Blogs from Ubon Ratchathani, Eastern Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 3

Yes that is the name of the song that Sophia likes at the moment by The Hives on their CD The Black and White Album. Just got an sms from Phil he tells me it’s really hot back home. Haha, well you guys have insulation, fans and air conditioners. We have two roof fans and that’s it but it’s about 30-sum thing here and its ok but it’s been really cold at night. Today is another lazy day. I was really bored this morning. To the point where I was going to call someone back home. Elycia was my first victim but I realised she was working so I lost all-purpose in my boring mission. More construction on the bathroom, today it’s the roof. … Hmm 1pm here, I should do sum thing productive!! But all ... read more

Yes it is Boxing Day in AUS and exactly 3 years ago in this exact place there was a tsunami on the west coast of Thailand. We just happened to be at the eastern most point of Thailand! Haha. I remember because we were at the restaurant next door this ‘resort’ (it consists of 8 cabins and they call it a resort!?) and these 2 Frenchies came up to us panicking and told us there was a tsunami the an AUS couple came by and told us the same thing. We Didn’t realise the extent till we went back to the ‘resort’ and turned the TV on, although it was in Thai, it was very scary as we were here for the aftermath, the country was in disarray, it was HUGE here. My mum even refused ... read more

Actually, it was the day before Christmas and nobody gave a stuff because it was just another day. So update. I still have the cold and I still have some stomach thing going on. Why am I still sick damn it! Blaa… And to correct you, I watched 8 episodes of greys yesterday and Kristina watched 11, haha. … I am still in a bad mood. I mean really bad. I don’t want to talk about it. So what did I do today? We walked to the big Buddha, which is being built right near the village, I took some happy snaps. When it is done, it will be coated in gold, it will be interesting to see wat it looks like. Adios Sophia ... read more

It’s really weird. I’m usually up quite early here unlike back home, what is wrong with me!! 7am in the morning!? That’s crazy! But today we went into Ubon Ratchitani, which is 34km away, and we took a Song Tel in (it’s similar or a bit Ute with seat and a roof in the back). It take about and hour or so to get there. So we went to the Internet café and I chatted to mark and Andrew on skype for a while which was good (haha Ariel is on the phone leaning on a coconut tree, not a wise idea, haha). But we had pizza for lunch, white man food! Haha. Thai food all the time gets a bit repetitive… Dad is crying (hypothetically) because I don’t talk about him in here, haha. But ... read more

Woohoo! I slept really well last night! Yay! Apart from Dad snoring in the other room every now and then and it being a little cold, I can’t believe I slept well. Because they are not like regular beds, they are really thin mattresses (no springs) on the ground (and not foam). But all I have to say is yay! Construction on the bathroom today. … Yes, hospital. Let me start from the beginning. I’ve been feeling sick lately but nothing unusual for me. So this morning we went to Khueng Nai to go to the hardware Store to get stuff for the bathroom, I took some non-prescription drugs (I have been too lazy to get new prescription stuff…) and I started getting worse so I sat down and everyone left to look at stuff so ... read more