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 morning a friend of mine told me about the group of cool, dedicated people. It´s great idea to do a bike tour for human rights ! Isn’t it? Yes, I know, I love people who have the guts to do something and not to just wollow in their own world) May I introduce : Burmariders
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 read phonebooks. I’m confused. Why would someone read a phone book? My poor child has never seen a phonebook. Actually non of them have. (Mental note, show them a phone book in Switzerland..) I won’t blame it on the fact that mummy can’t even read the phone book here..,, I explain that these days its common to use the internet…
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. Some nations really do have to suffer alot don’t they? Check out this blog for great coverage! As usual Bangkok Pundit has some interesting posts and comments. Definately worth reading !
Oh I want to go and help… pack my bags, load a truck and drive across the border…. instead I will finish my coffee, and go to the gym then I’ll phone my friend to find out if the team got visas to go into Burma.. My boring insignificant little life sometimes drives me mad. Please don’t comment how meaningful my life is blablabla…
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 by insurgents. Its dangerous, teachers, doctors and nurses don’t want to go and work their. Whats happening is terrible. Rice prices have gone up and is effecting the refugees from Burma. As if they didn’t have it hard enough… I read here Poorest people suffer
“The rice price is killing us,” said Jack Dunford, head of the Thailand Burma Border Consortium (TBBC) of agencies that provide food, shelter and other aid to more than 140,000 refugees along the border with Thailand.
The agency has appealed to its donors for more funds, but is seriously considering reducing the rations it currently provides the refugees. “This is a very vulnerable group of people,” Dunford said. “We may have to cut our support to them.”
Its so sad. What can I do? Keep giving to those in need, keep being generous. I’m just a very very lucky woman to be able to live the life I live and believe me, I don’t take it for granted !
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 celebration on his coronation day. Today they also celebrate their wedding anniversary. Chiang Mai Mailhas a long article if you’d like some more info..
This morning the kids and I got our bikes and rode over to the tennis courts and played for about 50 mins. The storm has past and we were very fortunate here in Chiang Mai. Besides strong winds and rain we weren’t effected! The sun is out in all its fury and we thought it was cool enough to play at 10am. We thought wrong.. it was bloody hot ! 29 C isn’t cool ! Its cooler than 36C but its still hot. hmmmmmm. I love playing tennis but its hard to play with someone who can almost never hit the ball, another who hits it way to hard ! Excellent practice to be kind and encouraging. I think I succeeded. Everyone had fun
Yes, we are getting alot of rain! But the winds haven’t been as strong as expected even though yesterday as I was leaving Big C the wind was so strong it blew the shopping trollies towards the cars. A farang guy and I managed to stop them… That was surreal ! Check out here for more about the storm.
Yesterday on a trip to Phrao I saw some beautiful rice fields. The green is amazing! Its rained for the last 2 days and now everything is turning green. So beautiful! btw I haven’t been able to write my blog cos the internet is down most of the time ! (Especially when I want to write a post.) Here two photos of rice I took. The famous Thai rice. Sorry I don’t know the name of this rice, there was no sign haha
After dropping my Son7 at ‘Jungschar’ I saw this on the road.. Whats that? Wow.. it’s a truck !!!
A truck transporting garlic.. wow.. No one is seriously hurt. How did the driver do that ? Was he doing a U-Turn??
Ok.. the crazy farang has to stop, roll down the window and take a picture. Just look at that! The truck was probably ’slightly’ over loaded..I’m still puzzled to how you can tip a truck that size !!!
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