Yangon for the Weekend

Saturday I will be looking out over Yangon/Rangoon rooftops to the Shwedagon Pagoda.
We have a Buddha holiday on Monday, so a long weekend provides an opportunity to see Yangon properly. Due to my visa issues I missed exploring Yangon with Helen, Jenny and Julie when we visited Burma/Myanmar in October.

Friday Golden Flowers from Doi Inthanon

I liked the juxtaposition of the downward facing golden trumpet flowers and the golden spire on one of the Doi Inthanon chedi's.

The  extensive gardens surrounding the Doi Inthanon were colorful and I have shared a photo previously.  At the bottom right hand corner you can spot one of my sentimental favourite flowers - hydrangeas.

What's for Breakfast - Not much that Will would eat.

Breakfast for me is usually muslei, banana and yoghurt (Australian Farmers Direct Greek style yoghurt).

However I also have the option of breakfast in the dining hall with the boarding students.  I try and go once or twice a week and have an omelette as an egg and protein fix.

 

The style of the omelette varies depending on the chef.  They can be oily, or more scrambled than omelette like.

My nephew Will made last year his year of "no eggs on Sunday" so I don't think the omelette would entice him to the dining hall.  

The condensed milk on sweet white bread toast wouldn't either, but the students love it.  

I'm not sure what the porridge concoction is, (it was aromatic) but I know it would not tempt Will, or me.

Occupational Health and Safety

Photos of work sites has become an unplanned theme this week.

I saw this group on the roadside as I was heading up the hill one day in the dry season.

Electrical wiring in Thailand, as in most of Asia, is messy and unreliable.

This group without fluoro vests or hard hats or steel capped boots were trying to fix the wires.  I'm sure they weren't from the electrical company.

Working on the road

Flip flops (or thongs as I call them - much to the shock and misunderstanding of the Americans on staff) and socks as work wear.  

No fluoro vests either.

President More

 

Today we had elections for a new student council.  More (above) has been the school president this year.  He is a great student, wonderful artist  and lovely person.  In this photo he stands next to a banner featuring a photo of himself in Grade 6 - love the pose - still holding a pen and looking outwards.

He is off to study Art and Psychology at UCLA Berkley in California next year.

Asleep on the job

Nearly every day I say "You wouldn't see that at home".  Well you wouldn't see a harvester like this at home- neither the size, the decoration or the colorful decoration. I originally stopped to look at the harvester, but was intrigued and on looking closer found the driver napping under the red shade cloth.