A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words. . .Thank Goodness!

There are so many things that have happened that I haven't blogged about. Due to this problem, I have decided to copy my Kanchanaburi post, and do a photo journal (with commentary) of highlights from the past month.

This past month has been a crazy one for work. Every week I can expect to be carted away on an outing with the Rainbow house kids. It's always a surprise as it's often easier for the Thai staff just to tell us we're going out, rather than trying to explain where. A few weeks ago was one of those outings. The staff told us to pile in the Rainbow van and sit the kids on our laps. We had no idea where we were going or what we were doing. We ended up in a huge theatre, for a live performance of a popular television show, BEN 10!!!

Cool eh? It was actually a really impressive show. There were amazing costumes, and sound effects, and light effects, and music! However, all of the actors were obviously foreign, and could not speak Thai. So the whole performance was pre-recorded and mouthed. Which proved to be a bit humorous as the actors did not lip synch very well. The kids loved it though, and sat in silence the whole time! Now that's really impressive.

Pet Suri with his ticket and pink headband.

The kids getting some complimentary balloons.

Ben 10! Saving the world from aliens!

Check out that costume. That alien was 8 feet tall at least!

Another trip was over the weekend and was to an international school for their school fair. There were lots of carnival games and prizes, and free food for the kids!

Tee in a row boat.

Pet painting a canvas bag.

Group of us getting ready to head out

This past week was Thai Fathers day. So Lynn, Emma and I were assigned to haul out the paper and glue and sit the kids down to make some cards. At first I thought it was a cruel idea. Fathers day cards? These kids are orphans, why would they make Fathers day cards. But in the end it turned out to be a really excellent thing. The kids presented the cards to the male staff at Rainbow House on Fathers day as a thank you for their love.

Lynn and Anna gluing and pasting.

Crafting away!

Kim and I!

Au painting on his glue

Okay, on to the non-work photo bit. This month has been filled with crazy weekends of shopping and birthdays and going away meals and festivals.

For Holly's birthday (a fellow volunteer) we walked down our street for an ice cream cake and a film. The cake was amazing! It was an ice cream cake 1000 times better than any DQ cake I've ever had, which is definitely saying something. The film was New Moon, not my favourite, but Holly was really excited about it making the experience a blast. We pretty much had the theatre to ourselves as it was in English, and we saw it the day before it came out in Nova Scotia! Jealous?

Oh Holly. . .oreos and ice cream are her perfect combo

Photo with the Swensens staff. They are getting to know us quite well. . .

That's right! The theatre all to ourselves!

Another ice cream outing involved us wheeling some kids from the government orphanages to Swensens right after work.

Loving the ice cream!

Messy Look-Dow

A BIG highlight of my month was American Thanksgiving which was generously hosted by a lovely Canadian lady, Wendy, from Nichada.

Some of my Sirin House girls. From left to right, Emma, Julia, Me, Lynn, Holly

Milling around, socializing

The Desserts, yummy

Playing Go-Fish with some American kids.

Settling down with full stomachs for a fun movie, "Up"!

And this past month has been my month for Christmas shopping. I tested out my bargaining skills in the massive JatuJak market, Khao San Road, and Ko Kret island.

Ko Kret island

Part of JatuJak market

The busy Khao San

Favourite finds of the night!

And this weekend, Linda leaves.

Linda has been here for three months and has shared so much of her knowledge of massage with everyone. It's a bit bizarre for me as I was here when she arrived, and now she's leaving. I will miss her and am not looking forward to saying good-bye!

And a week from Monday I will be home for Christmas! It's crazy how fast these past three months have gone by, I can hardly believe it.