Odd shots, Chiang Mai

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we were send off by these worms, came from the bamboo trees in Chiang Mai Zoo
Morning assembly at a school next to our hotel
Flame of the forest along the Mae Ping River, and the Thais really needed this reminder.

Mo Rooms, Chiang Mai

This is the most interesting place I found in Chiang Mai, Mo Rooms. This is a new aged hotel with the combination of arts, feng sui, chinese astrology and architecture. Simple and sustainable!

This is the cafe and lobby where the guests hang around to have their meal, chit chat, reading and surf the net. They served simple but good food at reasonable price (cocktail is below 100baht, sandwiches is around 60bath, tasty and presentable as in any cafe)
This is the walkway towards the new aged rooms upstairs. There are only 12 chinese astrology sign so they have only 12 rooms. Check out their website www.morooms.com, super cool! The room price listed at their website is exorbitant but, I have checked it out personally the actual price is between 200 to 250 baht nett per room include breakfast. That's also a drinking joint upstairs very well decorated.

Space for the elite murderers... SMOKERS

Doi Suthep, Chiang Mai

Doi Suthep has his own history which I can never remember, the only thing I remembered is these bells which you supposed to knock on each one of them to get good blessing, there are all over the whole perimeter of the temple. (I think my yoga practice help in this task especially knocking the bottom rows of bell around the temple)
This is a donation box, our daddy put FIRE into it!! he thought it is a box to disposed burned incense and joss stick! some Thai visitors ran and yelled at him "ngian, ngian" means "money, money" Not FIRE! ..super embarrassing!! and just wonder what sort of Thai he is reading hahaha..
After the incident he has to hide behind this sala tree and laughing to himself

Lunch at herb garden, Chiang Mai

We finally got our visa application filed in this morning. The visa will be ready the next day at 4pm so we decide to take a half day river cruise along Mae Ping River, the Thame of Chiang Mai but a far cry as a tourist attraction!!

The cruise include lunch at a herb garden, not very impressive, poorly maintained but, an experience.

permanent residents of herb garden - wild boar
just moved in - yet to know the name

Visit Lin Ping, Chiang Mai

Due to the political unrest in Thailand, US embassy was closed so we have to travel to Chiang Mai to get our visa done. We arrived one day earlier because our appointment was 7.15 am the next morning. On our way to Chiang Mai, the four of us (Pop and wife Nuuk travel with us) were so stressed up with our visa applications and have no intention or rather remember we are going to Lin Ping's town until we reached Chiang Mai airport and saw toy display of Lin Ping. The four of us just agreed instantly that we are going to visit Lin Ping since we have so much time in hand.

Entrance to Lin Ping's home (Chiang Mai Zoo)
Greeted by the graceful flamingos
Chung Chung, Lin Ping's dad having his napChung Chung after his nap and having his afternoon snack.. bamboo
Lin Hui, Lin Ping's mom. No flash allowed so this is the best I can do, zoom in, is quite pro! During our visit she was eating her bamboo, shortly after she poo! Her poo looked like corn, of course in a gigantic size:)

Where is Lin Ping? snoring away in her dent at the corner hardly can be seen, daddy is so disappointed)

May 2010, newborns

That's us!
The leader: Russom > origins: Eastern Europe

May 2010, New Humpties

Timberly, Mikiya, Woorin > means, Red ochre, Star, Sun > origin: African
The aviators: Kaylan (Russian) and Orville (American)
"Bridemates" and the birde: Jamar, Carina, Konol > means handsome, bride, sky > origins: African

Guban, Femi, Yo > means burnt, love, honest > origin : African, Egyptian, Cambodian
Alva and Blanco > means white > Origin: Eskimo

May 2010, New Jokers

Nohea > means lovely > origins: Hawaiian
Nohea and her dancer friend Nani (beautiful) > origins: Hawaiian
Mano and Denzel > means passionate lover, wild one: Origins: Hawaiian, Cameroonian
Trory > means the red one > African

More for Grace

These calico and the" ant" were given to me by Ming Goh of my sewing group in Malaysia. Again, I have kept in for a while and I am so happy they turns out to be fine! All the best to the beneficiary of these bags.

Something for Grace, Battambang-Cambodia

I have these fabric for years in my stake and have no idea what to do with it. Suddenly, I have my friend Grace in mind, who is currently based in Battambang, Cambodia doing some work for a school, so, I designed these funky tote bags for her so she can use them for a good course. Maybe the children of cambodia can be a little funky after all!