Posted in Third Culture Kids, Global Nomad, Family on May 8th, 2008 2 Comments »
My child ( trying not to use names here)
”Mummy, here’s the question. Which book has been read most often. Harry Potter, The Bible or the telephone book.”
silence
”Mummy I’ve never even SEEN a phone book”
Mummy (me) tries to explain that in the olden days.. hmmm start again in other countries it is/ it was common to […]
Posted in Chiang Mai, Family on May 5th, 2008 No Comments »
This morning the kids and I got our bikes and rode over to the tennis courts and played for about 50 mins. The storm has past and we were very fortunate here in Chiang Mai. Besides strong winds and rain we weren’t effected! The sun is out in all its fury and we thought it […]
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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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 Family on Feb 5th, 2008 3 Comments »
Yesterday my two oldest children left on a class trip.They will be back Friday/Saturday. Yes, its hard to see them go, especially my daughter. 7th grade boys are really weird. Just watching them get on the bus, the shoving, the bad language, the showing off. I just feel sorry for her to have to […]
Posted in Family on Jan 17th, 2008 4 Comments »
My niece in Switzerland is seriously ill and will have major surgery today, swiss time starting at 9am. I pray that it will go better than planned!
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, 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, 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, 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, Inspirational, Family on Dec 24th, 2007 5 Comments »
Posted in Chiang Mai, Family on Dec 22nd, 2007 1 Comment »
…begin today for the children at CDSC. Last night we enjoyed a beautiful evening performed by all the children of the school. Unfortunately I don’t any photos to post today… My parents are here and it is lovely to have and especially last night for the Christmas performance! Nice to ’show off’ with my kids. […]
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 […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Family on Dec 8th, 2007 3 Comments »
Today the U13 ( and U11 I think) from various International Schools will be playing! Lets hope the CDSC (Christian German School) wins! I might go and watch my daughter play. The only problem is I have to drive 45 min and I don’t feel like!hmmm Also I have voice lesson at 2 […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Family on Dec 6th, 2007 5 Comments »
Dear Mum
I’m so excited you and Dad are visiting us at christmas. Could you please bring us the following?
Paracetmol Pills that disolve under the tongue
Raviolli Tins ( as many as you can carry)
Baileys the largest bottle you can buy
a BIG tin of your home made Christmas cookies
Christmas chocolate balls from Frigor
Chocolate christmas tree […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Family on Dec 2nd, 2007 3 Comments »
Wikipedia says…Advent (from the Latin word advenio, meaning “to come”, “the coming of Christ our saviour”) is a holy season of the Christian church, the period of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the Nativity of Christ, also known outside the Church as the season of Christmas.
I’ve got an ”Adventskranz”, trying to […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Family on Dec 1st, 2007 3 Comments »
But I can’t write. Not today. I’ve got kids at home, one is sick and I’m just extremely exhausted. My Son11 is sick. His bronchitis is bad and the xray shows it a beginning of pneumonia… I believe the nebuliser really helps so I take those 3 x a day trips to the hospital. I wish […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Family on Nov 26th, 2007 5 Comments »
I just saw a house I want. I must must have. 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, garden, office, kitchen, living room, eating area…. BUT its for sale and not for rent. Could someone please buy the house and let us rent it? Or donate, buy or even give us a loan for about 2,5 million Baht […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Family, Switzerland on Nov 26th, 2007 No Comments »
My Son7 said ”mummy the last time we celebrated Loi Kratong was in Switzerland, remember, remember?”. Yes, in the year 2006 we celebrated the 1st of August in Switzerland, which is the national day and we bought fireworks and had a party… ( it wasn’t the last time but thats not important) Took a while […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Family on Nov 7th, 2007 2 Comments »
Yesterday my son11 somehow landed on his head on the concrete basketball field at school. He can’t remember how he fell but he had blurred vision, incredible pain on the back of his head and arm. After a teacher called me and I’d driven 30 min to school, I took him to one of the […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Family on Nov 3rd, 2007 1 Comment »
Weekend! And its a busy one for me, Voice Lessons this morning and this evening I”m taking my daughter and 3 of her friends to a resort as part of 13th birthday. Its raining and I really hope the weather brightens up a bit so they can go swimming in the dark. Should be fun. […]
Posted in Deutsch Sprachige Seite, Chiang Mai, Family on Oct 26th, 2007 4 Comments »
Dear Family and Friends. May I please remind you NOT to use my husbands , children my surname on this blog. Or when you make a link to my blog…I know some of you find that hard to understand but I just that I need some privacy When the children are […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Family on Oct 25th, 2007 4 Comments »
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Family on Oct 22nd, 2007 2 Comments »
There is a lovely park in town.. called the Buak Hard Public Park. A great place for kids to use their in-line skates or skateboards. We usually go towards lunch and buy some ’somtam’, sticky rice and chicken and eat it there. Yummy. In the evenings you’ll find alot more people here. Joggers, walkers, families […]
Posted in Chiang Mai, Family, Flowers on Oct 19th, 2007 2 Comments »
Another flower from our garden here in Chiang Mai… Our kids are on a school break and we are all have colds! Thai people think its because the weather is getting cooler. Hot at lunch and cool in the evenings and then people get sick… whatever the reason its a pity we can’t do all […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Family on Sep 3rd, 2007 1 Comment »
Monday morning, kids start school late and that leaves me three and a half hours to go grocery shopping, go to the gym and practice singing.. uuff. Well, I did the shopping, had a quick coffee with a friend and then came home and did some voice training, or singing. Opera is beautiful to […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Family on Aug 8th, 2007 1 Comment »
Took the boys to play tennis then we went swimming this morning. There is no better way to start the day then doing sports! And its so fun now that my kids are getting older and can hit the ball more often than I do haha.
And now, my thoughts are back at the beach…. Au […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Family on Jul 20th, 2007 10 Comments »
(Note from me.. 8th May 2008)… I wrote this post in July 2007. I am not promoting this camp. I’m writing about an experience we had as a family. Please go and read all the excellent comments people have writen in response to this post. Why don’t you go and visit the Elephant Nature […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Family on Jul 19th, 2007 No Comments »
.. thats where we went today. Will post pictures tomorrow. Have to start cooking got a family coming over for dinner.
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Family on Jul 6th, 2007 No Comments »
Holidays.
I sleep late,
keep children happy, play,
drive them to friends,to shop or to the pool,
I cook, clean, entertain,
I steal an hour to read or go to the gym.
Everythings slows down.
Even my internet is slow
It takes a g e s for my blog to load.
And today its raining.
Holidays.
Time to […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Family on Jul 5th, 2007 1 Comment »
7pm, my kids and were ready for an insect invasion but nothing happened. 8 pm and we could hear some voices. So some of us went out and watched. Three men, not dressed in protective clothing lit a fire on a stick then, lit the hive which was about as big as a football. […]
Posted in Chiang Mai, Family on Jun 30th, 2007 No Comments »
Kids are out of school, cranky and bored. B O R E D. After taking away the whole the whole structure that school brings, children need some time to adjust. So, I have to just rough it out till we are settled into holiday mode. Unfortunately because of the broken arm my son has, we […]
Posted in Family on Jun 28th, 2007 1 Comment »
Today we had our end of year celebration at school. ‘Schulabschlussfeier an der CDSC‘. Most teachers will be staying for the next school year which makes days like this alot less stressful, because there aren’t alot of farewells !! Today I’m a very proud mum. ALL of my children got an award for very good […]
Posted in Chiang Mai, Family on Jun 25th, 2007 9 Comments »
Yesterday I was at friend place with lots of other people, when one a boy came to me and said.. ‘’son10” is really hurt.. come and have a look. I found him already near the car holding his wrist, crying. He had somehow landed wrong on the trampoline and had incredible pain. I took […]
Posted in Chiang Mai, Family on Jun 20th, 2007 3 Comments »
I asked my Son6 why he always wakes up so early. He answered, the sounds of morning wake me up. Later that week, at dusk, he said, listen, THAT is the sound of morning. It was a bird! Now, after the kids get on the school bus, and while I walk the dog I often […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Family, Flowers on Jun 11th, 2007 12 Comments »
On Saturday we didn’t only go to the wedding. On our way back we decided to go to Doi Angkhan. After about one hour drive through very steep and very windy road we arrived there. The temperature change was amazing. We felt like we were in Switzerland ! The air was so cool and the […]
Posted in Family on Jun 4th, 2007 3 Comments »
BBC Parenting your kids write..”Sometimes you’ll wonder where you stand with your 10 to 13-year-old. Moods will change so quickly you’ll be left in a spin. The pre-teen years are an emotional roller coaster, so try to be patient as your child works out her feelings.”So true. And now I have two of them.. this […]
Posted in Family on May 29th, 2007 2 Comments »
My dad is in Tansania,
my mum in Italy,
my three brothers are in Switzerland
and I’m here.. in Chiang Mai….
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Family on May 26th, 2007 No Comments »
Today was the first time my daughter12 joined a riding tournament. She did dressage, walk and trot. Congratulations you did GREAT. It takes alot of courage to join. I thought you looked so pretty, even from the back
Posted in Chiang Mai, Family on May 20th, 2007 No Comments »
My brother is here and we spend alot of time together which is really really nice. My computer is up and running smoothly. Talking about smooth, Thai people have really smooth skin, have you noticed? I don’t know what to write, can u tell? Full days. Being tired and exhausted doesn’t help… It rains every […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Family on May 15th, 2007 7 Comments »
If you want to read about amazing Thailand, the exciting life of an expat woman. Don’t read this post. Come back tomorrow. I want to stay in bed all day…
[…] major complaining about my family in Switzerland, can’t write it cos they will read it and you know….[…]
[…] complaining that school isn’t out for all […]
Posted in Family on May 13th, 2007 3 Comments »
For my Mum
Thank you for never giving up on me
Not only when I was small and obnoxious
Nor as a teenager and difficult
but even now,
when I have with children of my own
(and am still obnoxious and difficult)
You keep loving and caring for me.
Thankyou.
Happy Mothers Day !!
Posted in Family on May 3rd, 2007 2 Comments »
I love this survey. Just read this !!!
The typical mother puts in a 92-hour work week, the company concluded, and works at least 10 jobs. In order of hours spent on them per week, these are: housekeeper, day-care center teacher, cook, computer operator, laundry machine operator, janitor, facilities manager, van driver, chief executive officer […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Family on Apr 24th, 2007 No Comments »
Today NIS, CDSC and GIS (3 diffrent international schools in Chiang Mai) U11 had their first futsol games. The temperatures are sooo high…38 C in the shade. The poor kids almost died out there. No, thats not fair they played really well and didn’t complain about the heat. Honestly, they were all heros if you […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Family on Apr 23rd, 2007 1 Comment »
… just in case you were wondering things are looking alot brighter today. Had a great weekend, got to hang out with some friends, listened to some very bad music but somehow didn’t get me down. The friends were more important than the music The weather is hot hot hot… aircons are running all […]
Posted in Inspirational, Family on Apr 21st, 2007 2 Comments »
If a child
is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder,
he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it,
rediscovering with him
the joy, excitement and mystery
of the world we live in.
-Rachel Carson
True..
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Family on Apr 20th, 2007 3 Comments »
Our 2 older children were away at an ”Ritterlager” this week. (A camp) . They left Sunday morning and got back at lunch time today. My husband worked and was away for 2 days…On Tuesday I brought my car to the garage and haven’t had it all week. I spent all most all week alone […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Family on Apr 17th, 2007 4 Comments »
Ok, I’m a woman between 30 35-40. I have gone through 3 pregnancies, and now have three children and as most women my age know, keeping slim doesn’t come easy. Ok, I have some friends who just have the figure of a model and don’t have to workout or keep a diet. (secretly I hate […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Family on Apr 7th, 2007 3 Comments »
… yes we are back after spending 6 nights in Cha Am and 2 nights in Bangkok. We travelled by train Chiang Mai - Bangkok, Bangkok - Cha Am. That was a very crazy thing to do. The night train is ok.. its not really peacful and they don’t turn the lights, and its a […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Family on Mar 27th, 2007 6 Comments »
So long readers. This girl gets to travel YIPPPPPEEEEEEE. Leave the smog behind for sand between my toes and the sound of the ocean…. <sigh> FINALLY.
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Family on Mar 24th, 2007 5 Comments »
Dear Dr xxx , A few weeks ago I came to seek your medical advice. I was very disappointed. My ten year old son hadn’t been able to sleep for almost three nights in row, and when I asked you if it could be caused by the antibiotic, you just laughed and said” no no […]
Posted in Chiang Mai, Family on Mar 22nd, 2007 1 Comment »
Spending everyday, day in day out with a six year old is hard work. He talks non stop. I think it might have something to do with the fact that he can’t use his hands, so he uses his brain and his mouth, non stop. Talk, talk, talk, talk. He makes up endless stories […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Family on Mar 20th, 2007 8 Comments »
These cute little kittens have been coming to us for a couple of weeks now. When they first came they were totally malnourished, their fur looked awful and they were very shy. My kids started feeding them and they look so much healthier. I can’t get too close to them yet, and they don’t let […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Family on Mar 19th, 2007 7 Comments »
I was at Central Airport Plaza this morning, getting some gifts for friends and family. I had my Son6 with me, who is still home because of his broken fingers. So, I had to be really fast because he gets quite bored…. Anyway, as I was running through […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Family on Mar 14th, 2007 1 Comment »
Holidays are coming up! YIPPEEE. We WILL be leaving Chiang Mai for a break. And here is one of the places I’d like to take the kids. My youngest has never seen snow and this place has snow ! That will give him (us) something to look forward to. By then his fingers should be […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Family on Mar 13th, 2007 7 Comments »
Yesterday my Son6 broke 5 fingers at school. He was sort of sliding under the table, holding on to the edge, and the table tipped and fell right on his figures. Luckily I was at the school and immediately took him to a clinic. The doctor wasn’t in so I went to Ram2 hospital. We […]
Posted in Family on Mar 3rd, 2007 8 Comments »
Does anyone have any books, good websites etc they can recommend about raising teenagers ? PLEASE!! For various reasons I won’t write more haha…its cute to write about a six year olds, but when they got older you’d better be real careful
Posted in Family on Feb 27th, 2007 3 Comments »
The other night while putting my Son6 to bed he said :”Mummy, I just HATE going to bed”. Me: ”What do you hate most about going to bed” Son6 :” I have to stop talking. ”
Posted in Chiang Mai, Inspirational, Family on Feb 23rd, 2007 1 Comment »
Music
washes away from the soul
the dust of everyday life.
~Berthold Auerbach
This quote is soo true. After a session of ”jamming” last night, I felt fresher, freer and really happy ! Just to bad I can’t do it more often.. but such is life as a mum….
Posted in Family on Feb 22nd, 2007 No Comments »
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Its Thursday and this is a looooong week. I’ve got a sick boy at home. There is this flu going around that really causes aching body.. so my second child got it. Does this mean I will be home all next week with my youngest sick? Hope not. When a child […]
Posted in Chiang Mai, Family on Feb 20th, 2007 5 Comments »
Yes there is a Pizza Hut here ! And you can even get delivery just call 1150. The employees all speak thai, some speak english and some seem to speak neither….haha… When you first sign up, it takes for ever to describe where you live..but once its in their computer.. no problem.
My kids love the […]
Posted in Family on Feb 18th, 2007 2 Comments »
Two weeks ago, at the CDSC (Christliche Deutsche Schule Chiang Mai), the primarschool kids (Grundschule) had a special week.. Aktivitätswoche and the high-school kids ( Oberschule) all went on trips. Grade 5/6 went to a Karen School and helped paint it and had a cross-cultural experience. Unfortunatly they didn’t get much cultural input and my […]
Posted in Family on Feb 17th, 2007 3 Comments »
… came and went this year. I spent the evening chatting with a friend on msn and trying to fix the errors on my blog. (Yes, my lovely guy wasn’t at home that day…)
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Family on Jan 18th, 2007 1 Comment »
….I’m doing quite well. I won’t change the last post but its definately not THAT bad :-)
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Family on Jan 18th, 2007 3 Comments »
Last 24 hours…- Son10 at home with flu. Cancelled all appointments so I could stay at home and keep him company.- We got Visa till October, yippee!!!- Picked up Son6 at school. He ran ahead and tripped on something and screamed. I went over to him, his face covered in blood and he was screaming. […]
Posted in Inspirational, Family on Jan 14th, 2007 1 Comment »
Once upon a time a man asked someone to carry a stone from one village to the other. He willingly agreed to do this as the stone wasn’t too heavy and the job not to difficult. As he was walking alone, he met a woman who asked him to take his stone as well, seeing […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Family on Jan 11th, 2007 1 Comment »
There are some beautiful resorts around Chiang Mai. Here are three that we like and can afford If you live in Chiang Mai and want to get away for a weekend with your family these are great. If you are travelling through, they are probably less idea. All are at least 20 min […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Family on Jan 7th, 2007 6 Comments »
… my friend is doing better for the moment. Thanx for the support Em, Korbua and Oakley. The last 3 day we went to a resort with her and some friends . All my three children got food poisoning on the same day. Poor little things it was awful…. They felt better after 24 hours […]
Posted in Family on Jan 3rd, 2007 3 Comments »
… thats what I have. She is staying here at our house and is trying to heal after a traumatic experience. I won’t be writing for a while and would be glad for all your prayers. Thanx !
Posted in Family on Dec 25th, 2006 5 Comments »
Yes, today I really miss my family. I hate that I feel like this, but I do. I want to go to my brothers place this afternoon and celebrate with the rest of the family. Who is going to pick a fight if I’m not there?sniff, sniff, sniff.. will be glad when christmas is over…..
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Family on Dec 20th, 2006 1 Comment »
Waiting for christmas is soo difficult when you are 6 years old. My son is counting the days. He is sooo excited. He loves gifts and loves packing them and giving them… Tonight is the christmas celebration at school. My Son10 has the main part in a play called ”Vater Martin” , my daughter is […]
Posted in Family on Dec 19th, 2006 1 Comment »
I love new born babies. So valnerable and so cute an loveable. And to think that my kids were this small only a couple of years ago… I had no idea what I was in for haha… Congratulations to the parents of these cute babies!! I hope you recognize your own children […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Family on Dec 18th, 2006 2 Comments »
So yesterday was Sunday and the kids and I decided to go shopping. Weekends get long when my husband is working so we always try to do at least one fun thing. Ofcourse we had to go to B2S. Oh I enjoyed that shop so much. The variety of books and stationary is just amazin […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Family on Dec 15th, 2006 2 Comments »
This morning my daughter12 and I went to the market. I love going to this market. I know, its almost the only one I write about on this blog, but it really is my favorite. I love the colors, the amount of things for sale, the price. The people are friendly and all smile and […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai, Family on Dec 14th, 2006 3 Comments »
So.. this is what happened. My husband got to immigration at 8.30am and the lawyer who is helping us was already waiting in line for ”the book”. On arrival to the office you have to sign your name in the book. We were in ninth place, 9 families or people before us. I picked up […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Family on Dec 11th, 2006 1 Comment »
Be warned all my good friends who are mothers,sisters, aunties, grandmothers or whoever…. Its a very very dangerous cult and a real threat to the well being of every family. Hahaha(English translationg.. Active again at christmas time.. the backing madness cult.)Danke Bluetime..ist echt lustig keine angst in die Sekte werde ich gehen lol
Posted in Inspirational, Family on Dec 7th, 2006 4 Comments »
You Are DancerCarefree and fun, you always find reasons to do a happy dance.Why You’re Naughty: That dark stint you had as Santa’s private dancer.Why You’re Nice: You’re friendly. Very friendly.
Which of Santa’s Reindeer Are You?
I got this from Mausi :-) No, there are no Reindeer in Thailand. And so far I could almost miss […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Family on Dec 3rd, 2006 4 Comments »
My three children are off school for 5 days. I’m not really complaining but my husband is sick with a bad bad cold and so is my Son6. ( Ok, I AM complaining) The other two don’t really want to do anything eather. I’d love to go swimming, eat out, visit the lovely Arts […]