previously in laos |
and now we have less than a week left.
the past few days have been a whirlwind. after luang namtha we took another rollercoastery bus to a little village called nong khiaw and another even mor...
Posted by eMiLy on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 04:14:00 PST |
the road to Luang Namtha |
is extremely on the iffy side! yikes that was a scary night with the 7 hr drive through the steep and twisty turny madness of these mountain roads. but alas we are here in northern laos and love love ...
Posted by eMiLy on Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:28:00 PST |
i could marry this place |
big brown leaves and hardy grass thatched roofs, bamboo walls, mosquito nets tucked in tight--- i awake to exotic birds chattering songs that i've never heard before up high in a stand of ba...
Posted by eMiLy on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 07:16:00 PST |
i saw a baby monkey chase a butterfly! |
off to the beaches we went----taking an old longtail boat out to sea over some turbulent but exciting waves---NOT turbulent like the flight from singapore to bangkok though---holy smokes!!! that was o...
Posted by eMiLy on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 03:53:00 PST |
Welcome To Singapore and Bangkok |
ahhhh, life is amazing right now. what a fantastic feeling to be living what i have worked towards for the last two years! i feel so blessed in so many ways. health, prosperity, sooo much love from fr...
Posted by eMiLy on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 03:38:00 PST |
i almost cried |
yesterday after i left the classroom, my co-teacher told my kindergarteners in chinese that i would be leaving at the end of this week.
today i was guiltily pleased to hear that at least one ki...
Posted by eMiLy on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 06:33:00 PST |
evidently the closest i'll get to a brand new mercedes benz... |
is getting hit by one.... gRRR....
so, you may have heard this one already but last thursday as i was driving (slowly, carefully, in the right lane) a young woman in a brand new mercedes benz decided ...
Posted by eMiLy on Wed, 16 May 2007 03:03:00 PST |
Umbrellas (part 2) |
on rainy days the taiwanese use umbrellas (well duh)
yet, on sunny days they also use umbrellas (whiter skin=beautiful)
cloudy days were the one type of day that i thought was exempt from umbrella usa...
Posted by eMiLy on Tue, 01 May 2007 07:25:00 PST |
i keep an umbrella in the bathroom |
so there is this weird drip coming out of the vent on the ceiling of our bathroom. it really stinks to be takin a pee and get this rained on by water of a mysterious source, so i have recently in...
Posted by eMiLy on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 06:20:00 PST |
oNe gOOd thinG aboUt mUsic.... |
is when it its you, you feel no pain
hErE is the antidote to the last letter i wrote where i mostly blew off steam.
Last weekend was Spring Scream, down in the mountains in southern Taiwan. Its...
Posted by eMiLy on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 09:39:00 PST |
