Posted in Tsunami -Thailand on Mar 16th, 2006 2 Comments »
People along the Andaman Sea have been warned of a possible tsunami. Over the last 3 days 31 quakes have been detected on the seabed off Ranong province. Thailand. …scary… Doesn’t really make you want to go there with kids does it? But the warning system should be ok now.. AND everyone knows what […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand on Mar 16th, 2006 5 Comments »
I’m getting the travel fever again. I want to leave Chiang Mai and go somewhere ! Where? Anywhere !! Well, how about Bangkok for a start ? I’ve only been there two times … There is a chance of me going to Bangkok with Mr.D who is visiting us from Switzerland. That would be in […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand on Mar 15th, 2006 No Comments »
I was talking with a friend of mine who is suffering from allergies. She went to see her doctor like 3 times in 2 weeks.The doctor said that he has never had so many people come in because of allergies as this year. I know so many kids who are suffering from the bad […]
Posted in Thailand Culture on Mar 15th, 2006 7 Comments »
When you want to signal for someone to come to you you hold our palm downward and move your fingers up and down. To do it any other way would be rude. Farang are used to shouting across a big distance. You will never see a Thai person doing that. Its better to […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand on Mar 13th, 2006 5 Comments »
I’ve been making alot of music lately. I’ve actually written one song and the second one is in making.. just need to spend more time on it. But to be creative I need a certain sense of peace. I definitely need to be alone which isn’t always easy when you live in a house with […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand on Mar 11th, 2006 No Comments »
If I were in Singapore I know where I’d be going tonight !! To the Hollandse Club ! Some really cool friends of ours, Tensnflo, are totally into Capoeira. Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian martial art developed in the 1500s by African slaves. It is marked by deft, tricky movements often played on the […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai on Mar 10th, 2006 4 Comments »
Yesterday I was driving out of a mubahn (settlement) and a motorbike ALMOST hit me. I was at an intersection and couldn’t see if any traffic was coming. I stopped the car and drove out really slowly. Then suddenly, as fast as ” Dash from the Fabulous Four movie”, there was a motorbike 1 mm […]
Posted in Chiang Mai on Mar 8th, 2006 9 Comments »
The temperature is up to 37°C. And its only the beginning of hotseason! This morning, after I’d dropped off the kids at school, I took this photo of the rice field. The school is surrounded by rice fields, quiet and very idealic. The fields never look prettier than when they are this beautiful green, fresh […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand on Mar 7th, 2006 6 Comments »
There are times when I do miss my brothers. All of my three younger and taller ( some are bigger than me to but I won’t say who..lol), live in Switzerland. I miss being able to visit them on weekends , I miss being able to let my kids go […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand on Mar 6th, 2006 6 Comments »
Isn’t it interesting how people all have different comfort zones? Swiss people are touchy but only to a certain extent. Couples hold hands, hug and kiss in public. Its quite ok to get a hug from from someone the opposite sex … Its quite something else if you hold your same sex friends hand. […]
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