Posted in Chiang Mai on Mar 30th, 2006 1 Comment »
Yes ! It rained for hours. Not heavily but enough that the everything got wet. The soil in our garden is still wet. And the air.. I keep taking deep breaths… its soo fresh ! And because everything is wet, noone will be able to burn anything for the next couple of hours. Yippee.
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Posted in Chiang Mai on Mar 29th, 2006 3 Comments »
In the distance we’ve been watching the storm clouds gathering. The temperatures dropped. And now, 17.53 its raining a little ! YIPPEE. From the balcony we can see the lightening and hear the thunder. I’m so excited and already feel refreshed. I wish it would pour and rain all night ! We need clean air […]
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.. Hillary Clinton. Thats what a Thai lady at the gym told me the other day. Honestly !!! Khun N. and I usually chat a bit and laugh alot. She didn’t really understand why I don’t like being compared to a 59 year old American woman. No, I told her, I’m not American. […]
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I was in Kindergarten with my youngest yesterday. He dressed up as a knight. So cute upps.. sorry cool. Almost all the girls were dressed up as princesses and the boys came heavy loaded with swords! On Tuesday the parents were invited to go and help prepare decorations for the occassion and we painted a […]
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I got a very sad email from my parents yesterday late afternoon. A Missionary Aviation Fellowship plane crashed over Tari airstrip in Papua New Guinea killing the pilot instantly, and the three passengers were badly injured. The cause of the accident is unclear. The pilot leaves behind a wife and four children under the age […]
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…in Krungthep Maha Nakorn ( or Bangkok) was smashed to pieces a few days ago. The Phra Phrom or The Brahma God is revered by all Thai Buddhists and for many people has been a central place of worship. The desecration of this Statue is similar to what the Taliban did in destroying the ancient […]
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10 years ago I was pregnant with my son. I did the usual pregnancy tests. One test was to see if I had Rubella. My blood results came back and it showed that I had Rubella. My doctor explained that with these results the chances that my baby would be ether deaf or blind or […]
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Laos or Lao Peoples Democratic Republic is one of the most isolated countries in South East Asia. Its north-east of Thailand. Laos is a communist state and has been independent from French Colony since 19. July 1949. Apparently its a beautiful country and still very ‘unspoilt’. Flight time from Chiang Mai to Vientiane is […]
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I just love living in an international community. On Friday night we went to ‘The Pub’ with our Irish friends. Everyone who wanted to, took their instrument along and together we made music. It was fun and we are going to make this a regular thing ! On Saturday night I went out with […]
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I usually read the Bangkok Post but I find it so hard to understand whats going on in the Thai government. Something I’d put under weird news is, that the oppostion party recommended people to drive with their lights on. So last night, Mr. Ph asked if we were allowed to put our lights on […]
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