Okay So.... last post was quite abrupt and to the point...well kinda. So I shall give a more detailed entry now:
I am currently writing from the industrial campus of my school. Which is like highly populated with dudes and like maybe 1 girl per 20 or 25 dudes. That my friend is crazy! Then again that is the opposite of my school which is reversed, with girls instead.
Today what did I do... so i taught my class the rules forupcoming Scavenger Hunt I created for them. It was fun! Had to draw pictures and make association of the words they didnt know with numbers and sports. Quite funny actually. And then we finished the class with some English Hang Man =]
I'd say it was a quite productive day indeed.
For lunch I ate Som Tam mai pet =] I think that is how you spell it. Which is what they call one platter, but when someone tells you they're going out to eat that it includes like 5 other dishes O.o (that's my "raising my eyebrow" face)
So it was realy Som Tam, sticky rice, pat kai ?, spicy moo soup and herbs and leaves and stuff like that.
BTW Som Tam is actually papaya salad with fried shrimp, and pieces of peanuts mixed in.Tres alloy ( french and thai ? ). Sticky rice is deff the best! pat kai I deduced is fried chicken. moo is pork. and you know the rest.
After that I got drived where I am at the current moment.
And today I'm observing a traditional Thai wedding Ceremony which I'm excited to see and maybe afterwards I can go hang out with my friends who go to school next door and check out the market they set up along the streets around my school and the marina.
AHHHHH I LOVE THAILAND! it's so different and beautiful. Like really beautiful. I love how everywhere herejust has a different feel different air than back in NYC. The trees and bushes are in such a great abundance its like they over crowd the streets, not sky scrappers and cars and other forms of transpotation. The mountains you might see if you were to google thailand are like literally everywhere and super close. IDK what else to say or how to explain it, it's something you just have to see for yourself to actually comprehend how I feel.
and to think I'm living here for only 2 months makes me feel fortunate but sad at the same time. Maybe 6 months would have been nicer. I do however plan on returning. Maybe in college i'll study abroad for a year in Thailand. Maybe.
Sally
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
sooooo..
butterflies in stomach =]
okay so quick update
like one month left =[
but ive made friends who are also from AFS except on a one year program from Costa Rica and Argentina.
then went to Hua Hin the other day with them, went bowling and shopping. loved it!
guna pick up thai boxing next week
i go through fone cards like one goeas through socks ?!?!?
i need to get myself on a diet =]
i'll write back later gator
okay so quick update
like one month left =[
but ive made friends who are also from AFS except on a one year program from Costa Rica and Argentina.
then went to Hua Hin the other day with them, went bowling and shopping. loved it!
guna pick up thai boxing next week
i go through fone cards like one goeas through socks ?!?!?
i need to get myself on a diet =]
i'll write back later gator
Saturday, July 11, 2009
sawadee ka
So its july 11 on this side of the world. current weather, on the sunny but slighty windy outside. its one of those days that look like and sound like you'll need a jacket, but once outside you quickly discover you rather not wear one.
Thursday i started my community service in Prachuap khiri khan Technical College. Turns out that Thais here in the AFS program prefered that I help teach english and so for the next weeks ill be a teacher for teens. at first it was scary, nerve racking plain old le-ou (bad). it turned out i had to give a speech infront of the whole school. Eventually I of course had to suck it up and give my speech in thai and then english. The classes i taught thursday weren't as friendly as I hoped, but the ones I had yesterday were much nicer and freidnlier and approached me. Onestudent even gave me a little ring, how sweet. The stares I would get in the begining and still get from students or strangers on the street make me feel uneasy, but hey thats what i get for being a foreigner during a non-touristy season =]
Its whatever now though I don't let it make me feel uneasy since I know they're not doing it with bad intentions.
Anywho OOHHH i started my first thia boxing lesson yesterday with one of the teachers at my college. I knew boxing was quite the violent sport, but thai boxing and muay thai? whole nother level.at first it just cringe at the sounds they'd make to help release stress on the ring. And this dude was like totally kickin the life out of a punching abg, that really sared me . I was just like " oh dear..." it was all good though they were nice and one of the dudes offered to help train me whenever i went there with my teacher so theyre pretty nice all screaming and fighting actions aside ha!
other than that, this morning as i tossed and turned in bed my right side hurt a bit and the curve of my foot where i'd kick the punching bag with and my knuckles hurt if i touch them. other than that im good
Kow man kai is wayyyy delicios here. its green rice with chicken and then i add soy sauce and some other sweet sauce and wala! you get a delicious tasting dish!
BTW can you beleive that so far the best dish I've had in a restaurant is this finger likin good plate of chicken fried rice. I know yall are probably like " so you can get that in NYC" but not this one my friends. its not greasy at all and the rice isnt brown like over there. Its soo good and like i dont even know...its just soo dee. and can you beleive its just 30 thai baht. the rate for a dollar is 33baht, so this mouth watering dish is literally less than $1.00 in the States!!!
That my friend is sooooooo crazy!
I've tried this dessert that my mom and I bought at a local market thats realy good too. Itsmade out of the crepesingredient-very thin, and inside is cocunut creme with two little pieces of corn. Its seved hot and it taste sooo sweet and good. LOVED IT
what else...oh turns out I'm not a big fan of duck noodle soup.
ooh best meak ever was sticky rice, fried chicken, noodles with minced meat and veggies, and papaya salad with fried shrimp. OOBER aloy mahk!
Thursday I also went to temple with students to partake in this yearly ceremony with the monks. We gave him the big candle, and i even gave him one of the offerings we had. After the whole prayers and ceremony he gave out pendants to everyone with the image of buddah on one side and inscription on the otherside. That currently hangs on my chain alongside my cross =]
Other than that, I haven't really done much because its like finals week here and my brother has had to study so hopefully soon i'll tell you more fun and exciting stuff.
Oh i also saw the buddah festival held yearly as well. Very beautiful and vibrant. i saw it at my yaa's baan . Then i met some of my brothers friends who were all very nice. Aim, Eff, New ,Dew, Som, Dai were all very friendly and we all just stayed walking along the marina and out on the pier by the beach, until Aim went to go pick up his motorcylce and paa picked me and Ohm up.
That was a fun day!
I think maybe next week we will climb up to the temple on the mountain where its like completel and total monkey invasion hahah. No seriously like seeing monkey is part of my daily routine here, and that mountain is home to them, so when we climb up we will encounter many monkeys.
Well ima go sit outside in the porch listening to music seeing as that i have officially finished The Brief Wonderous Life Of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz.
Now that was a pretty darn good book, He's a very good author, and I recommend him to anyone.
Okay I'm outies
Sally
Thursday i started my community service in Prachuap khiri khan Technical College. Turns out that Thais here in the AFS program prefered that I help teach english and so for the next weeks ill be a teacher for teens. at first it was scary, nerve racking plain old le-ou (bad). it turned out i had to give a speech infront of the whole school. Eventually I of course had to suck it up and give my speech in thai and then english. The classes i taught thursday weren't as friendly as I hoped, but the ones I had yesterday were much nicer and freidnlier and approached me. Onestudent even gave me a little ring, how sweet. The stares I would get in the begining and still get from students or strangers on the street make me feel uneasy, but hey thats what i get for being a foreigner during a non-touristy season =]
Its whatever now though I don't let it make me feel uneasy since I know they're not doing it with bad intentions.
Anywho OOHHH i started my first thia boxing lesson yesterday with one of the teachers at my college. I knew boxing was quite the violent sport, but thai boxing and muay thai? whole nother level.at first it just cringe at the sounds they'd make to help release stress on the ring. And this dude was like totally kickin the life out of a punching abg, that really sared me . I was just like " oh dear..." it was all good though they were nice and one of the dudes offered to help train me whenever i went there with my teacher so theyre pretty nice all screaming and fighting actions aside ha!
other than that, this morning as i tossed and turned in bed my right side hurt a bit and the curve of my foot where i'd kick the punching bag with and my knuckles hurt if i touch them. other than that im good
Kow man kai is wayyyy delicios here. its green rice with chicken and then i add soy sauce and some other sweet sauce and wala! you get a delicious tasting dish!
BTW can you beleive that so far the best dish I've had in a restaurant is this finger likin good plate of chicken fried rice. I know yall are probably like " so you can get that in NYC" but not this one my friends. its not greasy at all and the rice isnt brown like over there. Its soo good and like i dont even know...its just soo dee. and can you beleive its just 30 thai baht. the rate for a dollar is 33baht, so this mouth watering dish is literally less than $1.00 in the States!!!
That my friend is sooooooo crazy!
I've tried this dessert that my mom and I bought at a local market thats realy good too. Itsmade out of the crepesingredient-very thin, and inside is cocunut creme with two little pieces of corn. Its seved hot and it taste sooo sweet and good. LOVED IT
what else...oh turns out I'm not a big fan of duck noodle soup.
ooh best meak ever was sticky rice, fried chicken, noodles with minced meat and veggies, and papaya salad with fried shrimp. OOBER aloy mahk!
Thursday I also went to temple with students to partake in this yearly ceremony with the monks. We gave him the big candle, and i even gave him one of the offerings we had. After the whole prayers and ceremony he gave out pendants to everyone with the image of buddah on one side and inscription on the otherside. That currently hangs on my chain alongside my cross =]
Other than that, I haven't really done much because its like finals week here and my brother has had to study so hopefully soon i'll tell you more fun and exciting stuff.
Oh i also saw the buddah festival held yearly as well. Very beautiful and vibrant. i saw it at my yaa's baan . Then i met some of my brothers friends who were all very nice. Aim, Eff, New ,Dew, Som, Dai were all very friendly and we all just stayed walking along the marina and out on the pier by the beach, until Aim went to go pick up his motorcylce and paa picked me and Ohm up.
That was a fun day!
I think maybe next week we will climb up to the temple on the mountain where its like completel and total monkey invasion hahah. No seriously like seeing monkey is part of my daily routine here, and that mountain is home to them, so when we climb up we will encounter many monkeys.
Well ima go sit outside in the porch listening to music seeing as that i have officially finished The Brief Wonderous Life Of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz.
Now that was a pretty darn good book, He's a very good author, and I recommend him to anyone.
Okay I'm outies
Sally
Monday, July 6, 2009
11:11 am
So thats the current time over here in Prachuap Thailand.
over in NY i beleive its 10 pm or around there.
things ive discovered i like:
cocunut strawberry ice cream
ma coon( pomegranate type fruit)
chocolate covered cokies
bread
things i dont like:
curry
fuji plum cherries
things i dont wana know what they are:
meat in corner store noodle place
I ate it, and it had an interesting taste, but when my brother translated it for me it said fishball...and im not a big fan of fish other than srimp.
Besides food, the hospitality is so warm and welcoming. Thai people are so nice and welcoming. They always want to feed you and make sure youre okay. Like before I came to my host family, it was 5 of us coming to Prachaip area : Mehidi, Monet, Yessenia Maritza and myself on a van for hours. Then we stopped at gas station for bathroom break and see how the toilets in thailand are. needless to say none of us girls used the toilets...very interesting looking things...and the way they get flushed..its like a more updated version of a latrine, with a section on the side where water lingers with a floatin cup. and once youre done with toilet you scoop water and pour in toilet until everything flushes down.
but anyways so yea we come outisde and are waiting for our advisor and we wai to this family whos looking at us and then we engage in nice easy going conversation. thai ppl do smile a lot =]
breakfast yesterday consisted of:
slice of bread with the edges cut off nd mayo spread
bowl of white rice
chicken
curry chicken
and fruit.
ofcourse i didnt eat curry chicken stomach dont like it .
my family is so nice though i feel like we're finally opening up to each other and what not.
When i sleep though i sleep for long time, like yesterday i was suppose to meet my sister Ib but around 5pm i decided to take a nap, the nap then turned into a 13 hour sleep and i was the first to get up in my family.
i say its the jet lag from thailand and california working on me since when i stayed in hotel in Bangkok i went to sleep at 4am hangin out with the Belgian students ( who might i say were oh so cool, and very good looking) to wake up at 7am and depart to our new home.
its so beautiful over here, reminds me a lot of the Dom. Rep. very tropical and sunny.
i only have one mosquito bite on my calf...and i hope to keep it that way haha!
okydokey, ima go play with Kalameh and KaKa in the yard
btw thais have the next few days off of school because of buddist holiday and queens bday so my community service doesnt start until thursaday.
so wish me luck!
Sally
over in NY i beleive its 10 pm or around there.
things ive discovered i like:
cocunut strawberry ice cream
ma coon( pomegranate type fruit)
chocolate covered cokies
bread
things i dont like:
curry
fuji plum cherries
things i dont wana know what they are:
meat in corner store noodle place
I ate it, and it had an interesting taste, but when my brother translated it for me it said fishball...and im not a big fan of fish other than srimp.
Besides food, the hospitality is so warm and welcoming. Thai people are so nice and welcoming. They always want to feed you and make sure youre okay. Like before I came to my host family, it was 5 of us coming to Prachaip area : Mehidi, Monet, Yessenia Maritza and myself on a van for hours. Then we stopped at gas station for bathroom break and see how the toilets in thailand are. needless to say none of us girls used the toilets...very interesting looking things...and the way they get flushed..its like a more updated version of a latrine, with a section on the side where water lingers with a floatin cup. and once youre done with toilet you scoop water and pour in toilet until everything flushes down.
but anyways so yea we come outisde and are waiting for our advisor and we wai to this family whos looking at us and then we engage in nice easy going conversation. thai ppl do smile a lot =]
breakfast yesterday consisted of:
slice of bread with the edges cut off nd mayo spread
bowl of white rice
chicken
curry chicken
and fruit.
ofcourse i didnt eat curry chicken stomach dont like it .
my family is so nice though i feel like we're finally opening up to each other and what not.
When i sleep though i sleep for long time, like yesterday i was suppose to meet my sister Ib but around 5pm i decided to take a nap, the nap then turned into a 13 hour sleep and i was the first to get up in my family.
i say its the jet lag from thailand and california working on me since when i stayed in hotel in Bangkok i went to sleep at 4am hangin out with the Belgian students ( who might i say were oh so cool, and very good looking) to wake up at 7am and depart to our new home.
its so beautiful over here, reminds me a lot of the Dom. Rep. very tropical and sunny.
i only have one mosquito bite on my calf...and i hope to keep it that way haha!
okydokey, ima go play with Kalameh and KaKa in the yard
btw thais have the next few days off of school because of buddist holiday and queens bday so my community service doesnt start until thursaday.
so wish me luck!
Sally
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Greetings from Prachuap khirikhan!
After 16 long hours and days and hours of traveling by car I'm finally at my host family's house!
theyre so nice and welcoming. I think we will get along just great.
When i got here rain was falling like crazy thunderstorms super loud like i would jump . its located in a very tropical area...duhh its on the coast sally...
but alot of palm trees and dirt roads. house is in like a dead end.
i like it ...i dont like however green curry chicken...that gave me horrible stomach pain and woke me up at 6am
okay so ima go and spend time with family now!
Mami si lees esto chequea tu email i sent you one cuz my phone doesnt work and i need to go into town soon to buy a thai sim card.
Sawadee ka
Sally
ps sorry for abrupt email dont wanna abuse theircomputer time thing.
theyre so nice and welcoming. I think we will get along just great.
When i got here rain was falling like crazy thunderstorms super loud like i would jump . its located in a very tropical area...duhh its on the coast sally...
but alot of palm trees and dirt roads. house is in like a dead end.
i like it ...i dont like however green curry chicken...that gave me horrible stomach pain and woke me up at 6am
okay so ima go and spend time with family now!
Mami si lees esto chequea tu email i sent you one cuz my phone doesnt work and i need to go into town soon to buy a thai sim card.
Sawadee ka
Sally
ps sorry for abrupt email dont wanna abuse theircomputer time thing.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
im going going to thailand thailand : p
Sooooo
I'm currently on the thai airways airplane. Its like huge with pink and mustard colored seats with pillows and blankets and when we came in we greeted them with the wai .mm it was soo awsome !!! Too many hours on plane its 17 hours and its like we miss a day so we never live a july 3rd, freaky huh. Well ima go call mom before I take off.
Btw the stuardis dress to beautifully, its so new. Well I'm outies.
Btw it was cold in cali
I'm currently on the thai airways airplane. Its like huge with pink and mustard colored seats with pillows and blankets and when we came in we greeted them with the wai .mm it was soo awsome !!! Too many hours on plane its 17 hours and its like we miss a day so we never live a july 3rd, freaky huh. Well ima go call mom before I take off.
Btw the stuardis dress to beautifully, its so new. Well I'm outies.
Btw it was cold in cali
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