My Thailand Diary

Here some pictures of our summer in Switzerland. These two were taken up on the Grimmsel. We drove up to the pass by car then hiked up the mountain for about one hour with friends . My Son7 wanted to see snow so badly and his wish came true. I was  very moved because he said : ”this is the best day of my whole life ” so many times.  Nothing like making your kids dreams come true !! It was truely one of the most beautiful days  we had !! If you want to use my photos.. ASK!!!!

Ok. I’m back. Yesterday I called some friends.  We laughed and I heard ” its nice you are back”.  Nice. I’m a lucky girl. We went swimming yesterday.  It was WARM and beautiful. We ate lunch at the pool (prices seems so cheap compared to Bern so we’ll just enjoy it till we are back to local prices and find that the food at the restaurant is expensive) The kids started well at school. Most teachers seem ok. The usual bumpy start. After 9 years we’ve just been through a lot of new school beginnings. This year 15/17 teachers are new. Now that doesn’t really speak for the school does it? Oh well, its nice  that my kids really really like some of the new ones ! AND we finally have a Monday-Friday school rhythm. I hated the Mon-Sat, Mon-Thurs 10 day school rhythm. We can finally get some more normal routine into our lives.

This time last week I was in Bern Switzerland, at my bros place in the blue house I slept late, packed my suitcase, repacked till the weight was down For lunch I got Kebap for everyone. SOOO delicious. Last Sunday was lovely. My little bro Moesu dropped in with some friends, I met a friend in town for coffee and in the evening we ate cheese fondue. Its hard being back in CM… sigh…

I saw this on Myeggnoodles Blog The title is strange but who cares. Its Friday night, and obviously I have plenty of time.. The here goes

1. My uncle once: worked for the railway
2. Never in my life: have I been to Australia
3. When I was five: I went to a local school in PNG
4. High school was: such a waste of time
5. I will never forget: giving birth
6. Once I met: Someone who was flying to Surabaya.
7. There’s this girl I know: who was anorexic
8. Once, at a bar: a girl wanted to touch my boobs
9. By noon, I’m usually: very hungry
10. Last night: I watched a movie with my hubby
11. If only I had: lots and lots of money
12. Next time I go to church: .. probably be Christmas
13. What worries me most: jerks in powerful positions
14. When I turn my head left I see: office window
15. When I turn my head right I see:the fan behind an open door
16. You know I’m lying when: I sometimes blush
17. What I miss most about the Eighties is: nothing. terrible years.
18. If I were a character in Shakespeare I’d be: Juliet probably
19. By this time next year: lots of new friends !!
20. A better name for me would be: la petite
21. I have a hard time understanding: dogmatic people
22. If I ever go back to school, I’ll: write about it on my blog
23. You know I like you if: I hang out with you
24. If I ever won an award, the first person I would thank would be:
people who helped me win it.
25. Take my advice, never: burn dinner
26. My ideal breakfast is: croissant and cappuccino
27. A song I love but do not have is: This is your song by Elton John
28. If you visit my hometown, I suggest you: which hometown??
29. Why won’t people: stop worrying , relax and start enjoying life
30. If you spend a night at my house: You’ll experience a real family life
31. I’d stop my wedding for: I didn’t stop my wedding….
32. The world could do without: jerks
33. I’d rather lick the belly of a cockroach than: listen to a jerk talking
34. My favourite blonde(s) is/are: David Beckham (does he count?)
35. Paper clips are more useful than: some advice I’ve been given lately
36. If I do anything well it’s: complain lol
38. And by the way: why not answer these questions and post them in you blog? leave a comment and I’ll come and read them.
37 I lost one point and can’t find it ! lol

I am back. At least physically. The last 5 weeks were exhausting ! I  need to get up and running. Literally. All I seem to be able to manage is reshuffle piles around the house while the kids are gone, and when they are here, sit down and listen to them talk. I miss my family of origin in Switzerland. I miss the good coffee, I miss my friends…. I really miss being with people who have known me for more than 2 years… I’m sad. I know it will get better. In good time… till then, give me those tissues….

A good thing about travelling alone is, that I had a lot of time to day dream… and here is one of the things I dreamt about: travelling to Fiji. And now I found the perfect place… Castaway Island. I even find the name appealing ! Oh dreaming is truly a lovely thing.

I’m back at home, here in Chiang Mai. Its 1.30 am and I can’t sleep. Oh I’m tired. Extremely tired. Emotionally and physically. Its hot here,  it stinks because the humidity is very high. (26C with 88% humidity) The towels stink, not like in Switzerland where everything is fresh and clean.  I’m cranky. Not sure if I want to be here or there. I just hate transitions. At least I had a good flight. (I was only afraid of the turbulence’s two times.) Had an empty seat between the other passenger and me. He was a great person to have to travel next too. You never know in a plane, do you? We got on well and took turns lying down. Couldn’t have been luckier. On the flight from SG- CM I was first next to a family with a crying baby, then moved to the back of the plane and slept.

Its nice to be reunited with my hubby and children who had returned a week earlier. Lets hope the world looks brighter tomorrow. Now sleep would be nice..

Just wanted to let you know that I won’t be blogging till I’m back in Chiang Mai. The main reason, I don’t have my own computer or my own space. Have a great week, enjoy watching the olympics and take care!

I love jogging in Switzerland. The air is so clean and fresh and I can actually jog at 10 am without having a heat stroke. There are so many paths and roads to take that it never gets boring. I think if I lived here longer I would try and jog for 40-60 and get better equipment. eg sportshoes that don’t let the water in, a waterproof sports jacket and gloves. Haha, see I am becoming local. I want to buy quality clothes.. for crying outloud I don’t recognise that as being me. Time to go back to Thailand I’d say! I want to go back to our house, in a way go home but I also want to live in Germany. Buy a nice house in a little village and join the local choir, eat döner kebab every Sunday. I also want to live in Bern, or no I want to live in the countryside. In an old farmhouse. Or I would like to go and live in PNG, or Burma or hey Cambodia could use nurses.  But then I remember I have 3 kids. Chiang Mai is a not a bad place to raise kids. Or is it? What about the smog?  They don’t have all the possibilities kids here have. Here  in Switzerland there are so many clubs, youth groups, camps etc they can join.My head is spinning. I guess you just can’t have it all. But that doesn’t mean I don’t want it all

We spent 3 wonderful and relaxing days in Germany with our friends. They moved into their new house 3 weeks ago and have already had us as visitors. Some people are very flexible aren’t they?! Saying goodbye was hard and there was no point even trying to hold back the tears…  Yesterday our notebook wouldn’t start. Seems to have crashed, died, given up its life whatever.  Lets just hope we didn’t loose all our Switzerland photos , because we haven’t done a back up of them yet arrrggghhhh