thailand's Mother's day.

Today is the day where the children celebrate our mother's love, sacrifice and her character.

They cook for us, discipline us for our good and do everything they can to see you grow up into a God fearing woman/man or maybe for the unbelievers, good law-abiding people.

We had a celebration in Baan nana (orphanage) and some mothers came all the way from their villages for the celebration while the kids played games and heard what the mothers had to say to them. It was a moment when your feeling and love for your mom pours out. Both daughter/son and mothers shed tears. Tell your mom you love her! ;))

backyard up-do!

I must say, our back yard is really overgrown. The grass ( no, maybe it's not grass anymore!) is about knee level and the weeds in one area is taller than me. So one day, dad and I decided to clear the mess. I even thought snakes might just be lying low under those thorny bushes.

While cutting, raking and trimming Aaragon accompanied us by eating the grass or chasing after imaginary birds and cats.

"Yup! I'm tired already". said Aaragon.

MART130

A very quaint little cafe which we liked. It was an old tram stop in Melbourne that got converted.

MART 130 is TRAM spelled backwards. Went there for breakfast and they served very lovely food! enjoy!

I'm sorry i'm lazy, so for now, it's these two photos that are my favorite!

Melbourne momenta.

I'll gratefully let the pictures talk.

Great Ocean Road- Twelve Apostles.

A princess carriage isn't it?

A beautiful cathedral right in the middle of town.

One of the many scumptous meals we had!

Siblings cooking. & three chefs don't spoil the broth. :)

was gone, now back!

Hello there! :)

I know this blog has been abandoned for such a long time- about two months!

It's terrible! :(

Well, a quick update to let you know that I've been in Singapore and Melbourne for the past two months and I'm back to Thailand.

I went to back to SG to take my O's exams. though its for only two subjects.

Went to Melbourne with my sister to visit my brother! :)

Visiting Singapore has always been so busy its hard to get any time to update this blog.

However, I'll try to do some justice.

Travelling has always been a favorite thing of mine. I never regret going to new places and meeting with great people. Either travelling for a visa run, crossing the border for ministry or taking a long plane ride to a cold country.

This time round, my parents said bye to me till 1 month and a half!

I was in SG to take my exams and study plus visit my brother and catch up with others too!

I learnt so much from this trip! From managing my money to planning a holiday with my sister!

I'm blessed and am grateful for parents, and I'm in awe at how they wreck their brains at what school to bring put you into, working hard for your education, planning your meals, doing the house chores. WOAH... it blows me away. That's why, I gotta work hard for the future! :)

I had the MOST AWESOME time with my brother and sister during the Melbourne trip, shall never forget the memories made. I love the cold weather there too! Shall post up some photos next time. :)

Grateful for Your blessings LORD! and I thank you for bringing me through!

His Creation...

Studies have really opened up my eyes.

Exams for all of us should not just be for the paper we receive but rather the learning journey we go through. It's the process rather than the examination.

However, the exam is an incentive to make you look forward and work towards learning more.

This journey has been really exciting. I've never known the world we live in to this extent. It gives me a sense of awe and reverence of God's wisdom and His creation.

This complex world that He made in just 6 days. WOW! Think about it. Isn't that amazing?

I'm also grateful for my parents who mentor and guide me through my learning experience. Preparing a student for a particular exam isn't always easy.

I love the discussions we have at the dinner table, or just lying on the sofa. I thank God that they are interested in my studies and create a good environment for me to learn more.

I think we can never stop learning, and never stop being in awe of who God is and what He has done and will do.

D.A.D

BLESSED BIRTHDAY MY DAD!! :)))

And everything I want to say is what I've expressed today!

Actions speak louder than words so planning this surprise is my gift!

(half of the family picture)

(we had a lil' tea party!)

Mae Gone 2010!

It's been such a long time since I've posted! March has been the most busy time in the year over here as the children are off school! Every year, there would be children camps at various places and so it's a very busy period!

On March 21st, our church mission team arrived in Chiang mai and we headed up to Mae Gone!

The night before we left for Chiang mai, we found out that there was not going to be a translator! I laughed! Literally! I didn't know how else to respond!

Some miscommunication I thought! I started getting a little scared as I knew that I would have to be the one translating the next few days! I started typing out the my phonetics for the scripts of the story telling and ended of staying up till 3:30am! ( it's a good thing I was not driving the next day!)

Looking back, I'm glad God gave me that oppotunity. If I had knew there was no translator a month before the trip I would have been worried about practising everyday and it would be at the back of my mind the whole time worrying me! So I'm glad I knew about it the night before!

What a funny way of seeing things I know!

We had a good time with the kids this year, however, seeing them all grown up was something different! The girls were really receptive this year and included me in their volley ball games!

We had about seven youths baptized this year and it was encouraging to all of us!

Seeing them again and every year was a blessing, and I'm looking forward to the next time!

Have a Blessed Easter!! Having a sun-rise service at 6:00am tomorrow! May we always remember that Christ died on the cross for us while we were still sinners! That shows His conditional love for all mankind!

4 YEARS!

It has been 4 years since we've first stepped into Thailand! These years has personally been the years which I've grown in faith. And that definitely has been very exciting and challenging!
The times here has taught me a lot of things in life, it opened my eyes and my heart.

Yesterday was the last day of "school" or english lessons for the kids I teach at Baan nana.
This is the summer break for all the local schools as well! So as the kids have their holidays I've to study harder as I've a little bit more time now. This March, we would be having a children camp at Mae Gone, so we've also been occupied at planning the programme.

Tonight there would be a rally by Will Graham at Chiang rai! I'm excited about it!

Belated Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year was a great time for me! =) Celebrated reuion dinner with Cantonese and Singaporean missionaries! It was a good time of fellowship and sharing of each culture's delicacies! On the third day of the new year, we left for the moutains to a friend's village-a Lahu village. We tasted their "nian kao" ( new year cake) and it was pretty good! We played fire-crackers and fire-works and even dance the tribal dance!

(the new year cake!)

BNN News: Staff retreat!

Last sunday, we had a staff retreat at Phetchabun. It was a long ride to this place, about 9 hours drive to get there. We had a good time of getting to know one another better. We were staying at a national park which was located next to a river. A very refreshing place for a reatreat! Photos tell a thousand words, so here goes 8 thousand words! =)

(the mornings were 16 degrees!)

(the dogs chewed up our shoes!)

(at the waterfalls of San drit)

happenings and things in my week...

When we came back and returned to Baan nana we found out that the storeroom, library and the first-aid room has been burnt down! Some kids were playing with fire and the house caught on! Within 3o minutes, everything was gone. Medicines, supplies for school, everyday necessities and all the books they had!

So right now, they're slowly buying medicines, soaps and laundry powder to start off again.

They're thinking of building a new one soon but yet to find funds to do that.

For the past 6 months that I have taught at Baan nana, we've been using the library as a classroom. It was a bright and clean place that had a plastic sheet over the cement floor. Last week, I returned to teaching! But it was a challenge to find a new place. We tried the office on thursday but it was too cramp as this year we have 6 more kids than the last. On Friday we wanted to go to the main hall ( the Church) but it was locked up. So we decided to go to a nearby villa (bamboo house) to have class. It was a pretty scenic place over a small stream directly below us. The danger was, things fall in. And it did! My teaching cards! Haha! It's now being dried. Overall, I think we should go back to the villa for lessons. It's a nice place. =)

Another thing to thank God for is that Achan Sompong was ordained as a Rev. after 13 years in ministry!