My Thailand Diary

 
You are the best ! May the next 40 years
be wonderful,
full of love,
fun

and rock and roll

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Stay home and look after daughter who is ill..
Clean the house
Do the laundry
Get a maid.

Go and buy birthday gift for darling husband
Go grocery shopping
Go to the gym 
Have coffee with a friend
Get a badly need haircut 
Save the world
Feed the hungry
Visit the sick
Check flights for our  trip to Switzerland
Help out with thankyou letters to supporters

You get […]

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In our garden we have a frangipani tree… this morning I took a picture of a flower and sent it to my mum for mothers day. Isn’t it pretty?

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I answered all these questions correctly ! Honest! Look at the result? The test obviously isn’t made for Thailand style driving haha

You Failed Your Driver’s Test

You only got 0/10 correct.
If you have a driver’s license, it needs to be revoked!

Are You a Good Driver?Do the test and let me know !

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I got this email this morning… from Free Burma Rangers An Organisation which is dedicated to helping the IDP (internally displaced people in Burma) I’m saddened by this news because I thought maybe the army would be too busy cleaning up after the cyclone and will give the IDPs a break. But no, the fighting […]

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Heute Morgen hat mich eine Freundin auf diese Gruppe von coolen, engagierten Menschen aufmerksam gemacht. Ist eine super idea eine Fahrradtour für Menschenrechte zu machen! oder?? Ja, ich weiss, ich mag solche Leute die den mut haben zu handeln und sich nicht nur im ihrer eigenen kleine Welt wälzen :-)Darf ich vorstellen : Burmariders

(This […]

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My child ( trying not to use names here)
”Mummy, here’s the question. Which book has been read most often. Harry Potter, The Bible or the telephone book.”
silence
”Mummy I’ve never even SEEN a phone book”
Mummy (me) tries to explain that in the olden days.. hmmm start again in other countries it is/ it was common to […]

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Yesterday relief organisations were still waiting to get visas to go to Burma. I wrote that Burma asked for internation help, today I wonder if I read that correctly…. The latest numbers are 22000 dead. If those are the official numbers you can be sure that the real death toll must be much higher. […]

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Storm over Burma caused havoc. At least 10 000 people killed. Burma is actually asking for international aid! ( hear hear) Will the people in the villages really any of the help or will all the money go to the Army generals to replant their gardens?
In the south of Thailand people are being killed daily […]

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The coronation of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej took place on 5 May 1950. That means he’s been king for 58 years ! Wow! His Majesty is the ninth King of the Chakri Dynasty. On 5 May of every year, the Thai people rejoice and express their affection and loyalty to him by organizing a […]

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