Thai Boys

Sure there are plenty of other things for me to tell, but this is a subject that needs to be discussed. It was not something that I was expecting when I came to Thailand. 

Everyone here's about how Thai girls are always looking for a foreign husband/boyfriend. My uncle who went to Thailand for a little while even had a Thai girlfriend. People tell you that they giggle at the foreign boys as they walk by, and so I expected the other inbound boys to get a lot of attention. One of them has a Thai girlfriend too. I never expected Thai boys to oggle over a foreign girl, especially when Janique told me(and my fellow inbounds) that the Thai boys wern't that interested. I was lied to. They are just as interested in the foreign girls as the Thai girls are interested in foreign boys. Sometimes it is fine. It's not like they giggle when I walk by or anything. But they do say hello(very loudly in some cases) and it can be very intimidating. I find it really funny though because they are so shy around me. Sometimes they will come up and give me candy or something, but mostly it's the girls or other guys trying to get him to speak to me. It is rather humorous. 

Enough of that... This week has been a little busy. On Saturday, I went with some people from my school to an event(not sure what it was about) and I freezes in Thai traditional clothing and made some snacks. Thes are made about of beans and then the batter is smoked, and then you role the batter into small fruits and color them. They are realy good. 

 

Then on Tuesday I sloped school to go to the anniversary of my host grandad's death. He died 7 years ago. We had monks come and pray and bless everyone. 

I don't know what is on he agenda for next week...

~FRS

Loy Kratong

On the 8th was the Loy Krathong festival. Loy means to float. Krathong is a little raft made out of banana leafs or bread. I went tithe festival with EQ's baby sitter and the wemon who work at my host moms coffee shop. I got a Krathong and let I float down the river. When you let it float, you make a wish. 

I also lit a lantern and let if float away into the sky. 

On Sunday I went to the rotary outbound orientation of my host district. I met some rebounds. They were really nice. All guys. One who went the the us, two who went to Brazil, and one who went to Japan. I went and had breakfast with them.  

On Monday I made some flowers and a bouquet. On Tuesday I made cake. And on Wednesday we made cake again.

Tuesday cake. My friend and I made it together, and I let her take it home cause she did all they work. 

I am really happy about this cake, cause I frosted it all by myself!! You have no clue how happy I am about it!!

 Tuesday was my host dad's birthday so we went out to dinner. When we got home we found a dog stuck in our fence. We got him out with any problems, and I saw him the next day, as happy as a clam. 

So that was my week. Sorry about the late post. 

~FRS

Week Back to School

I went back to school on Monday. The class that I was with last semester has work training this week(like an internship) so I joined a different class. They are all 17 or 18 but they speak a little more English. I am excited to spend more time with them. 

There is also a festival going on in my city. I'm not exactly sure what it is about, but the temle in my city has lights all over it and there are shops everywhere. I went to it on Halloween. I

I also fed Kenny for the first time. 

Have a great week everyone!!!

~FRS

The RYLA

This week I went to central and sizzles. On Sunday I went to the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards opening ceremony. After that I went to the biggest shopping mall in Thailand(that actually might not be true, it just seemed like the biggest one. It had everything though.) On Monday I turners out to be officially sick. I went to the doctor yesterday, and he said it wasn't a cold or the flu, it was in between.  School starts on Monday, so let's hope I am ready for that. The weather here is changeling, and it will soon be getting cooler. By cooler they mean 70 degrees instead of 110.(exaggeration)


~FRS

Pictures

With my host aunt, P'Ning

With the monks

My YEO's son and two sister

the resort that we had lunch at

 

Chinese graves

The temple from a distance

WW2 museum

Wedding on Tuesday

WW2 museum

WW2 museum

WW2 museum

WW2 museum

~FRS

This Week Was Splendegg

Well, it would be if my photos would load to my computer..... -_-  I spend the past week with my host aunt. she owns three egg farms. Now don't get jealous, I never got to see any chickens, but I did get to sort eggs. On Sunday I went with her and her mother in law to a temple for a holiday. We sat and prayed with monks. On Monday I went with my YEO's sister to a temple, and to Kanchaoknaburi, about two hours away from my town. Today I went to a wedding. It was an experience.

So now you know the reason for my late blog post. I was too busy for it. I am having too much fun to write it. I want too, and it is in the back of my mind, but please family understand that the reason it is late is not because I got murdered, it is because I simply haven't had time. So I am sorry it is late, but at the same time I am not sorry.



~FRS

Trip to Phuket and Nakhon Si Thammarat

I was scheduled to leave on the 23rd of September headed for Phuket by bus, but a miscommunication happened and I didn't leave until the 24th, and instead of traveling by bus, I went by plane. Instead of a 14 hour bus ride, I got a one hour plane ride. Lucky me. I arrived at about 12:30pm and stayed at the hotel until about 2:30pm. There are 7 rotary clubs in Phuket. Each club hosts two students. The girl from Denmark, Caroline, and I were hosted by the same club. One of the rotarians took us to see The vegetarian festival. When he dropped us off at 6:00pm, we had dinner at the hotel with Daiki from Japan, Alex from Missouri, Zach from New York, and Christian from Brazil. 

The next day we got up early to to to James bond Island and Hong Island. That day we did some rafting as well.

rafting

Rafting in a lagon. you had to get through a narrow
cave to get to it..

on the boat

In a Cave with Caroline, Raul from Mexico, and Kenny from
Taiwan

With the rotarian from our host club looking at food

James bond Island with Raul

That evening Alex, Caroline, Zach, Christen, Flora from New Hampshire, and Maia from Canada all went to the vegetarian festival again. We went to a temple and bought fireworks. People let off fire works all the time. The vegetarian festival lasts for 10 days. It is a Chinese culture, and mostly just the south of Thailand celebrates it. The people believe that on the first day a goddess comes down from the heavens and helps to rid everyone of their sin's. Killing things is a sin, so people don't eat meat or animal products. They also believe that some are chosen to take the pain and suffering of others. They do this by walking on bladed ladders, and putting needles through their cheeks, and cutting there lips with axes, or walking on fire crackers. They don't feel any pain. 

The next day we were scheduled to go to Phi Phi Island, but due to weather, that got canceled. Instead we went to another temple, went to a water park, went and saw the sun set, and went to a Central(Central is a mall). 

A wonderful place to be with friends. 

Selfie outside of the temple

The next day we went to watch the parade with of the people who can't feel pain. I will not post any of those. If you want photos of them, say something in the comments or via. email. We also went to watch some moi thai and saw some artists.  After that we went to a lady boy show. For the parade, we were required to wear all white.

chillen' with my bro's

This dog was so cute!

An artist's house

waiting for the parade

before the lady boy show

moi thai

The masks are for the smoke from the fireworks at the parade.
it helped a lot.

Lady boys. And yes, that is a guy in the pink dress

The next day we left Phuket at 9:00am to take a 5 hour drive to Nakhon Si Thammarat. We had free time from the time we got there to 6:00pm. We want to a Lotus(a department store, or a small mall. can be both) for lunch and after that shopped around for food. I had a really good time. After that most of the YE's went to the swimming pool. It felt really good to actually be in a pool again. After that we went to dinner. 

The next day we had to get up at 5:30 to give food to the monks. After that we went back to the hotel and packed a bag for hiking. We took an hour and a half drive to a mountain with water falls. Then we took a two hour walk up the mountain  through the jungle to the water falls. It was wonderful. I got bitten by a leech, so that was a good experience. The jungle was so thick, and there were so many sounds. It was great. We staided at the water fall for an hour and then headed back to a resort. On the way back we stopped at a hot spring. That was fun as well. That night we stayed at the resort. 

driving through the jungle to get to the place we hiked

The hike through the jungle 

That morning some of us got up at 5:30am again to see the sun rise. Don't get me wrong, watching the fog was real cool, but we didn't see the sun come up.

We also went water rafting again. That was soooo much fun. After the rafting we went to the hot springs again. Then we headed back to Nakhon Si Thammarat. 

Sunrise.....

hot springs

On the final day, Maia and Raul took us around their city, to Big C (another mall), a temple, and to their houses. Part of the group left by bus to their city, while those staying up north had to wait until 7:00pm for a train. At about 6:30 the train stopped and I had to take a 3 hour drive to my city. We all arrived safe and sound. 

I had a ton of fun on this trip. Thank you so much for all of your support. Happy late anniversary to my parents. Love you both

~FRS