Keeping in touch across the miles

This is Easter weekend, and the last couple of days I have taken my morning swim in the rain. It was great, not least because we have seen no rain since last October and the majority of the country is in a severe drought. The swims were terrific though as the rain was fair sized…

Just a quick thought I would like some feedback on: Do you like the way our blogs are set up now – separated into Trish, Dave and Christina? Or would you prefer to see all new posts on the same page, so you can just scroll down and read whatever is new? They would show…

What an interesting 2 weeks I have had here in the land smiles!!! It all started with a little cold which ended up going to my lung and causing pleurisy. When this happened I decided to see a Dr. as this problem has occurred before and I knew my left lung was susceptible to fluid…

So we had a plan to go away every month, and it didn’t come off.Because I went to Paris worth my customer for a week we never made it to the beach here in TH.Boy did I miss that.Trish was not so bad about it, as we had had a friend here for all the…

Ahhhhh, were does the time go!!!!!!! Firstly I seem to have volunteered Dave and myself to edit the Club Canada Newsletter! Am I nuts!!!! Anyway, that comes out every month and is 36 pages of news and events relevant to Canadians in Bangkok, actually it is interesting to do but does take time. Another time…

I just had my reading week last week, which included a lovely Valentine’s day and meeting up with my childhood friend, Adrienne! We haven’t seen each other in… 10 or 11 years. She is living in Waterloo with her boyfriend who also went to my junior high school, and I found out that someone else…

Rapidly approaching mid February already; where does the time go? Trish came back to BKK in mid January, and we seem to have had a busy time of it since. We had another of our w/e breaks at the end of January. We went to an Island in the Gulf of Thailand, Koh (Island) Samet.…

For those of you who have been wondering how the Tsunami that hit on the 26th December 2004 has affected Thailand in general, and us in particular, here is an update. Yes it was devastating and hit the tourist areas badly, killing local Thais as well as hundreds of foreign holiday makers. This is what…

Christina went back to Toronto on 29th December to celebrate the new year with her new boyfriend. Dave and I went to Knott End with Mum and Dad on the 30th December. Dave and I went out with Bernadette and Graham on New Years Eve. We went to the Bourne Arms first and then the…

What a wonderful Christmas and New Year! Everyone arrived safely, The WI Christmas Party was fun! We also went to a Pantomime, Mother Goose. My Dad left his hearing aid at home but we borrowed one from the theater so he was able to hear. It was a good laugh! It is taking me a…