Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand on Feb 14th, 2006 6 Comments »
I was at Airport Plaza with the kids yesterday and we walked threw rows and rows of red valentine day gifts, cards, flowers, heart shaped things. Amazing how many things there are to give to that special person…. I can’t remember Valentines Day being anything special. As a kid we’d make cards for our […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai on Feb 13th, 2006 No Comments »
More than 90% of Thai people are Buddist.Makha Bucha is celebrated on the night of the full moon which is today.
1. There were 1,250 Sangha followers, that came to see the Buddha that evening without any schedule. 2. All of them were "Arhantas’, the Enlightened One, […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai on Feb 11th, 2006 3 Comments »
When arriving in Thailand from most western countries immigration will give you a tourist visa. This is valid for 4 weeks. If you are planning to stay longer you have different options of renewing it. One, you go to immigration and ask for an extension which costs about 1500 Baht , two you […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand on Feb 9th, 2006 4 Comments »
Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, but also where you’re going. Life is not a race, but a journey to be savored each step of the way. –Nancye Sims
Because I slowed down I saw these flowers in my garden, weeds […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand on Feb 8th, 2006 9 Comments »
My daughter is on a class trip since monday morning and will be back on Saturday. I miss her sooo much ! Its so hard letting your kids go, you spend a short couple of months bonding and then the rest of your life letting go! She’s a more introvert child and can imagine that […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand on Feb 6th, 2006 10 Comments »
I was at an expat friends place the other day, and she asked me how to say .. it doesn’t matter in thai. You say mai pen rai. Farangs have written books about this and it does take some time to really understand what it mean. It’s what you say when your maid accidently waters […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand on Feb 4th, 2006 3 Comments »
Don’t worry this isn’t going to turn into a poetry blog.. but sometimes there really isn’t anything interesting to write about!
I just spent 40 min in the car trying to get to Thapae gate. I’ve lived here too long, so walking somewhere is really not something that comes to mind immediately. ALL the roads […]
Posted in Poems on Feb 3rd, 2006 2 Comments »
I caught your eye across the room and had to look again. But you had turned away. I tried to pay attention to the conversation of my friends but my mind kept going back to your face.When our eyes met again I found myself unable to look away.You stood up and came […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand on Feb 2nd, 2006 9 Comments »
A friend of mine gave me a book called ‘Der kleine Prinz’ written by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. The copy I got was published in 1950. Its an old book and most of the pages are a little yellow. Beautiful.What a lovely story! Its a children’s book writen for adults. A little prince arrives on planet […]
Posted in Chiang Mai on Feb 1st, 2006 3 Comments »
Yesterday I had this urge to be alone and see something new. So I got on my bike and set off to see where the road would take me. I ended up at Wieng Kum Kan. An ancient city that was built in the 14th Century by King Mengrain. It was also the same King […]
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