So since it has been sooooo long since I have had time to write I will fill you in with some quick rants, LOL.

Halloween was really fun here even though they do not celebrate it here. I hung out with a bunch of friends from the states and we went out and did it big. We all wore costumes and found a few places that were having parties, what a fun night, I was a Thai Boy Scout. LOL

There has been a funeral going on here at the Wat for a week (this is normal for Buddhist) for a policeman, he was 50 years old. I am so sorry for the family but they seem to be doing OK as they feel his next life will be great. Today is the last day and they are getting ready to take him to be cremated shortly. The thing I find crazy is at 8 AM, I saw 9 police officers drinking a huge bottle of whiskey, they were getting the party started. You can make your own opinion on this.

Then class was cancelled for some teacher program, I hate when they do this last minute. The kids only get English classes once a week and they NEED it. I really wish they could find a better time to do this so the kids can get what they need.

I had the time so I went to do my “90 day immigration check”, you just have to show up and give your address so they can keep tabs on you. I can take a long time and be a pain in the butt. They have made changes to their office and I was in and out in under 10 minutes, AWESOME!

Last week I got 12 new beds delivered for the little boys here at the Wat. The beds are really bad here and full of bed bugs and dirt. It is now cold season so it will be better but we still need a lot more beds but it is a good start. I want to thank Ruth, Keith, Pam Jackie, Neal, Deb ans Jim for their donations that made these beds possible.

I also got some money from Jemma of DCCT to use for Chatree and the boys bakery kitchen. They need some new equipment and supplies and this will go a long way, thanks Jemma.

Sasha and Maria from Toys for Thailand are here in Thailand doing more good and they will be spending x-mas in Mae Hong Son with some Hill Tribe schools. They really do some great work and I am happy to help them whenever I can. I got the kids from the Wat to make them some hand-made thank you card, they are really great and they will be given out to some of their donors in the states. I am looking forward to seeing what else in in store for T4T…..

My old PC died after 6 years of pretty good service, RIP, PC. Larry Hahn my former boss and till great friend helped me to buy a new Mac Book Pro, it is amazing, I love it, thank you so much Larry. I will now hopefully be able to put more videos on this site now, Mac makes it so easy.

Happy Hanukkah! This is my second year here during the holiday and I want to send all of my love to all that celebrate. Last year was really hard, my Dad had to go in the hospital and it did not look good for a few days, so hard being here when things like that happen. I spoke to him this morning, one year since this happened and he is great and it makes it much easier this year.

I am sorry to say that I am no longer involved with that hill tribe hostel that I written about before, I am sad and miss the kids but there are so many things there that do not make sense. I will fill you all in on more about this when I write my book. I have a friend living here now, Charles and he is a writer. Now that he is finish with the first draft of his book, he is going to help me out YEAH!

I have had several friends here to visit over the past few months and I hope more of you come here, you will fall in love with Chiang Mai, the people, the food the culture, it is amazing. Good to see you Joanna, Patrick, Sandra, Doug and Andrew. Please come back there is still more to show you.

We also had a big holiday here, Loy Krathong. There are pictures from last year on here and I plan to put some up from this year. So many people in town, tons of fireworks and fire kites. Next to the Song Kran New Years festival, it is the best. The kids had so much fun, not the safest celebration but fun. If you can imagine 650 kids with matches and hand-made fireworks, OK nuff said, lol.

My friend Greig (yes that is how you spell his name) and I are working on something BIG, well big for us. It is going to be a great project to help kids from the hills to get into good schools here in Chiang Mai and give them a better chance at a better life for them and their families….Stay tuned for more info on the next blog

If I can think of anything else I will add it but for now, now you are up to date.

Peace and blessings to you all. -Stu