Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand on Oct 31st, 2005 No Comments »
11 years ago my daughter was born and had to spend her first 10 days on the ‘neonatology’ in the hospital.This year, we celebrated her birthday by having a disco. She invited her best friends over. After Spaghetti Bolognese, unpacking presents, musical chairs and another games they danced to their favorite music. I joined them […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand on Oct 30th, 2005 6 Comments »
I was at Boots yesterday and asked for Tamiflu. The pharmacist had NO IDEA what I was asking for. It wasn’t the language only. When I tried to explain (in english) it was to treat bird flu I could tell she had stopped listening. Stupidly but not very uncommon, I couldn’t remember the thai name […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Family on Oct 29th, 2005 4 Comments »
What is a child’s greatest needs? Food, clothing safety? Yes! And right up there with those is comfort. That is not a swiss word. In-fact I had a hard time finding the right german word. Trost might be close. Alot of mums confuse encourage and comforts.
com·fort·ed, com·fort·ing, com·forts 1. […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand on Oct 28th, 2005 3 Comments »
Being a kid AND being raised in Thailand as a foreigner is a challenge. Apparently the turnover of international schools is about 30% every year. For alot of kids the most worrying thing about moving is ” will I make friends”. Another difficulty is finding hobbies. A girl I know just moved to Chiang Mai […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand on Oct 27th, 2005 5 Comments »
In yesterdays Bangkok Post I read an article.IN Asia, one child dies every 11 seconds due to hunger related causes. Every 11 seconds!!!! That is the equivalent of 10 tsunamis every year.Asia is still home to more hungry people than the rest of the world combined. This really surprises me, I thought it was Africa! […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai on Oct 26th, 2005 2 Comments »
Out at San Kampang its really beautiful. The weather is perfect this time of year and well… once again, its worth living in Thailand ! Its great that R. from Germany is here, so I have someone to climb with early in the morning. The peace, the clean air and the routes are something […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Flowers on Oct 25th, 2005 No Comments »
Everyday I try to find something beautiful. This is what I found today. My old roses with only the rose buds (above) and then I pulled all the petals off and […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand on Oct 25th, 2005 3 Comments »
- Wake my husband and boys - Sing happy birthday to my daughter- Get breakfast, lunches and snacks ready.- Put kids on school bus- Walk the dog- Computer time. - Drive my husband to the airport - Go to the gym- Go shopping- prepare lunch for Boy9- 13.00 Pick up Boy5- 14.10 drive Boy9 to […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Family on Oct 24th, 2005 No Comments »
Early mornings, getting the kids ready for school can be pretty hectic. Sports outfit, towel, soccer-shoes, birthday party invitations, snacks, lunches, pencil cases etc etc need to be packed. Ofcourse as a good mum I would like all this ready the night before but I usually can’t be bothered and we always get everything ready […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai on Oct 22nd, 2005 1 Comment »
Hurray!!!! Mission accomplished. I was able to buy 2 thats TWO crutches. Not pink but brown. I had to go to 3 further pharmacies all over town. I honestly didn’t know there were so many pharmacies in Chiang Mai ! I was finally able to buy them at Pharma Choice Dara Tel 053 306639 Now […]
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