It’s been a while. There’s been illness. Isolation from the world. Time for reflection. Realisations. Acceptance. Personal challenges. Soul searching.
Tomorrow commences August 2008. In eight days, I will commence the second part of a personal journey that will take me from the inner, to five countries in south-east Asia. In eight days, the realisation of [...]
Archive for the ‘Helping hands’ Category
Experience A to Z
Posted in Challenges, Faces, Helping hands, Inner Journey, Inspirations, Places on July 6, 2009 | 7 Comments »
One Heart Sisters
Posted in Faces, Helping hands, Inspirations, Places, tagged Christina Noble, Ho Chi Minh, NGO, Vietnam on July 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
As I walked home yesterday in flood waters (you’ll be happy to know the sun is out today and the typhoon heading south) I reflected on the remarkable day I was soon to complete.
Before the tourists come
Posted in Helping hands, Places, tagged Bangladesh, Dhaka, Tarango on July 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Ok – let´s put this country into perspective. Bangladesh is 57 times smaller than Australia. And yet, it has seven times the population. That´s right – I have bumped into a few people while wandering the streets of the world´s second dirtiest city. The pollution would be fit for chewing if you were really hungry, [...]
Flying Nun
Posted in Helping hands, Places, tagged Friends for Street Children, Ho Chi Minh, Saigon, Vietnam on July 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Helmets are now compulsory in Vietnam, so I had a little protection when I headed into the district of Thu Duc – about a 45 minute one way trip from the centre of town. As if the helmet wasn´t enough, I was in the safe hands of Sr Marie Thao, Executive Director of the Friends [...]
City highs and lows
Posted in Helping hands, Places, tagged Friends for Street Children, Ho Chi Minh, Saigon, Sr Thao, street children, Vietnam on July 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Like a mother watching her child grow up, I´ve observed this city mature over the past 13 years, to the point it is ready to leave home. However, I think it still may want someone to do its dirty laundry: just not quite ready to leap out of its safety net into the world alone.
Ho [...]
Le Tan´s Dream
Posted in Helping hands, Inspirations, Places, tagged Friends for Street Children, Ho Chi Minh, Saigon, street children, Vietnam on July 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In a spring morning, a living being was born as many other creatures. It´s my birthday on March 10, 1999 at Hung Vuong Hospital in District 5, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
I don´t know whether my birth made the family happy or worried about my future life, happy or unhappy?
I heard that it was only [...]
