This past week has been slightly less exciting, though I’ve kept myself busy. Monday night I set out for the UN Irish Pub to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with an Irish meal and live Irish music. I met some people from a Bible study I attended there and I also saw Pi Tik, one the field instructors from ISDSI. She invited me to come by ISDSI (the semester program I did here) for lunch this week. On Wednesday then, I made the journey out of Worldclubland and into Chiang Mai city.
After having a deliciously spicy Thai lunch (including sticky rice!) and reconnecting with people at ISDSI, I began my trek around the city. My first stop (after getting Thai iced coffee) was at one of the new malls in Chiang Mai. Since I was here 2 years ago, 3 new malls have sprung up. I had been in 2 of the 3, but this last one I visited was the one I was most interested in because I walked past the early stages of construction of it any time I went to ISDSI. It’s a beautiful new mall … but it was a bit empty.
Many people in Chiang Mai wonder if these new malls will be able to stay open as 2 of the 3 new ones don’t get a lot of traffic and there’s not really money in Chiang Mai to support 5 malls, especially the higher end ones. After visiting this new mall, I visited one of the older malls. While it seemed to be a bit busier, I don’t know if it will be able to stay open with the added competition, simply because it’s so old and seems a bit ‘dumpy.’ It will be interesting to see what happens in the next 2 years with all these malls.
My last stop before home was at Tesco Lotus hypermarket, which is basically like a Wal-Mart Supercenter. I had dinner in the food court, picked up a couple grocery items, and paid my internet bill. The nice thing about bills here is that you can pay them at any number of different locations … 7-eleven, BigC (similar to Tesco), Tesco Lotus … you don’t have to send it in. Talk about convenient!
The rest of the week had a couple little highlights … I went to Grace International School’s production of Guys and Dolls with the Wades Friday night and on Saturday went to a movie (Divergent) with some other people … otherwise it was fairly normal and quiet.
This past week was spring break for Messiah College; as a result, my brother spent the week learning how to do dialysis treatment at home. You can read about this week, as well as catch up with this whole journey we’ve been on at http://nateskidneyupdates.blogspot.com (update 12 covering this week will be up soon!)
Thanks for your continued prayers for me and my family as we go through these different things.
My last stop before home was at Tesco Lotus hypermarket, which is basically like a Wal-Mart Supercenter. I had dinner in the food court, picked up a couple grocery items, and paid my internet bill. The nice thing about bills here is that you can pay them at any number of different locations … 7-eleven, BigC (similar to Tesco), Tesco Lotus … you don’t have to send it in. Talk about convenient!
The rest of the week had a couple little highlights … I went to Grace International School’s production of Guys and Dolls with the Wades Friday night and on Saturday went to a movie (Divergent) with some other people … otherwise it was fairly normal and quiet.
This past week was spring break for Messiah College; as a result, my brother spent the week learning how to do dialysis treatment at home. You can read about this week, as well as catch up with this whole journey we’ve been on at http://nateskidneyupdates.blogspot.com (update 12 covering this week will be up soon!)
Thanks for your continued prayers for me and my family as we go through these different things.
Grace and peace!
Hannah
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