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12 January 2008

Music: Ya pit (Poison) - Bodyslam

Yes. The song I'm currently listening to right now is a Thai song. Now, it's not just any Thai song. It's an awesome head-banging Thai rock song! Kick ass.

Well, 2 weeks living here has made me half Thai already. But honestly, this is a fantastic place to be in. I know I've probably mentioned it several hundred times but I find no harm in emphasizing the good old truth.

Thailand is amazing.

Anyways, the past few days have been pretty hectic for me. The rest of the American interns arrived and they're already into their 4th day here. Pictures will be up in the next post I suppose because I'm rushing to go play after this. We're all big fans of games and sports here.

On Friday we played BB Guns. It's kinda like paintball only with little plastic pellets as your bullet. With no surprise, I sucked at it. I think I was the first one to get shot. It was hard to find a person to shoot. And when I DID find someone, I fired and I missed. Frustrating!

In the evening we headed out to the countryside. The scenery was breath-taking. My words will never be sufficient enough to describe the beauty and wonders of nature. We drove past paddy fields that just stretched out into the mountains. The sky was the perfect blue and the sunshine streamed through the clouds. With the wind in my hair and the sight I had, all I could do was thank God for making such a scene.

We finally arrived at the houseboat and I think I just caught a glimpse of heaven. We parked and in front of me was this vast ocean of water with the mountains surrounding it. Took a boat ride of about 20 minutes out and reached this floating lodge where we stayed for the night.

If I thought God couldn't do better, I was wrong. DEAD WRONG.

The temperature dropped to about 13 degrees during the night. We had our devotional outdoors and I was freezing. Most of them were pretty tired after the swim earlier, so they went to bed.

As for me, I grabbed my journal, my headphones, a jacket and plonked my butt down on the jetty. I stared out into the darkness and started writing my thoughts for the day.

I looked up and I saw stars. Millions of stars. Bright ones, dim ones. So many stars. They dotted the velvet sky like precious little diamonds. They sparkled in the darkness and at that moment, I just sat under them, awed by the beauty they possessed. Never in my life had I seen such wonder. I mean, words cannot begin to comprehend the sight I had.

And there I was; sitting in the middle of this huge lake, wearing nothing but a thin cotton shirt and shorts in a 13 degree temperature, my body begging me to go someplace warm by the rapid chattering of my teeth and the goosebumps on my skin, and yet all I could do was stare and thank God over and over again for giving me my eyes to see his majestic creations.

That was one of the images I want tattooed in my mind forever. That place, that view was the epitome of beauty. To hell with size zeroes and the Mona Lisa. God is truly the artist and his creations are His masterpieces.

We headed home before noon the next day. Needless to say, we were exhausted but my oh my, I just realised that that was such a life-changing experience for me. No one will ever believe in the silly Big Bang Theory after witnessing such a sight.

The sky will fall, the ground will give
Through it all You will be faithful
When beauty fades and slips away,
For all my days You will be faithful.




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