For those who dont know where i have been from 10th to 15th Nov,
im glad to let you know that,
i've been to Chiang Rai for a short mission trip.
my church funded few churches in that area,
so this time, our trip has scheduled to visit 2 of it only.
one was Bandoi, another one Ruammit.
the very first time for me, Amy Pooi to step out of Malaysia.
YES, this is the first time.
i have never been to singapore or thailand eventhough they are so near to us.
so, this trip is the first time i go out from malaysia and sit on a plane.
first time sitting on a plane was really excited.
because that is the first time i can see the clouds so clearly and the blue blue sky.
after 3 hours flight from LCCT, we reached Chiang Mai airport.
upon check out, straight go into the van, starting of a 5 hours journey.
along the 5 hours journey, we drop by the hot spring at Chiang Rai for around 15 mins.
they all went to soak their feet in the hot spring,
but i didnt, because i dont dare. ><
first meal in Thailand, it was nice, but the portion is quite small.
this restaurant is just located along the road side when we are on our way to Bandoi,
above the restaurant has a small wooden house for people to visit.
thats why need to take off shoes before entering.
town area at Chiang Rai.
we went here to do many stuffs like photocopy some exercise for children program,
buy medicine for medical service, tidbits for kids, soap and towel as gift to the people.
Chiang Rai is consider an outskirt area in Thailand,
but yet they had FREE WIFI at the bus station.
malaysia, HAIZ..............................
this is the school beside the church in Bandoi.
morning they have kindergarden, teaching in chinese.
afternoon they have chinese school for all ages,
from 5pm to 7pm (if i not mistaken),
so the kids will come to this school to learn chinese after their formal schooling hour.
so, these Ahka tribe learning Thai language in compulsory formal school,
they can also learn chinese in this school, but many of them didnt come and learn chinese.
this is the first program we did at Bandoi on the first day we reach Thailand.
some of them still dressed in school uniform because they just finish school,
then they straight away rush to the chinese school for chinese class.
left is the church, right is the school.
oh ya, we were staying in the school for the first 4 days.
This is another church, located at Ruammit,
30 mins journey from Bandoi.
the decoration is for the thanksgiving day.
they are harvesting now, so they had thankgiving day during our visit.
the Ahka hymnbook is the book i read the most when i was in their church.
i cant stop myself from looking some songs that i know,
and try to sing in their language.
arhh, its hard. their language is very hard to pronounce.
This is Sala Aju, Sala means 传道人.
my church funded him to study theology to become a 传道人.
he dont know chinese, but he can speak some simple english.
our lovely kids, we teach them to make a card for their parent during children programs.
some of them are really creative. very very creative.
enjoying the beauty of our nature.
God's creation.
FOOD!
first of all, their rice are superb!!
sooooooooooo nice to eat..
but a bit scared of rice already after the trip.
because we ate rice for all 3 meals, 4 days.. =p
second, PORK!
we have pork on the table for every meal,
breakfast, lunch, dinner. NEVER FAIL.
but their pork is very different from what we ate in KL.
texture are a lot more nicer from KL.
one of the nice food i had during visitation.
this is made of rice, have to dip into brown sugar before eating.
NICE!
oh this cup, a very small cup.
its made of bamboo, HANDMADE and SELFMADE.
my fav picture in this trip.
activities and interactions with kids.
first night, we went to a pasar malam to have dinner.
to try their local food.
eating banana in the morning after quite time.
WOW, for this pic, i felt the coldness when i saw this pic.
that night was around 14 degree C.
its was very cold for us because we all are wearing normal light jacket.
worse thing is that wind blown the whole evening till mid night.
during the wind blow, the temp was below 10 degree C.
everyone is shaking, white smoke came out from our mouth whenever we try to talk.
their traditional fashion.
the thing that they wore on their heads,
minimum 2 kg, and normal weight is 5 kg each.
one of our program for fellowship,
we teach them sing a song called 一根蜡烛。
so we prepared candles for everyone,
to be lighten up when we sing.
song presentation, im the female soloist, the doctor beside me is the male soloist.
last group picture before we leave Bandoi.
Bangkok here I come.
Nice cloud.
this is the hotel where we stayed, the tallest building in Bangkok.
182 people stacking up = tower's height
inside the hotel has lots of things to play with.
Mr. McD in Sawadika motion, with a lot of sand pack behind to prevent flood.
yes, i had BR when i was in Bangkok,
79 Baht for 1 scoop, Monday special free 1 scoop Vanilla.
50% of all the things that i have shopped.
most of it from NaRaYa, the shop is really nice, looks like those handbag shop in Pavilion.
i spent hundreds there. OPS!
Ok, i am sleepy already.
tomorrow i will continue to blog about the people i have met in this trip.
