June 2010
8 posts
Scared
I realized yesterday that more intense than my thoughts of how much I’m going to miss some of the awesome people I met, seeing little Thai kids or monks every day, the amazing food I get here, not even having the option of watching tv, and the millions of other little things that make living here so great, is my feeling of fear about entering my old world again.
I feel more alive here. I...
New Peoples, Weird Times
We got a ton of new people in the last 24 hours. 12 are here now, 2 are on their way. Almost all girls. Having new people here makes me realize how long I’ve been here, how comfortable I am here, how much I’ve learned here, and how gradual the process was. It’s awesome that there are new people here ready to help out but I kind of miss our intimate little group we’ve had...
Awesome Video
you should all watch this video. It almost makes me cry. I know I’m gonna watch it when I start to really miss this place, and it’ll make me cry then.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTEMcZg3It8
I really want to come up with an I.S. that will allow me to come back here. I think I could come up with something good, something politically or socially based. Something about social...
I discovered what they drink in heaven
PINEAPPLE KIWI SMOOTHIES. oh, and COFFEE BANANA SMOOTHIES. You can get smoothies here for 15 baht, which is the equivalent of….maybe 45 cents. I’m going to be obsessed with them when I get back. My plan is to buy at least 100 kiwis, peel them, and freeze them, so I can make these smoothies year round.
This is by far the dumbest blog post ever, but I just needed to document my love...
Eye-Opening Week
This week was really…good. It wasn’t very eventful, which was nice, because I have been soooo freaking busy since I’ve gotten here. I still haven’t had a day in which I didn’t do anything. On Saturday we went to Big C (huge mall/grocery store), bought too many groceries and a coffee Oreo Blizzard (yes, Thailand’s got DQ), then went to town and spent most of the...
Everything is going to be different now
I’ve had several conversations today about the various ways it’s going to suck to go home. I think it must be because a bunch of the big group that I arrived with is leaving, and the rest of us are at least half way done with our stays, but everyone seems to be freaking out a little about leaving.
I don’t really know what to say or how to explain it…but we all know that...
25 minutes of free time!
Just got back from Jalae child care center, where Rhae and I worked on the ABCs and played with play doh. In 25 minutes, we are off to town to go to the hill tribe museum. We think that they would be willing to sell post cards that some volunteers made to raise money for the hill tribe scholarship fund, which is a project started by Mirror Foundation that aims to raise money to send hill tribe...
May 2010
11 posts
Right now I’m sitting in Boonbundan guesthouse in Chiang Rai. It’s pretty much a dump but it costs us about $2.50/night for 4 people in a room with A/C. Everyone pretty much comes here every weekend to get out of the country, spend some time in A/C, take hot showers, and go to the night bazaar.
I have been so unbelievable busy, which is great, because time is flying. I am starting...
NO TIME
Oh man, I’ve been so busy. I just emailed my dad and I already have to go plug in my batteries, take a shower, and get ready to go to town. I have had no free time in foreevveerrr which is great but I also want to tell everyone what’s going on.
So since I last posted, I have gone on a home stay with a hill tribe, seen a dog being cooked, built a bamboo house, installed a concrete...
See the path cut by the moon, for you to walk on.
See the waves on distant shores, awaiting your arrival.
Dream the dreams of other men, you’ll be no one’s rival.
Dream the dreams of others then, you will be no one’s rival.
It's too hot for creative titles
I have so much to say….I don’t know if anyone cares to read it all, haha. But I figure this doubles as a journal that I can always go back to and remember life in Thailand, so I might as well say it all.
One thing that is pissing me off is how disturbed everyone is by the fact that some people around here (not people that live with us, but some native northern Thais) eat dog. They...
Warming Up
Today was my second day….it was busy but good. *side note* a bug just crawled down into my keyboard and disappeared into my computer. I have a feeling that might happen a lot.
We had orientation, which involved learning a lot about the organization with which I am volunteering and giving all of my time for the next 6 weeks. During parts of it I literally almost cried. The organization was...
Discouraged/Miserable
Today was my first day in Chiang Rai. Someone from the Mirror Foundation (with whom I’m volunteering) was at the airport, along with 2 other volunteers, to pick Rhae and I up when we landed. The 2 volunteers, Ben and Jeanelle, are really nice and funny; they assured us that living and volunteering here is soooo much fun and that time is going by really fast for them. I was really excited by...
Updates from Seoul
Hola!
I’m in my room in Seoul right now, with only 58 min left on my comp battery. The front desk only has a 2-pronged outlet converter and stupid Macs have 3-pronged chargers :(
On my flight to LA I sat next to a girl the same age as me. She tried to pay for the DirecTV that shows on the back of the seat in front of you, but her sound didn’t work, so I bought it on mine and we...
Getting started...
So, I still have 8 days before I leave, but I have my last final in 4.5 hours, and I’m desperate for procrastination activities. I figured I’ll get this thing set up but probably won’t write anything till I get to Seoul.
Right now the only thing on my mind is, should I get these stupid malaria pills????
