Thursday, May 27, 2010

Home Sweet Home

Well here I am back at mirror foundation in Chiang Rai Thailand.
Sorry to say to home but it feels like home sweet home here.

I've been here for a few days now on my second trip back here. It was great to see people here that were here before. I don't have my same bed but funnily I am in my same dorm. Its the middle of rainy season here so the weather is humid and hot during the day then in the evening it pours down like nothing else, but that lasts maybe a hour or so.

Tuesday was spent in the office helping Stuart doing a few things and me going through close to 100 websites and screen shotting them so to see what my/mirror's site will be like. I will have to do basically 2 websites, one for Mirror org and another for the volunteers to use. Emily had also given me a report on Anti-Human Trafficking Project, so for the last few days I have been doing that. It was a bit tough at first but we now have the design down, so its a matter of just doing it. Hopefully I will finish it today.

Talking about today, its my birthday!!! So nice, went to morning meeting and got a cake, present and songs. So awesome and I have to wear a crown all day, I'll upload pics later.

Last night we went into town to the Night Bazaar, I haven't been there since I left last time (march 2010), we had some dinner and did a bit of shopping, I got a really nice skirt, which I am wearing today, a headband and a few other little bits and pieces. Its started pouring down around about 8pm. But before we left I needed to go to 7/11 to get a big bottle of water and some seaweed (my favourite), Nadia and basically drowned and nearly fell on our behinds numerous times. Stupid farang!!

Mirror Foundation have many projects on at once which essentially help better the living of the Hill Tribes people in Chaing Rai, Northern Thailand. They also help in these people getting citizenship so then they have access to Medical, Schooling and other benefits the Thais get on a normal basis.

Mirror Foundation is a grassroots NGO.