To all my friends and relatives aboard.

We are all safe and sound here in Rayong town as it is at the South Eastern Part of Thailand. However, my sympathies go all out to my friends in Bangkok. A close friend staying in Pathum Thani has to shift his whole family as the whole Ground Floor has been converted into a swimming pool!

I was actually there two days ago and Future Park in Rangsit, a huge shopping mall is high and dry. By evening, news got out that it is flooded and the mall has to close. After the meeting, i quickly drove back to Rayong. Plans to go there this week has to be shelved as you never know what will happen. Its easy for me alone if I am driving. Just get out and run away. But if the whole family is with me, how can you do that? This picture borrowed from my friends website.

I heard rumours but I believe it was true. Somebody working at the dam didnt expect somuch water gathered and at the last minute they drain off three major dams simultaneously! I mean, I still don’t understand how can 1.2 billion cubic meter of water can just flows off from Nakon Sawan and reach all the way to Bangkok! That is almost 240km away! Alor Star to Kuala Lumpur? Its impossible for such much water to flow through Ayutaya and inundated the whole industrial estate called Rojana Industrial Estate. The whole Honda factory is submerged in water.

Next comes Nawanakorn industrial estate. I mean 7 major industrial area is totally submerged in water!

Sigh, I just hope that my friends living right downtown are not effected and pray that the water will divert into the sea as soon as possible.

Well, summer holidays is over and school is now officially open for the new term. New term means new teachers, new students – the thing about international school here is every year new students come and go due to expiring of contracts for some expatriates and relocation-

The school now has new uniform and sigh, yes, more money to spend on clothings, not to mention the school fees.

Ready for International School

But I really have to admit that amidst the high price of international school here, let me reemphasize again that the standards here are very much higher if compared to Malaysia. At her age, Joanna is really speaking much more fluently then anybody her age.

Extra curricular activities at International School here in Thailand are also very interesting with swimming, traditional dancing, pianos and get this, they even have typing courses for the kids. Yes, you hear me right. Typing as in typing the computer or laptop. I won’t be surprised if Joanna later types much faster than me, haha.

And we are not talking about using one forefinger right and one forefinger left pushing the buttons of the keyboard one by one. Nope, we are talking about typing with all ten fingers! Not bad, huh?

Other good things of international school here in Thailand is the teachers are almost 100% foreigners, native English speakers. Joanna has new friends in her class and it can onl.y gets better. Looking forward to that day

Brownie

Introducing our new member….drums rolling….tara…Brownie. If you ask me, give me a rabbit any time. They are the easiest animal to have, no smell, no whining and they can be so cute running around the house.

Brownie

However, at the time of posting, SH left the door open one fine day and suddenly, Brownie disappeared! We tried to search for the whole compound and behind our houses but I think that Brownie must have landed into some dogs stomach for supper.

And….

At the time of posting, we have THREE more new rabbits! Joanna was so thrilled that in the morning, you don’t have to wake her up any more! She will just jump put of bed and check out the rabbits.