My Thailand Diary

I’m still at it.. Singing , learning choreography and trying not to get upset about it. Not the singing.. just the choreography. But.. surprise I CAN dance and sing! Who’d have thought.. ok.. they would probably say thats not dancing but its a very simple form of dancing ! And getting ready for South Korea. Asian Choir Games.
More about that soon !What fun !

Quite unlikely but I auditioned for a movie today. Had no idea what to do, already told the ”lady in charge” ( what is she? secretary? agent? no idea) that I’m not an actor. She said never mind just come. So, I learnt the few lines on the spot, did it with camera on… three runs then photo time. In my mind I’m thinking
”I’m pretty I’m pretty I’m pretty” hope it shines through on the pics. Wonder if I’ll get the part. Do I even want the part? haha Oh the joy of trying out new things
Did I mention that I took Asprin and some Sinupret before I left? No sign of flu, thanks to medication I really need to rest this afternoon.. my head was killing me and my nose is totally blocked. I’m doing something very untypical for me.. taking pills. Very un-swiss. But hey I’m becoming more
Asian every day.

Its that time of the year. All three kids are sick.. actually the first one is back at school, two more are being treated with antibiotics … sucks. And now my throat hurts, yes yes I’m drinking tea with honey and lemon, gurgling with salt water, spraying this disgusting camomille stuff down my throat.. and taking high dose of VitC.. lets hope I don’t get sick as well….. But as I said, its that time of the year I guess!

The last 2 mornings my husband got up and got helped the kids get ready for school. I usually do this. One of us has to get up and its usually easier for me to
get up in the mornings. I’ve just been a little overwhelmed with all the cross cultural challenges, AND worrying about my 8 year old who is just not himself lately so being allowed to get up later was perfect. Nice being married to a man who makes it easier, when life gets hard

I want to write a post but I’m worried about offending Thai people. Just to make it clear I’m not saying my way is the right way, I just have to learn how to do things another way, which are right as well, and different ! Things like when to be punctual and when is it OK to be late! Also I don’t always find it easy to keep my opinion to myself. When I do give my opinion, I often find its not welcome. Is it because of how I say something? or maybe the timing is wrong? Or how about saying you will be joining a party and then you don’t even bother to cancel and just don’t show up? To me that’s plain rude! I’m sure Thais think its rude to.. so that would make that person rude, which ever culture he/shes in, right? Or clothes! When is it ok to wear spaghetti straps and when is it considered ’slutty’. Sometimes I just don’t care, but when I’m with friends, I want to be liked and the only way that happens is by adjusting. To adjust you have to understand the dynamics and the culture…. and so i keep thinking

Its summer in Europe. I miss the long summer nights, I miss walking home from town in Bern, after drinking wine with a friend. I miss being invited to parties or dinner or having a BBQ with my bro and family. Yes, right now I really miss Bern….

May as well let the whole world know Its my birthday. I’m having a little party this evening.. little because I just don’t have that many friends that I could make it a BIG party. We’re gonna jam, sing, and, ofcourse have fun with some happy juice. Now what shall I wear ??? hahaha

And its raining. It rained yesterday as well.. And we went swimming anyway! Crazy farang.. I don’t care. We met up with new friends and nothing, not even the rain stopped us from meeting. Even though, i almost didn’t go into the water but hey, I’m tough ! I can swim in the rain

count down begins. 4 more days till I turn 40.

I’ve been following Daniel Cuthberts photo blog for sometime. At the moment the photos were shot in Mae
Sot, Thailand. Very disturbing, interesting and ofcourse, great photography . haha not that I know much about what makes a photo good but, if I like it and it touches me, then I call it good
Go over and have a look ! (my links don’t work.. just copy and paste in your browser

http://hmmm.co.za/latest

Help !!
could you help me fix some of my missing style sheets?
please? I can’t offer you money but if you come to Chiang Mai I’d take you out for dinner !!
pleeeeeeeeeeeeeease someone!