Bee sting therapy

I hurt my back again just after Christmas (but not as badly as before) and while I was at my uncle's house for New Years he introduced me to his bees which he keeps in his back yard. He uses the bees for his back pain. According to him, a bee sting is 100 times stronger than morphine as a pain killer. I have never been bitten by a bee before so I hoped I wasn't going to have an anaphylatic reaction. He stunned the bee first which apparently reduces the pain of the bee sting and then put the stinger against my back. It hurt but was bearable. My uncle recommended one more. This time though the pain was extreme. He didn't stun the bee this time and so I felt the full force of the sting. The pain lasted for around 10 minutes. I still had swelling from the bee sting a week later. I don't think I'll do that again.

On another note, we are itching to get back to Thailand. Home assignment has been great to catch up with family and friend, but we feel a little bit in limbo here.

Last week I was in the city meeting up with someone and on the way home I happened to hear some Thai behind me. I slowed down so that this Thai couple went past me and then I followed close behind them listening to their Thai. They spoke such beautiful Thai.

We've also had emails from our neighbour and friend in Thailand. I'm getting up the courage to write back in Thai. Even a short email can take over an hour so I've been putting it off.