November Recap

November last year was an eventful month, and considering that I’ve missed out on writing for the past two weeks, this is the post to fill you in on what’s been going on.

As a repeat from last year two events were repeated: Music Mania (a.k.a. Battle of the Bands) and Loy Krathong, which were both posted about last year.

Music Mania came around this year without a band for me to play with, and so I teamed up with my friend Sam Walden to sing an acoustic song; with him on guitar and me singing. We didn’t place, but I had a lot of fun singing up there on stage.

Loy Krathong is a festival celebrated on the full moon of the 12^th month on the traditional Thai calendar. The word ‘loy’ means float, and a ‘krathong’ is a raft about as big as your hand, which are floated for the forgiveness of sins.

This year we celebrated as a family by shooting off fireworks and firecrackers, and the night before I went down to the bridge to do the same with my friends. It was an exciting time, with explosions and lights, being both blinded and deafened by the festivities.

November also called for a lot of traveling on my father’s part, and he has gone to both Singapore and Malaysia this month on business. This Friday he will be going to Doi Inthanon, a nearby mountain, to spend time with his friend and to take a break.

The track meet is also this Wednesday, and Eric will be running the 400 metre dash, the 4 by 100 relay, and the 4 by 400 relay. He has gone to practice four days a week for this, and we know he will do well, both for himself and the school.

A lot of things have been going on, and God has been good to us in all of them. We thank you for your prayers for us, and ask that He would bless you in return, many times over.