ok i'll send abt wht i've been writin abt tsunami memories and abt friends there, but not now cuz i hav many tests to take.
i miss Thailand muz...hope 2c u guys there

will get in touch asap

luv u all

Dennis and all the people I met during my tsunami relief work.

I have been lucky that I was not in S.E.Asia at the time of the tsunami. However I came to Thailand Jan. 1 to help out and I am still involved in tsunami relief work in Aceh, Indonesia. I have been working with the victims now for about 10 months. It is satisfying to be able to help, although there are also many frustrating days (especially when dealing with officials). Maybe because I was not there when it happened, and I did not know any of the victims personally, I do not feel a negative psychological impact, but who knows what I will feel in the future. My story is too long to write here, but if anyone is interested you can take a look at my site: http://dinyvandeloo.bebo.com (no www.). Dennis, Ria, Lies, Michael and all the other people I have met during this past year, you will always have a special place in my heart.Let's stay in touch.
Love. Diny.

Hi everyone. Dennis - I think this is a great idea to share this stuff. I find I am focusing on my time at Wat Yan Yao more as the tsunami date gets closer. I am still in Cambodia but am going to try to make arrangements in the next few days to get down to Wat Yan Yao for the memorial. I expect I will be in BKK for a day or two as well. Hope some of you will be at the temple or at least in the vicinity as it would be great to see you again.

In some ways, my time there was the best of my life and in some ways the hardest but I find regardless that I can never really let my time there go away completely from my thoughts.

The bonds that were created there are pretty special to me. Everyone that put their time in and worked so hard to try to help those in need is certainly a person that I feel lucky to have met.

Keep well.

David

Hi David! Good you are able to make it for the memorial where it all happened. Myself, I will be flying to Amsterdam for Christmas (living in Finland again now) and will attend a memorial there. Now that the 26th is getting closer and closer, I am sure we all start to feel the same feelings again. But a sense of pride and satisfaction is also there. We worked as a team and will be conneced forever.
I have been talking to a psychologist for half a year now and she says the best option is to talk about it as much as possible, if possible. I have only been able to share my stories and memories for the past weeks with close friends and family.
I hope to be able to go next year and visit the temple Wat YanYao for the 2nd annivesary, I have to. Take care my man and hope to be able to stay in touch with you!

What is everybody else's feeling, now that 26.12 is getting so close? Hope to see your reactions here.