Have I told you lately that I love you?

After I wrote the New Year message, I went on the New Year vacation with my family. We went to Chiang Mai, a famous province in northern Thailand, about 600km from Bangkok. We changed our travel methods, from the more rapid flying to driving the six of us. There were my husband, my three kids (Saiyai, Sa, and Kawee) and Ton (my husband's eldest son) and me. We watched the sideway views along the way and talked aboute everything from the music we listened in the car to global politics. Oh, and brought Pudding with us as well. Of course, the hotel didn't allow pets, but I am expert in smuggling in pets. Pudding was well trained that she doesn't cause any trouble, so we were able to get away with it.

While my husband was a senator and chairman of the Senate's Budget Committee, our family had various abroad trips. Each time, I missed my dog. As many of us dog-lovers know, the term vacation hardly exists. So when husband was no longer a senator, I've hardly travelled anywhere for two years. But this time, my kids, Saiyai and Kawee coming back from abroad, along with the current economic environment, we decided to trave domestic instead. It turned out to be a great idea.

We met up with some old friends and enjoyed catching up. My husband went golfing with his friends. Most of the time, we spent the day together. We went to the important places in Chiang Mai, and had many fun moments. Therefore this time, I have many pictures to post. Probably more pictures than ever, so I put them in slide-show format. The pictures aren't very neat becasue we took them ourselves, casually. But I want to remember it, and share this good time.

The thing I want to say here is that all the time I kept thinking about throughout the whole trip was my dogs that waited fro me back home, and the friends that I talk to everyday, from all around the world. I really miss you all. And:

Have I told you lately that I love you?

Today is the beginning of 2009, and as I've said in my earlier post that it'll be a challenging year. I'm hoping we'll get through 2009 together and that our friendships will last forever.

The last thing I want to say to you in this post is:

You fill my heart with gladness
Take away all my sadness
Ease my troubles that's what you do