exile. He was arrested after his arrival and will have to show up in court. Nice to be a billionaire. He won’t be spending the night in prison.. thats where money comes in really handy. Oh , and where was he the last 17 […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Family on Feb 27th, 2008 No Comments »
Yesterday son7 was doing homework.. I was in the kitchen, of-course my little brother moesu would say, thats where women belong. Then I heard him call ” Earth calling mother, earth calling mother. We have a problem ”. Just cracked me up
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Family on Feb 26th, 2008 3 Comments »
On Sunday we visited our friends for a quick visit and on the way over we stopped and bought a crepe for my husband and son7. The dough is very sweet and when finished crispy. As for filling, its more like a sprinkle.. you can choose anything from ham, jam to chocolate! Unfortunately she didn’t […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai on Feb 25th, 2008 2 Comments »
The photos I wrote about yesterday are only one side of Burma. The fighting against ethnic minority groups continues. There are over one million internally displaced people inside Burma, and approximately one million in refugee camps along the Thai/Burma boarder. The Regimes army extends their control over the ethnic minorities by […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand on Feb 24th, 2008 3 Comments »
Blog of Nyein Chan Yar wrote a post with a link to a photo gallery called ”I dream of Burma.” All the beautiful photos capture people and scenery of Burma and are taken by Anna Pagnacco. Wonderful colours ! Great job and thanx for the link!!
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Family on Feb 23rd, 2008 1 Comment »
I made a little rule that the person who feels the sickest was allowed to lie in the blue hammock .. I got it for one whole day before I had to pass it on to my son…The day my fever was so high I just stayed in my room with a pillow over my […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai on Feb 20th, 2008 12 Comments »
Yesterday I went and looked at another house to rent. I could barely make it home. Since then I’ve been in bed with a high fever, aching body, head ache, runny nose and now today my throat hurts….better go and lie down again…. Oh I hate, hate hate being sick. Mums aren’t supposed to get […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand on Feb 17th, 2008 13 Comments »
I couldn’t resist and had to check out how my blog got rated after reading Matts post. He got and excellent. Way to go Matt …. I have a real hate/love relationship with blog ratings. What makes a blog excellent or just great? What is the criteria? Apparently .. Editor reviews are […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Family on Feb 16th, 2008 2 Comments »
Without rain there is no rainbow.. well..in this case we had a rainbow without rain! My son7 was playing with water and we were able to capture it on this photo! Fun!
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Third Culture Kids, Global Nomad, Chiang Mai on Feb 15th, 2008 2 Comments »
Last night my friend and I met some cool guys from San Fransisco…
J:Hi where are you from?
Me:I’m from here, Chiang Mai
J: No, really?
Me:No, my friend is from Chiang Mai, I just live here.
J: So where are you from?
Me: I’m from Switzerland
friend interrupts… no you’re from Papua New Guinea
Me :Yes, I’m from Papua New Guinea.
Changed the […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand on Feb 14th, 2008 No Comments »
Valentine’s Day hi5 Comments - Love Comments*
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai on Feb 12th, 2008 8 Comments »
ANOTHER ban in Thailand. Not only am I not allowed to burn the rubbish in my garden, or drop my garbage along a road and burn it, nor am I allowed to burn the underwood of my forests. Now, I’m also not allowed to light my cigarette in pub or restaurant. Oh and I’m […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Family on Feb 11th, 2008 4 Comments »
My daughter13 is at home, with cough, sore throat. Thank God the vomiting and diarrhea is already better.. here is what I use to make tea.. Hot water, Ricola Kräutertee from Sa-wi-sa-laan ( thats how Switzerland pronounced in thai…) and honey from Phra-tet Thai (Thailand) and limes. Why doesn’t she heal faster with all this […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai on Feb 10th, 2008 4 Comments »
The other night, I almost crashed into an elephant. I kid not. Its not the first time either.. I was driving along, at night, not all street lights were on and there was quite a bit of traffic. Suddenly I see this big elephant in the middle of the road. Not on the left-side of […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai on Feb 8th, 2008 11 Comments »
My kitchen is not something I like talking about. Yes its big in a way but its my most unfavorite part of the house… I wrote along post about it a few years ago.. check here. I ended the post with ”our house looks great,” well its definitely brighter than it was.. great.. well I […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai on Feb 7th, 2008 3 Comments »
At the moment many of the U-turn roads around the moat get blocked because there is a big cleaning project underway in Chiang Mai. The moat is being cleared out, mud, trash and other things removed. For this they use a digger that digs out the mud and dumps it in truck. I was […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai on Feb 6th, 2008 No Comments »
”The Governor of Chiang Mai, Wibun Sa-nguanphong, of a Public Order banning burning of all kinds in open areas, an announcement has been made that all preventative and safety measures have now been implemented.
The head of the Chiang Mai Office of Public Disaster and Prevention, Prachon Prachayasakul, stated that his office has co-ordinated with forestry […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai on Feb 3rd, 2008 4 Comments »
.. Thats what I spend alot of my time doing lately. I look for jobs as a nurse online, I wonder if I should study to prepare me for ‘re-entry’ in Switzerland. I really miss my friends and family. One of the disadvantages of being away so long is, you’re not part of peoples daily […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai on Feb 2nd, 2008 4 Comments »
Last Saturday my daughter13 and I left the house at 6.40am and headed out to the Army Squadron on Mae Rim Road. The first ‘Chiang Mai Friendly Cup’ horse riding this year. My daughter was rider nr12 out of 24. She did the Preliminary 1.1 which means she had to do things like ”Circle right […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand on Feb 1st, 2008 1 Comment »
These photos were taken yesterday on our trip. I find the contrasts so amazing! The burnt fields and then the green from the rice fields. See the blue sky? thanx to all the rain !! Talking about rain,its very very unusual to have rain in January. Its absolutely lovely. Every day I’m thankful for another […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai on Jan 31st, 2008 No Comments »
Yesterday I made a quick trip out of Chiang Mai. My husband and I went to visit a boarding home we support. (I will write more about that another time, today I can’t get my head around to writing.) I’ve been soo bored lately and was soo glad for a change. Even if it was […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai on Jan 29th, 2008 No Comments »
RAIN. Yes, this time of the year! I am overjoyed. Rain clears the air of all the pollution and makes everything fresh. As you can see on the banner, its already getting very dry up here in the north. Rain is what we need Wonderful !
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand on Jan 28th, 2008 6 Comments »
.. I just deactivated my account on Facebook. WOW feels SOOO radical. So liberating. I just can’t keep up with all those sites I’m on and Facebook is the first to go. Sorry to those few who poked me or wanted online pillowfights. Come here, and leave a comment instead !!
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai on Jan 28th, 2008 No Comments »
Serbian Novak Djokovic won 4-6. 6-4. 6-3. 7-6. against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France. What an exciting game ! Wonderful, fast amazing tennis!! Novak was the winner, but Jo-Wilfried was the one who won the hearts of the audiences . His mother must be so proud of him . haha I know […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Inspirational on Jan 27th, 2008 No Comments »
For everything you have missed,
you have gained something else,
and for everything you gain,
you lose something else.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
… sigh…
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand on Jan 25th, 2008 2 Comments »
… So Novak Djokovic is in the finals at Australian Grand Slam. Federer LOST…Djokovic won 7-5 6-3 7-6 . I’m so sorry Federer didn’t win.. and didn’t see it coming but hey, congratulations Djokovic!!!!! Looking foward to Sundays finals! Tsonga- Djokovic… Wanna come and watch with us ?
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai on Jan 25th, 2008 3 Comments »
On Saturday my Daughter13 is joining a big horse riding competition, and my Son11 will be joining a tennis competition and on Monday my Son7 will have his first test in Taekwando. Oh, and I shouldn’t forget my husband has an exam in Thai today. Good luck guys!!!
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Switzerland on Jan 24th, 2008 3 Comments »
Yes, its Australian Opens again. And my whole schedule got messed up yesterday because my neighbour and I just HAD to watch this game! What fun. Federer played Blade. Federer won 7-5. 7-6. 6-4. He won, all is well btw.. Frau Kru who will I watch tennis with when u are […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai on Jan 22nd, 2008 11 Comments »
I just received an email from the CDSC (Christliche Deutsche Schule Chiang Mai)
”Liebe Eltern,anbei finden Sie den vom Vorstand verabschiedeten Schuljahresplan für das kommende Schuljahr 2008-09. Wie Sie unschwer erkennen können, werden wir an der CDSC ab kommendem Schuljahr zur regulären 5 -Tagewoche zurückkehren.”
YES YES YES. Best news in ages. The German School will […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai on Jan 21st, 2008 1 Comment »
Friday night I had the privilege of singing a couple of songs from Messiahs Handel with a string orchestra. No, I didn’t get a solo but still, it was so much fun singing with trained singers and performing with a live orchestra! I really hope I get to do it again ! (I’m sorry, no […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand on Jan 19th, 2008 4 Comments »
… at Koh Phangan s scheduled for Tuesday the 22nd January 2008, as I found out on this blog. Thailand Q&A. One of my dreams is to go there one day. Actually, I’ve heard that there are other full-moon beach parties on the islands which are just as much , if not more fun. Doesn’t […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai on Jan 18th, 2008 No Comments »
Doi Suthep Temple. The temple is beautiful and, its the view from there panoramic. Best time of the year is a end of November before the smog starts or after a rainy night when the sky is clear. Chiang Mai has literally hundreds of temples and this is often the most crowded. Others, like […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand on Jan 16th, 2008 No Comments »
No, I’m not singing here.. I wish I were though!
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai on Jan 15th, 2008 2 Comments »
How to buy a bra in Chiang Mai.. well.. its pretty easy. You can go to the mall and buy for example Triumph, Elle or Sloggi Bras, and just try them on the privacy of a changing room. (If you wear a big size then it will be almost impossible to buy a bra in […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand on Jan 13th, 2008 1 Comment »
Twenty-eight children were injured–four critically–when part of an elevated amusement park watercourse collapsed Saturday at Siam Park in suburban Bangkok. The 10-to 12-year-old riders were being treated at a local hospital.
The “Super Spiral” waterslide accident occurred during Children’s Day when joints holding segments of the popular ride collapsed. Seven young riders fell through the damaged […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai on Jan 12th, 2008 3 Comments »
My daughter took this picture while driving home from riding lessons yesterday evening. It struck me again, how awful those big ads are.Unfortunately this way of advertising is quite popular here in Chiang Mai… But the sunset was pretty non the less…
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Family on Jan 11th, 2008 1 Comment »
Its like my complaint was heard. We had blue sky yesterday. This morning my thermometer shows 16C. During the day the Temp will go up to 33 C. Lovely.
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai on Jan 10th, 2008 3 Comments »
We get quite alot of guests here in Chiang Mai. My parents were here at Christmas time which was very nice. We met a swiss couple who are travelling Asia by bicycle. Now someone from Kyrgyzstan is here.( Actually he’s swiss just lives there.) Kyrgyzstan!?! Huh? Yes.. you know where that is? Well, I didn’t […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Family on Jan 8th, 2008 1 Comment »
Our kids are back at school, the kids say teachers didn’t get better over the Christmas holiday ( children complain too you know !) and one of my children wants to be home schooled. Me and homeschooling?haha. So now I’m back to driving, picking up kids from school, driving to Taek Wan Do, etc etc. […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Flowers on Jan 8th, 2008 1 Comment »
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Family on Jan 5th, 2008 3 Comments »
Another beautiful day ! I came home totally happy.. My husband is wonderful and my children are absolutely wonderful too. I always hoped that we would be able to do outings like this when the kids are older. You know how you have these secret hopes? Now its happening. Everybody in our family climbs, belays […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand on Jan 3rd, 2008 3 Comments »
(actually.. its the Tight Abs that I really really want, but front page Cosmo would be cool too haha. Shallow, I know… )
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai on Jan 3rd, 2008 No Comments »
The Thai Nation is in mourning for Her Royal Highness Princess Galyani Vadhana, who passed away at 2:54am on Wednesday after a battle with cancer. She was 84.
Princess Galyani Vadhana was recognised as a patron of the arts, culture and countless charities, many of which were initiated by Her Royal Highness the Princess Mother.
While the […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand on Jan 1st, 2008 4 Comments »
I got this great idea from swissmiss. To get your blog year in review, take the first sentence from the first post of each month which is what I did ”et voila” the result!
We brought this new year in with some friends, sitting around a camp fire trying to keep warm, drinking ‘Glühwein’ and lots […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand on Jan 1st, 2008 3 Comments »
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai on Dec 31st, 2007 1 Comment »
”beam me up…”
the rest will just have to remain unsaid…
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Family on Dec 30th, 2007 1 Comment »
My day started with grocery shopping,and then I took my parents and 2 of my children to Ratchapruek. I just love going there. It was fun to show my parents were we like taking the kids to skateboard. ( shhh I think it might not be permitted to skateboard there but I don’t want […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai on Dec 28th, 2007 1 Comment »
Thought: Lonely but not alone…
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Tsunami -Thailand on Dec 26th, 2007 2 Comments »
Is it really already three years ago,
a tsunami, triggered by an underground earthquake
killed hundreds and thousands of people?
It seems like yesterday.
Nature made no difference
between rich or poor,
Muslim or Christian,
Asian or Western,
child or adult.
It hit with a force the left the rest of the world spinning.
People watching on TV
were moved with compassion
millions of dollars were […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai on Dec 25th, 2007 1 Comment »
I can’t really write these days, parents are here, kids are off school and well, I’m busy. But I do try and read some of my favorite blogs. And I want to say a BIG thankyou to Mel who went to all the bother of writing these posts! Go over and learn more about how […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Inspirational, Family on Dec 24th, 2007 5 Comments »
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai on Dec 20th, 2007 No Comments »
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai on Dec 17th, 2007 No Comments »
…are in full swing. Apparently more people then expected turned up over the weekend as Bangkok Pundit reports. Because of the elections pubs owners were told to close over the last weekend and the next one. The sale of alcohol was also prohibited. Just thought I’d write that. I’d write an opinion about […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai on Dec 16th, 2007 2 Comments »
Yesterday evening I got to sing my song at the recital from the voice school I attend. Again I lost a little bit of my ’swiss need to know’ . I have to adapt. I was told I could sing at 5.30 pm which turned out to be 7.30 pm. That didn’t really bother me, […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai on Dec 14th, 2007 3 Comments »
Rent a house between 2000-50 000 Baht
Coffee at Wawee 50 Baht
Food at foodstall 20 Baht per meal
Western food from 100 Baht upwards
Cocktail from 80-150 Baht
Petrol 25 Baht/ liter
Maid minimum 4000 Baht per month
Electricity depends on how many aircons you have in your house. Approximatly 1000 Baht/ aircon
Waterbill 500 Baht/ […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai on Dec 13th, 2007 2 Comments »
… Is it too early to start thinking about the Christmas gifts? hmmmm Should I write cards? Don’t think so. After all its not my culture. Thats the cool thing of being a global nomad or an expat. You just take on the culture you which is most convenient OR you make up your own. […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai on Dec 12th, 2007 1 Comment »
A couple of people come to my blog looking for voice teachers in Chiang Mai so I hope this helps.
- Voice Studio Entertainment Tel.053 410123 or 0818818634
Rooms on the third floor at the Chiang Mai Computer Plaza on the Chotana road and super highway.
- Bugarissimo
Voice Tutor Khun Narat
at 19 Nimmenhemin, Soi 11 089635 6355
email […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Family on Dec 11th, 2007 1 Comment »
Yesterday was Constitution Day and it was a public holiday. We packed our three kids and dog in the car and went climbing. What a beautiful day we had ! I’m SOOO glad the children are getting older. They can belay each other now which means I get to climb, rather than supervise and belay […]
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