Jackie and Elaine-Our first and only blog of the week!!!!!!!!
The troublesome twosome (Jackie and Elaine) took the terrific ten as typical tourists on a tour by tuc-tuc to tesco’s to buy toys and treats! (Beat that Week 4!)
Bear in mind that Elaine and Jackie have had trouble with their computers all week and haven’t been able to post any blogs while they have been here….so here are the comments (obviously tongue in cheek) from their week here…..
What a week we’ve had, we have both learnt new skills and have plans for new careers once we get back. Jackie is going to publish a DIY book called “Jackies Jobs In Ten Easy Steps” and Florence (aka Elaine) is going to teach Thai cookery! With a joint TV project about gardening called “Get Down and Dirty”. One funny thing that, amongst many laughs this week was when Ben was trying to retrieve a paint brush from the floor and asked Jackie if she minded if he put his hands between her legs!
Derek (our Pattaya Orphanage Trust representative) gave us a special project, which was to tidy up and plant some new flowers in the children’s cemetery. We sent him to buy some gardening tools, which he kindly did (but not the wheelbarrow-as he couldn’t put this on his motorbike). Derek came back and told us that he had bought the most expensive tools he could find, however the first time we used the trowl, it broke in two!!!!! So after we had finished the job, we presented the broken trowl back to him as a keep sake, to remind him of us!!
On a serious note, we had an absolutely fantastic experience and we would not have wanted to have missed this opportunity. We have felt a real mix of emotions, happy, sad, achievement, pride and an overall sense of reward. We wish we could bottle Father Mike and his team and take them around the world to all the suffering children. An example is when we were leaving the Orphanage for the last time today and we were saying goodbye to the children and staff, Father Mike asked one of the little girls (Nuke) if she wanted to go home with all of the volunteers and she just said “No”. What could be a better compliment to him and all he has achieved with the children…..?
Love and Kisses
Jackie and Elaine (The Troublesome Twosome).
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sharon said,
November 15, 2007 @ 10:59 pm
hey florence missing you at that lovely place ….hahahha. glad you aren’t bringing any elephants back. lou tells me you have have had a wonderful time and done some great stuff with the kids. the pics looked good. see you soon lol sharon xx
TRACY BURGESS said,
November 16, 2007 @ 10:14 am
Hi mother(Elaine)
Glad to here that you have had a lovely time and experience.
well done to everyone and it sounds like they have all enjoyed meeting you once met NEVER forgotten. safe journey home see you soon
love Tracy x x x x x x