Tuesday, 15 May
Jason's parents arrived in the late morning. We went to Robert's new house (new as in built from scratch) to have a look at the renovations. The last time we were there, there wasn't walls or roofs, but this time those were already up. We went round the house, climbed up to the 'open' roof area. If only we could see the outcome of his house. It will be pretty!
We stopped over at Grace International School to say hi to Janet. Well S.E.S, Marvin and Pui stayed in the truck though. On our way to lunch, the wind was blowing so strongly, an umbrella fell off the truck and landed near where Sheena and Shermaine were sitting. Then Shermaine started screaming, 'SPIDER! SPIDER'. Thinking it was just a small one, Marvin couldn't be bothered, then we heard him 'scream' (just that his was of a lower register than Shermaine's). OH man, Marv, if you're reading this, do not scream at me, coz it's something worth sharing with everyone eh? Ok, apparently that spider landed on Marvin's leg and refused to get off. It's not the normal kind of spider, weird looking and it's rather big. Anyways, we went to the khao-soi place for lunch. When we reached, Robert threw some sand onto Marvin's leg and he 'yelped' this time, thinking it might be the spider. Super hilarious.
Jason's parents arrived in the late morning. We went to Robert's new house (new as in built from scratch) to have a look at the renovations. The last time we were there, there wasn't walls or roofs, but this time those were already up. We went round the house, climbed up to the 'open' roof area. If only we could see the outcome of his house. It will be pretty!
We stopped over at Grace International School to say hi to Janet. Well S.E.S, Marvin and Pui stayed in the truck though. On our way to lunch, the wind was blowing so strongly, an umbrella fell off the truck and landed near where Sheena and Shermaine were sitting. Then Shermaine started screaming, 'SPIDER! SPIDER'. Thinking it was just a small one, Marvin couldn't be bothered, then we heard him 'scream' (just that his was of a lower register than Shermaine's). OH man, Marv, if you're reading this, do not scream at me, coz it's something worth sharing with everyone eh? Ok, apparently that spider landed on Marvin's leg and refused to get off. It's not the normal kind of spider, weird looking and it's rather big. Anyways, we went to the khao-soi place for lunch. When we reached, Robert threw some sand onto Marvin's leg and he 'yelped' this time, thinking it might be the spider. Super hilarious.
Lunch was good! We made our way to where Jason's parents would be staying. A pretty place that resembled that of a resort. Jason's mum, Cindy, gave each of us a pack of SKIP-BO as a gift! As most of you know, Skip-Bo can only be bought in the US, so we got Jason to ask his parents to get for us. How nice of them :)) Jason had this HUGE bag of skittle from his grandfather - huge as in 54 ounces! We came back to the zone and Robert brought Jason's parents around the zone.
Oh yeah, we didn't mention this in the past few entries. 3 of us had a hair cut 2 Sundays ago, then today, Poi and Oi came over to help us dye our hair. We did it in the kids room and they did a good job in dyeing for us. Shermaine's the 'brightest' though, she's blonde! haha. nah our hair colours are still natural.
After that, Jason, Sheena and I conducted English Class with 2 Thai girls, Som and Jip. We sort of helped them in preparations of their English exam on Wednesday. We had dinner and then just the normal hanging around.
After that, Jason, Sheena and I conducted English Class with 2 Thai girls, Som and Jip. We sort of helped them in preparations of their English exam on Wednesday. We had dinner and then just the normal hanging around.
Wednesday, 16 May
Today's weather was good, no rain at all in the afternoon, but was rather hot. We went to Doi Suthep after lunch with Jason's parents. Anna joined us too. When we reached, we had to climb this super long flight of steps. Sheena and I raced up the steps and we were half-dead when we reached the top. The temple reminded me of Bangkok's Grand Palace. The view of Chiangmai from the temple was so pretty, you could see the whole city at a glance. We headed to the waterfall and trekked a little. It was good to sweat it all out. We slept all the way back to the zone. Continued our nap at the couch-area till 7pm.
Today's weather was good, no rain at all in the afternoon, but was rather hot. We went to Doi Suthep after lunch with Jason's parents. Anna joined us too. When we reached, we had to climb this super long flight of steps. Sheena and I raced up the steps and we were half-dead when we reached the top. The temple reminded me of Bangkok's Grand Palace. The view of Chiangmai from the temple was so pretty, you could see the whole city at a glance. We headed to the waterfall and trekked a little. It was good to sweat it all out. We slept all the way back to the zone. Continued our nap at the couch-area till 7pm.
Then the girls had a prayer session - Gift, Poi, Oi, Sheena, Shermaine, Evan and Un. We wrote down one thing that we wanna thank God for and one thing to be prayed for (like what we do in soymilk cell). We sang some songs and did a chain prayer where each of us prayed for someone.
Halfway through the prayer it started to rain super heavily. This prayer session was good because we managed to lift our burdens to God after a day's activities and busyness.
That's about all!
We're gonna have girls' night tomorrow.
The 2 happiest people are probably Jason and Marvin, coz for once they don't have 3 noisy girls around to disrupt their sleep. Then we'll be off to Chiangrai and Burma on Friday morning. Pray for a safe trip and also we'll make full use of our last 9 days here! It's been an enriching trip for the 3 of us.
Halfway through the prayer it started to rain super heavily. This prayer session was good because we managed to lift our burdens to God after a day's activities and busyness.
That's about all!
We're gonna have girls' night tomorrow.
The 2 happiest people are probably Jason and Marvin, coz for once they don't have 3 noisy girls around to disrupt their sleep. Then we'll be off to Chiangrai and Burma on Friday morning. Pray for a safe trip and also we'll make full use of our last 9 days here! It's been an enriching trip for the 3 of us.
God bless.
love
evan
posted by evan at 1:12 AM
