It’s only been a day and a half. I do miss Noot, but my niece Nong Ja who usually has me going here, there and everywhere also away with Noot makes the silence eerie. I must say last night wasn’t so bad but today there have been a few phone calls to them to check they are okay.
They are out in the village, yesterday was a ceremony at the temple and tonight a Mor Lum or Isaan Style concert. I could have gone and I do enjoy these shows but I wanted to watch the sport on TV and especially the golf.
Here is Noot, Noot's mum, Khun Da with Nong Ja, and Benjawan.
Tomorrow they will head to their grandfather’s village Ban Tha Kwlan to pay respect to him for Songkran and return on the 14th or 15th. I would have loved spending 3 days lying around doing absolutely nothing in the far reaches of Isaan looking over the Mekong River to Laos, no worries at all. But I have a few things to be done so cannot go. This is life.
Sunrise across from Khun Da's house, a 20 second walk. I really love this.
One thing that Noot and I have noticed with Nong Ja is how much she misses out playing with other kids living with us in the city. We live in an area that you don’t see that many kids out playing in the street. We play with her and take her many places but she doesn’t get contact with other kids often.
In the village she has a ball, she plays and plays and you see how much she loves it. We could (No, I could) never live in the village. Not being the remoteness but the style of living. People who have been in such villages understand. I would go crazy after a little while for sure.
In a year when Ja is 3 years old we will start sending her to kindergarten or a play school of sorts for half days, getting her ready for school. This time will fly as the last two years already have. We already teach her a lot in English and Thai and her pronunciation is so funny at times. She remembers so much which surprises me.
She can remember some colours already. An alphabet chart we have for Thai and English is really good. You ask her to point to a certain thing like, ‘bird’ and she can and other words too. The Thai chart she also does well with some of the basic symbols that relate to animals like 'Gor Gai' or chicken.
I thought the peace and quite was going to be so great, maybe I need to get out more but again I am happy being at home and occasionally going for a coffee at Peppers Bakery and a chat, to the park and to N-Joy for a cold beer with some local expats.
Tonight I have managed to drink one large bottle of Archa beer, okay mixed half and half with lemonade over the past 2 hours. I have watched the Manchester United V’s Blackburn game and now am watching Tottenham Hotspurs V’s Portsmouth.
I have another bottle in the fridge for the second half and then the golf will start at 12.30am, for five and a half hours of coverage. That is it for me of late. As you can see not a lot happening of interest at all. Life in Isaan Thailand at its best.
Brunty
5 comments:
as iam sure your well aware its good to miss the ones you love makes all parties feel wanted and loved my wife and son are out all day today iam a little rough round the edges this morning so its probably a good thing still miss them though we have only been apart for 2 nights in 4 years a few weeks ago and it hit home then how much you do miss them enjoy your free time anyways
regards john
Hi John, we spend nights apart as Noot goes and visits the village, but having our niece full time for so long and then complete silence is such a shock.
It is funny as you do take things for granted, them being there. As you said you realize how much more you do miss them when they are away.
I am enjoying the free time but also would love to have my niece driving me crazy as well... I miss her so much.
Thanks for stopping by
Hiya Brunty,
It's so cool you were teaching Nong Ja English, too. Languages are so much easier to learn when young. I wish I had taken on a few more languages when I was a kid. Your niece will be really grateful for her dexterity with English when she gets older. :oD
Beautiful sunrise, too! Thailand is such a beautiful country (well, outside of Bangkok, that is). I hope I'll get to go back for more explorations soon.
Hang tough, bro. Just a few more days before Noot returns, ay? :o)
PS: That was a pretty exciting Masters, wasn't it? I'm glad Mickelson won. Was getting sick of the Tiger-obsessed headlines. :o)
brunty ive really notice a increase in traffic over the last few month with some large spikes bloging is not new but its getting a boast from social media lots of people out there are interested in news from Thailand and issan keep on bloging i just purchased a new camera a couple of weeks ago so hopefully will have lots of great shots going to have to miss out the water part shame but forgot to buy a water proof disposable
have a good day today iam heading out in a couple of hours we have a big party in eddies bar in ban dung should be fun then tomorrow my son Jamie is rideing on the float around the village really looking forward to that as we missed it last year
regards John
I remember you writing how much Nong Ja likes being in the village playing with her little friends. I live here in the states and have a 4 & 3 year old that sometimes are very very close chums like two little monkeys. I can see how much fun little Ja has with her friends there. I hope this winter or next I can bring them to Thailand for a few months and stay in a village so they can make friends and learn Thai. I want them to know Thai village life and have Thai village friends. I hope to get some Thai DVD's for toddlers to help them get started. That hug and smile you will get from Nong Ja when she returns should be like heaven for you both!
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