I guess the first post for the new year is to wish everyone a very happy new year and may this year bring prosperity and joy to everyone.
We greeted the new year by hosting a get together at our residence by inviting our close friends in the diplomatic circle as well as friends here to a mee siam treat. This is now the second new year that we celebrated here in Laos and I am at least very happy that all my kids are here with us as my eldest who is usually the one who is absent, is here for her winter break. She is however leaving us tomorrow as school will begin on tuesday. I am sure going to miss her and it looks like she will not be visiting us this year as she will sit for her final year exams before she enters the university. She has also been harping on me to sponsor her THIMUN trip to Singapore which is some kind of an international students' get together where they play roles as diplomatic representatives of various countries in a mock UN setting discussing real issues of current concern. I have actually said yes to her going as she had wanted to attend the one that was organized in New York last year but for the prohibitive costs, I settled for the one to be organized in Singapore.
Anyway, I have to go to bed early today as we are sending off our daughter to the airport by driving down to Udon Thani Airport on the otherside of the border. She is catching up an early flight from Udon to Bangkok and then to Brunei. We need to wake up very early tomorrow and leave by 530 am. Good night :-)
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