Happy Mothers Day

I know it's not May, but it's mothers day none the less. Unlike Australia who seem to choose a random date that's not even the Queen's real birthday for 'Mothers Day', here in Thailand, they actually celebrate Mothers Day on the Queen's Birthday. And it's a public holiday too! Pretty cool really.

Even though there was scope to go catch up with people today, waking up to heavy rain just put me in the mood to be lazy. So i finally had a full day at home to do catch up on a few emails, watch some olympics (haven't been able to do too much of that yet) then, my friend Kim came over so i could give her a haircut and so she could 'fix up' the hair cut she gave me. I won't show you any pics, cos in reality, we were both really tempted to head next door and ask them to help fix up the mess that we both made. Well, at least i don't have to work at a 5 star hotel in customer service :)

By not doing much today, i did get to catch up on on a bit of TV and noticed a few things: The olympics coverage here is pretty shocking. It's either not on, or 2 channels are showing exactly the same thing - 3-4hrs later. Hmmm. But for mothers day, it was pretty amazing to see that for at least an hour this evening, every single channel had a program or something dedicated to the Queen. At first, i felt annoyed that there was nothing else on, but it really made me think again at the way that the Thai's look at the Royal family and show their respect to them. It's really like nothing else i've ever experienced, but again it's a great insight for me into the way that we should be stopping everything for God and putting him as the most important person in our lives as well. Not just for one hour, one day of the year, but in everything that we do. It really is a huge eye opener to be able to experience living in a culture with respected and revered royalty.

on the flip side, i discovered on sunday that there are no sheep here! i seriously never gave it a thought before, but it puts a whole new spin on many bible stories that talk about Jesus as the shepherd who cares for his flock, so many of the psalms.....

I guess there's lots that we can be learning from each others cultures (not that the sheep farming in australia is like that of the bible either, but you know what i mean)