exactly 1 more month to christmas. did you know that christmas is celebrated thrice in Bethlehem?

dad bought 3 more pots of tolumnia hybrids today. the flowers are really beautiful. hope they will flourish this time. growing orchids is all about trying and experimenting continuously to determine what will grow or fall into a coma in our hot and humid climate.

the red eyed tetras fries have all grown bigger. they are beginning to school together more often. this was a strange behavioural transition from agressive and territorial babies to gregarious adults as usually it is the other way round. it is quite a good way to destress yourself by watching the school of tetras swimming around the tank.

i was playing with google earth just now. finally, you can see don khon and don det (both in southern laos) clearly. both places used to be blurred out previously. i can still remember the impressive cascading waterfalls. probably one day i will visit the place again.

sometimes, i hope that things will be better. am thankful for whatever i have now. yea. i feel that i have done a good job so far. thanks for the grace father.