I Forgot......

I have now decided that every time blog I will rant about something.  Today's topic: Thai driving. There are two rules: 1. If you think you can make it, then go for it, 2. If you get in a crash, be responsible for your actions. The second day I was so scared. And, they look at you weird if you put on a seat belt. But I have never seen a crash, so I guess I'm safe.


~FRS

A little bit of rest.

About a week ago I flew into Thailand. I was greater with smiles and happiness. I was so excited. I was a bit overwhelmed, but not too much. I met a boy named brandon. He is going to a different district, but he was still cool. I hadn't met anyone going to my districts, so I was a bit sad. I slept so well that night. I met my little brother the next day, EQ. He is sooooo cute. I also went to the 7/11. I am so happy. Everything is sooo cheap. I also went to my first rotary club meeting. That was so confusing, OMG. Then I went on a train. I met a girl from Estonia, Puala, a boy from Taiwan, Kenny, a boy from Japan, Daiki, a girl from from Germany, Johanna, and from the US there is Zach from New York, Flora from New Hampshire, Kelly from Florida, and Alex from Minnesota. I had fun getting to know them. On the first day, We went on a tour to the emerald cave, and some islands. It is so hard to describe, and photos don't do it justice. We found Nemo and I got an anemone sting!! I have scars. yay!! hhaha Daiki stepped on a urchin too. The next day we learned so language. I know the word for lime. I feel soooo unprepared. We went to the beach everyday. It was so fun. I also went to the markets. When we got back we went shopping. I got some shoes and some longer shorts. I also got a new phone and some essentials for Janique and I.
My family is so sweet. My mom is P'Joy, and my dad is P'Prim. P'Nong is P'Prim's sister. A-ma is the grandma. We all live together. P'Ning lives on a chicken farm. She is P'Prim's other sister. I love them all so much. They are so kind to me. I admire A-ma so much. She has so much money, but she uses it wisly. she gives gifts to people and donates it to people and programs too. I have learned so much and  I have so much more to learn. And my blog decided to change everything to thai.

To my family, Please stop talking to me. I am feeling a little home sick, and I would like to stop that feeling. Another thing, if my blog post is late, that probably I couldn't finished it when I would have liked, or Eq typed for me. Trust me, I want to blog, but sometimes I have a life. hahaha. But seriously. Please do not bug me about writing a blog. Thank you.

~Cienna

Take off for Tomorrow

Tomorrow at some god awful time 3-ish I will be getting up and leaving my house for a year. I will see Ginger for the last time in a year. I will ride in my car for that last time in a year. I will see my parents for the last time in a year. It doesn't seem real.
I'm all packed, got my toothbrush, got my passport, got my clothes, said goodbye to friends, anything else to do? Oh ya, I forgot to eat,(should probably do that) take a bath(good idea) clean up around the house ect. I'm not sure if I'm stressed, or my brain grew legs and walked away.
I haven't left a lot of things for the last minute, but I feel like I have forgotten everything.
Now, enough of the sad depressing stuff. When I get to Bangkok, I will be traveling to my town and arrive there probably about 1:30. Later that morning I will be headed to my rotary meeting. After that I will be boarding a train to Phuket for an inbound camp, were I will learn culture, language, and names. After theses five days I will be attending my school. I am so excited to meet all these new people and see new faces. Wish me luck on a-total-of-20-hours flight(approximately).



~FRS

16th

My Madre is so mean...she made me bake my own birthday cake! Thats what she says anyways. But she did the hardest part; the layering. The cake was a Texas Sheet cake, with raspberry black berry filling and butter cream coco frosting. I went to my grandma's place for the cake eating. She said it was wonderful.
The following day me Madre and I went to a friends house for dinner. Little did I know that there were two ice-cream cakes waiting for me. One was a reese's log cake, and the other a blue cookie dough cake. They were both yummy.

Thank you for the wonderful birthday!!



~FRS

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