I’m back.
My previous post was deleted :(
Let me re-type my experience in Bangkok
Day 1
Reached Bangkok at noon. Left our luggage at the hotel and went shopping on our own. We wanted to find a place for lunch and wanted something Thai. We walked for very long and still cant find a place. There were many street food stalls but no “decent” place in which we can sit to eat. In the end, we ended up eating at subway.
And guess what we had for dinner? Japanese food at the hotel :( talk about having something Thai . The traffic in Bangkok was quite bad. Lots of dust and pollution. We then took a coach to Pattaya that evening.
Day 2
First day at the conference. We learnt what administration is and the importance of it. Good to know that administration is more than paperwork. It’s mobilizing people, helping them to serve at their fullest potential and placing them at the right fit. It’s also utilizing all resources to serve God’s kingdom.
We decided to be adventurous and took a truck out to one of their night market that night. Lots of dust, street stalls and pubs. There’s a stall that sells bugs.. yucks.. lots of different kinds of bugs… am to tempted to buy back some for the NE camp *evil*. Of course, would a loving person like me do that? Hee heee hee
Day 3
I’ve learnt about the spirit of excellence. Ps PN preached about the importance of this spirit in an administrative chuch. He modeled it himself. He shared with us his determination in improving his English. There was once he was corrected by one of the LA leader on his pronunciation in the word “balance”. Immediately he applied and change his pronunciation. When others are preaching, he will note down the words that they use so that in time to come, he can use them too. Indeed you can see that his English is so much more fluent now. Also this time leadership conference has improved so much compared to last time. They had nice decorations, good presentations, good bands, opening and closing ceremony. I am challenged not to remain status quo but to improve myself. Improve the way I lead my DMMs, PM, Hosting, ministries, communications …
That day during the break, we went to the theme park. We brought Daniel and Deborah along.
Gwen, Shirls and I took the longest Viking we ever had. While we were busy screaming our heads off, the man was reading a book. For a moment, I thought we gonna stay there forever. He really made our money worth ;)
Then we took the roller coaster and I think its more of a “torture” coaster. It was so rocky that I had two super big bruise after that. I think we screamed more becos of the pain than the height.
That night, we played hide and seek with the twins. Talked about growing up … hee hee
Day 4
Last day in Pattaya.
I was filmed on the MM on what I learnt from the conference. The clip was played during the closing ceremony. So pai sei cos they were all teasing me.
We left for Bangkok and that night we went to the night market again. And we constantly got to haggle the price for taxis and stuffs there. Once they know that we are tourists, they will quote us a price that is sky high. There was a street in which there were many pubs and ehh.. you know … There was a pub in which the door was left ajar and there was a group of men, dancing on the bar top, half naked. *faint*
My previous post was deleted :(
Let me re-type my experience in Bangkok
Day 1
Reached Bangkok at noon. Left our luggage at the hotel and went shopping on our own. We wanted to find a place for lunch and wanted something Thai. We walked for very long and still cant find a place. There were many street food stalls but no “decent” place in which we can sit to eat. In the end, we ended up eating at subway.
And guess what we had for dinner? Japanese food at the hotel :( talk about having something Thai . The traffic in Bangkok was quite bad. Lots of dust and pollution. We then took a coach to Pattaya that evening.
Day 2
First day at the conference. We learnt what administration is and the importance of it. Good to know that administration is more than paperwork. It’s mobilizing people, helping them to serve at their fullest potential and placing them at the right fit. It’s also utilizing all resources to serve God’s kingdom.
We decided to be adventurous and took a truck out to one of their night market that night. Lots of dust, street stalls and pubs. There’s a stall that sells bugs.. yucks.. lots of different kinds of bugs… am to tempted to buy back some for the NE camp *evil*. Of course, would a loving person like me do that? Hee heee hee
Day 3
I’ve learnt about the spirit of excellence. Ps PN preached about the importance of this spirit in an administrative chuch. He modeled it himself. He shared with us his determination in improving his English. There was once he was corrected by one of the LA leader on his pronunciation in the word “balance”. Immediately he applied and change his pronunciation. When others are preaching, he will note down the words that they use so that in time to come, he can use them too. Indeed you can see that his English is so much more fluent now. Also this time leadership conference has improved so much compared to last time. They had nice decorations, good presentations, good bands, opening and closing ceremony. I am challenged not to remain status quo but to improve myself. Improve the way I lead my DMMs, PM, Hosting, ministries, communications …
That day during the break, we went to the theme park. We brought Daniel and Deborah along.
Gwen, Shirls and I took the longest Viking we ever had. While we were busy screaming our heads off, the man was reading a book. For a moment, I thought we gonna stay there forever. He really made our money worth ;)
Then we took the roller coaster and I think its more of a “torture” coaster. It was so rocky that I had two super big bruise after that. I think we screamed more becos of the pain than the height.
That night, we played hide and seek with the twins. Talked about growing up … hee hee
Day 4
Last day in Pattaya.
I was filmed on the MM on what I learnt from the conference. The clip was played during the closing ceremony. So pai sei cos they were all teasing me.
We left for Bangkok and that night we went to the night market again. And we constantly got to haggle the price for taxis and stuffs there. Once they know that we are tourists, they will quote us a price that is sky high. There was a street in which there were many pubs and ehh.. you know … There was a pub in which the door was left ajar and there was a group of men, dancing on the bar top, half naked. *faint*
Finally we had authentic Thai food. The tom yam soup and papaya salad is great! yummy...
Day 5
Shopping day
Walk, walk, walk and walk
Haggle, haggle, haggle and haggle
We walked a lot and haggled a lot. A few Thai brothers and sisters took us out. After which we had our dinner at MK.
Our flight was delayed and in the end we reached Singapore at 4am!
Overall, it has been an enjoyable and fruitful trip :)
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