Wednesday, January 25, 2006 ♥
Tons of pictures from Thailand ♥ 3:31 PM
I still love my room the best. My bed is still the most comfortable because even Emmalyn(and the Aussies) can fall asleep on it in seconds so yeah, you gotta admit the fact.
I know i digress but i still LOVE my bed!
Anyway, I don't really know how to categorise my trip to Thailand. Leisure or helping out in church work? I went with my parents for sight-seeing then they flew back after 5 days and left me behind. The other 16 days, i tagged along with the full time church workers and Auntie Alice. But then, during these 16 days, there are some days when they bring me out for shopping or sight-seeing so what say you? By the way, its not as bad as i thought it would be although its a bit uncomfortable but its still livable. I"M A SURVIVOR!!!
Well, in case you still didn't know which part of Thailand i went, its Chiang Rai not Chiang Mai. The weather there was cool or cold depending on your tolerance level. For me, its great! I arrived there on the 3 of Jan 2006. When we(My parents and i) reached there after 5 hours of transit via Bangkok, it was already night and we have to walk to the airport.
Don't ask me who are the people in the picture, i have no idea. If you noticed, there's the plane in the background.
Auntie Alice, Uncle Yang and his wife, Auntie Eileen came to fetch us at the airport to our homestay. The place is really cozy and its cheap, like S$20 a day?
This is the room where we sleep
Our breakfast
Have you seen a tri coloured corn before?
The homestay owner and her daughter with my parents and I
Her daughter looks like a Chinese and she's very pretty. Her name is Tdom, pronounced as Tom. Somehow, we became friends although she's a few years older than me but i'm fine with that.
Anyway, we went to a lot of places for sight seeing before my parents went off.
We went to:
The Karen Village
Some hill tribe( I forgot the name)
Visit Huai Mo church
The church kids
Take a truck to Mae Nam Kuan
Mae Nam Kuan village where the villagers want to enter into our church
The puppies there so cute!
Princess Mother garden(filled with all kinds of flowers)
I think i got a future in photography, take a look at this
With my dad
With the soldier on duty
Dinner at the church headquarters(Mae Chan)
Li Kai Church
Golden triangle
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Then my parents when back*grin* Let the fun begin!
Reu lessons on Sunday in Li Kai church where the aka villagers live
During the lunch break, witness an engagement ceremony, the Aka style
Rugged way up to Li Kai church
The kids there entertaining themselves with games and they love taking photos!
The stream near church
This is where i stay at the headquarters
And the toilet
Went to Hua Nam Ling to play with python
Let an "Ah Kuai"(gay) cut my hair
Touch a few doggies along the way
Go to the homestay again because Tdom want to bring me out to her university and for lunch
Her cat Milo(also my fav cat)
Go to Uncle Yang's father's home(An unglamourous pic of them cutti
ng sugarcanes for us to chew but they like it)
Aunt Eileen's home(Making Yunnan sausages)
Preaching to a truthseeker along the way
Showing you that idols are made by human hands... Why on earth do people want to worship something made by humans? As well worship the maker of the idol??? I don't mean to insult people who worship these things but can you please tell me why you worship them? I don't get it..
And built a tomb for the dead? For what? I mean like a simple grave will do right? Come on those who think its necessary, convince me.
Going around Uncle Yang's land, walked for like an hour and nearly died along the way but its fun with the mini waterfall:)
Met with a black pig along the way
Crossed a bamboo bridge
Had good food along the way home
Then Saturday came along. The first time in my entire life where Sabbath service is cancelled. I felt so sad when the villagers in three different villages requested it just because they wanted to go for the Children's Day Funfair but i guess you can't blame them since that are like infants in Christ. So in the end we had our own Sabbath service in the church headquarters before we are went to the funfair to see what so special about it that the villagers are so willing to forsake Sabbath.
I managed to take a picture of a police man. He's so cute! He saw me wanting to take a picture of him so he posed for me. Too bad i didn't manage to capture him helping a little boy cross the road. So sweet!
He also helped us get a rot-mae(public bus) because Aunt Eileen says that i should try to live like a local so..
SUnday came again and its Reu lesson at Li Kai church
Went around exploring a little. I present you a Thai cow
by the stream
After Reu lesson, we rushed back to Mae Chan(headquarters) by a truck to catch the bus to Bangkok.Its a 12 hours ride and i pigged all the way to Bangkok. Uncle Yang cooked dinner for us before Aunt Alice and i catch our bus. So nice of him right?
On the bus
I think i will continue tomorrow on Bangkok. That's enough for a day. Enjoy the pictures!
♥ Princess Serene
