Returning after such a long pause

Yes, it has been almost two months since the last post I made here. There has been so many things going on that I haven't had much time to blog.. But anyway, I'm back.

Let me enumerate a couple of big events that happened in these past few weeks. First, my sister came back from Carnegie Mellon Univ. to attend a conference here in BKK, Thailand. Good thing that she had her paper accepted and that the conference was located here, because she could also take a summer break with all of us after a conference was done. At any rate, since she, one of the important audiences of the blog, is back here, I had less inspiration to blog. :-P

Second, we had been working with people from Larn Dham (www.larndham.net) on several things. We, as part of the group, collaborated on several things, including creating a Larn Dham T-shirts, creating a survey form to assess Thai teenagers' understanding of Buddhism, and some more. It has been quite an interesting experience to have.

Lastly, my relatives from CA, USA, came to visit us here, too. So, we (as one whole big family on my father's side) had them toured around. So far we had been to Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai. In fact, we even crossed the border to Burma, just for the sole purpose of shopping! It has been very enjoyable to all of our aunties and uncles (and my parents), but I could see from my cousins' eyes that they didn't quite enjoy shopping as much as their parents did. But, hey, we survived. :-P

So, for the past couple of weeks, it has been quite hectic to me (not even to mention about what I had to go through at my office). So it shouldn't be so surprising for people to find out that this blog hadn't been updated for so long.

Anyway, this upcoming Friday, my dear friend Ming, want us the Wash U people to gather up for a little chat (and a dinner) at Siam Discovery. It is another thing for me to attend to, but at least it will be fun, so I have nothing to complain. :-P