Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Third Culture Kids, Global Nomad, Chiang Mai on Feb 15th, 2008 2 Comments »
Last night my friend and I met some cool guys from San Fransisco…
J:Hi where are you from?
Me:I’m from here, Chiang Mai
J: No, really?
Me:No, my friend is from Chiang Mai, I just live here.
J: So where are you from?
Me: I’m from Switzerland
friend interrupts… no you’re from Papua New Guinea
Me :Yes, I’m from Papua New Guinea.
Changed the […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand on Feb 14th, 2008 No Comments »
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Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai on Feb 12th, 2008 8 Comments »
ANOTHER ban in Thailand. Not only am I not allowed to burn the rubbish in my garden, or drop my garbage along a road and burn it, nor am I allowed to burn the underwood of my forests. Now, I’m also not allowed to light my cigarette in pub or restaurant. Oh and I’m […]
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 Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai on Feb 10th, 2008 4 Comments »
The other night, I almost crashed into an elephant. I kid not. Its not the first time either.. I was driving along, at night, not all street lights were on and there was quite a bit of traffic. Suddenly I see this big elephant in the middle of the road. Not on the left-side of […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai on Feb 8th, 2008 11 Comments »
My kitchen is not something I like talking about. Yes its big in a way but its my most unfavorite part of the house… I wrote along post about it a few years ago.. check here. I ended the post with ”our house looks great,” well its definitely brighter than it was.. great.. well I […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai on Feb 7th, 2008 3 Comments »
At the moment many of the U-turn roads around the moat get blocked because there is a big cleaning project underway in Chiang Mai. The moat is being cleared out, mud, trash and other things removed. For this they use a digger that digs out the mud and dumps it in truck. I was […]
Posted in Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai on Feb 6th, 2008 No Comments »
”The Governor of Chiang Mai, Wibun Sa-nguanphong, of a Public Order banning burning of all kinds in open areas, an announcement has been made that all preventative and safety measures have now been implemented.
The head of the Chiang Mai Office of Public Disaster and Prevention, Prachon Prachayasakul, stated that his office has co-ordinated with forestry […]
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 Everyday Life in Thailand, Chiang Mai on Feb 3rd, 2008 4 Comments »
.. Thats what I spend alot of my time doing lately. I look for jobs as a nurse online, I wonder if I should study to prepare me for ‘re-entry’ in Switzerland. I really miss my friends and family. One of the disadvantages of being away so long is, you’re not part of peoples daily […]
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