I haven't been keeping up with the blog lately because a lot has been going on!
The week after Bangkok, I was sick for most of the week...:-/ Might've been something I ate in Bangkok?? This meant a lot of down time with me, the couch, and Glee dvds. :)
Then the week after that, I spent a lot of time with my German roommate because it was her last week in Singapore. :( She finished up her internship and has headed back to Germany for her last semester at the university. I had a blast being roommates with her. :) We had fun cooking dinners, heading to many ladies nights, teaching her american phrases, and learning a few German words myself. Now I have someone to go visit in Germany which is always nice to have. :)
My boss is back from maternity leave in the afternoon, so this changes up my schedule a bit. :) Now I have a little bit of variety in my day which will be nice and leave me with more afternoons to explore Sing!
Now that the crazy couple weeks are over, it's time to focus on training for the half marathon again! I only was able to get a few runs in between all that's been going on. Now I'll have more time to focus. :)
More updates coming this week! Hope you guys are enjoying the end of your summer :)
You might have gotten sick in BANGKOK? Wonder why?
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Thai police save dogs from dinner tables
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BANGKOK — Thai authorities have rescued more than a thousand dogs, which were found stuffed into tiny cages and being smuggled out of the country to be cooked and eaten in Vietnam, according to officials.
Police intercepted four trucks stacked high with crates packed with the animals in an operation on Thursday evening in Nakhon Phanom province in northeastern Thailand near the border with Laos.
A Nakhon Phanom livestock development official said 1,011 dogs were being held in a government shelter after two separate raids in Nathom and Si Songkhram districts.
She said an additional 119 had died either through suffocation in the cramped cages or when they were thrown from the back of the trucks as the alleged traffickers sped away from arresting officers.
Two Thai men and a Vietnamese man have been charged with trafficking and the illegal transportation of animals, police case officer Captain Prawat Pholsuwan told AFP.
"The maximum punishment is a one year jail term and a fine of up to 20,000 baht ($670)," he said.
The dogs were transported from nearby Sakon Nakhon province and were destined to be taken across the Mekong river in Laos and into Vietnam, Prawat added.
Traffickers, who round up stray dogs and barter for pets in rural Thai villages, can receive up to $33 per dog in Vietnam, police said.