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