Happy 3 month birthday Anna!

Anna is now just a little over 3 months old. She is well over double the weight she came home from the hospital as. It is such an amazing thing to watch. It feels almost like a time lapse movie because it is happening so fast. We know she won’t always want to snuggle this […]

What you see is what you get…

An amazing thing about kids and toddlers especially is their lack of pretense. What you see is what you get, if they are feeling something they will express it. Often with Anna, that means crying or curiosity, but every once in awhile she shows us the most beautiful smile and our world stops for a […]

Babe of a thousand faces…

Today marks the two-month-old birthday of Anna! One of the surprising things for me about parenthood is just how many hilarious faces kids make. It’s especially delightful with newborns because it’s just purely what they are feeling without artifice or pretense. These pictures are from this afternoon where she was particularly alert and expressive. But […]

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Parenting is highly skilled labour

  With Anna we have had so many beautiful and fun moments, little adventures, and great memories already. But there has also been probably even more crying, sleepless nights, misunderstandings, not realizing what is uncomfortable for her, and just being pretty clueless as a parent of how to help her sometimes. Recently, Jetaime has been […]

I knew when I met you an adventure was going to happen

“I knew when I met you an adventure was going to happen.” ― A.A. Milne   There’s something about having a baby that brings us out of the usual and into the unusual. This weekend I was walking Anna around Jetaime’s parent’s place. Anna was wide-eyed and curious and I had a lot of fun introducing […]

An Unusual Game of Monopoly

Yesterday I won a game of Monopoly against my students and I felt like I was the worst player among them. I was really good, I stacked up on houses early on and made a ton of money in rent. When they couldn’t pay my rent they gave me their locations until I had the […]

Celebrating with Students

A few weeks ago we had a wedding celebration with Jetaime’s students. Jetaime and her friends had been planning this for months and it really showed. The whole event was so fun and the biggest thing was that we really wanted each student to have an encounter with God.  In the morning I got to […]

泰国水上德士

   贺先生过生日,我们好有福气免费住在一家毗邻河道的温馨民宿。环境实在太舒适,加上附近有便利店,信手拈来一堆价廉物美的泰国美食饮料,乐得两人大半天都待在房里享受悠闲的时光。 夕阳西下,天气转凉了,我们走到河道边准备搭乘水上德士去会友人。我问贺先生该往哪个方向走,他说东边,然后指着夕阳说:”太阳在那里,我们往那里去吧!” 我不疑有他,傻傻地上了小船,两站后船夫赶我们下船,拿出谷歌地图一查,才发现偏离了目的地——往反方向走了。两人仔细回想之前的对话,最后只能大笑自己闹笑话了! 除了火车外,第二次到访泰国的我尝试了捷运、德士、巴士、tuk tuk、水上德士等五种不同的公共交通工具。个人最喜欢的巴士,除了票价便宜,还能欣赏沿路风景,贴近当地居民的生活。水上德士的价格更低,两站只需泰铢八元,不过船只随着浪潮快速前进,像我这样容易晕眩的人就吃苦了。可是胜在能够避开繁忙的街道,非常省时(而且不像tuk tuk常面临被砍菜头的风险),有机会到曼谷记得来体验!

Birthday with my parents

   Thanks so much to everyone who wished me a happy birthday! It’s so fun being on the other side of the world because my birthday lasts like a day and a half ;). We met up with my parents in Bangkok tonight, they have had such an adventure in Thailand so far. You should […]

抵达美丽的泰国

   待在吉隆坡一天一夜是为了处理缅甸签证,昨天下午在尊孔聊得不亦乐乎,最后几乎是用跑的冲到Masjid Jamek 那里去领签证,抵达时间刚好五点三十分,众人看见我上气不接下气,都忍俊不禁,快手快脚把护照交给我,好让我安心。哈哈! 晚上十一点多抵达曼谷机场,从询问处工作人员口中获知捷运在午夜停止运作。我们赶搭机场小巴,在好心人士的协助下成功买票,赶上最后一趟捷运(我们一上月台,售票处就开始拉下闸门上锁了)。 凌晨一点顺利下榻客栈,一路上善心人士不断,图中这位仁兄更是让我由衷感激。在大家都疲惫不堪之际,他硬撑着眼皮为我们讲解路线、介绍曼谷好去处和进行基本泰语教学。他的英文实在不错,我们聊了好一会儿,等到想起要拍照留念时,捷运已到站,门已打开,广播在提醒再不下车就没机会了……当下我们顾不了找镜头这回事,只管咧嘴一笑,匆匆挥手,大概永远不会再见了。