Nakhon Pathom

Nakhon Pathom?? What is that? Is it a type of food, or a flower? No, It is my new home. Nakhon Pathom is the city I will be staying in for a year of my life. It is really close to Bangkok, and I am nervous really excited to be that close to the capital. I am in an all wemon's rotary club, the RC of Prapathomchedi. Prapathomchedi is a temple in the city. The city is wonderful, and I am really excited to spend the next year of my life in the town. I am fairly close to the beach(YES!) and about 100 kilometers away from Bangkok. I will be attending the Nakhonpathom vocational college witch is about two blocks away from my house. I don't know who y family if, what they are like or anything. But I have my city, my school, my club, and my counselor. Thats more than some other students. Now I can get started on my language. Oh dear!!! Summer vacation is over! Time to cram in as much as I can. 

The city with the temple. This temple is the
 tallest in the world of its kind!

 ~FRS

Thai cookies

On Sunday the 15, I went to a Rotary event, the final one for all inbounds. Us outbounds were not required to attend, but we were encuraged to. I decided to go, to say goodbye to my friends. If an outbound had decided to come, they were required to bring a desert from our country. The other two outbounds to Thailand were bringning sticky rice or cake. I wanted to do something easier, so I made cookies.

Before I cut them

After baking

They were supposed to be little flowers. They were a lot like short bread. The recipe also said that most of the cookies could be smoked. You put them in a bowl with a sented candle and let them get the flavor for a while. I didn't have enough time for that. My friends said that they were like the real thing. Lets hope they were telling the truth. 

~FRS

Dam Beavers Weekend!

This weekend was Dragon Boat races. Saturday's races were just to see who we were up against. Our races that day were not great at all. But on Sunday we stepped it up. Our first race of the day we were focused and we did a really great race. We still lost, but it was a good loss. I had fun this weekend, even if we didn't win.

Sunday's race. We are the furthest boat

~FRS