Khaw-Pan-Sa and Good News

Now, I’m here at Chiang Mai. My home town stays with my family. And my sister comes back to home because of holiday for Buddhism people. Around 4 days, it’s a long holidays for us. This day is Buddhist Lent or Khaw-Pan-Sa in Thai. It’s an important day for Buddhism. We go to the temple in the morning around 6:30 and give some food for the monk; we call Tak-Bat. Its means give food offerings to a Buddhist monk. And do a good thing in this day. And the evening we go to the temple again for the Wian-thian; walk with lighted candles in hand around a temple. It’s a god way to do. So beautiful, we go to the temple that not ready done build yet. It’s in the center of the free area. And they build some small place for the Buddhist image that Buddhism can respect. Night time with the light of candles, it’s so beautiful. The sad thing that I should to tell you, I forgot to bring a camera T^T for this night. 

And here are some pictures of us in the morning at the temple. Everyone wants to sleep, look at the eyes. Ha-ha

 My home in the morning time :)

 Nick n Elyssa

Then back home and take photos :)

And the first good news is Nick and Elyssa have a new motorcycle. It’s so cheap and it’s good for nick because it’s big size.

Second good news that made us so excited is we will build a house!!! Well, it’s not my house but it’s a Nick an Elyssa house. Because of they will stay in Thailand around 2 years. They will pay lot money for rent the room to stay in Thailand. My parents are worry about them because they think Nick and Elyssa are one of our families. Then we decide to share a free area for them. So, they will build a small house in our garden!!!! We talk about it for 2 or 3 weeks. It’s not easy to make decision. They are having many reasons to think. About money, how to stay, how far from work etc etc etc.

Then yesterday, we start to do it. Dad cut the big tree in our garden and making border for the small house. We have to dig a hole for build pillar. Nick digs a hole by himself. It’s not easy work to do but he said he want to do it. Here are some pictures of us.

 Dad cut the tree!

And we, I means Mom, Elyssa, Him and I. come to visit and see them working. 

Man do his job for woman do the woman job like this 

Thai culture do this for build the house, we belive that god will protect you and your new house too.

It’s a big day for us. And it’s a HAPPY DAY for me too :) 

After that we eat a Thai noodle or Kha-nom-tcin with warm milk.

 Haha

 eating time :)

it's a Big Big day for us...