what i've been up to
Hey Everybody,I'm just going to let you know what i've been up to over the past couple of weeks. I just realized that I haven't written about it at all.
After I got back from Chiang Mai I was home for a few days and then I went up to Korat for New Years. I spent a few days there with a bunch of the other exchange students. It was great, we had so much fun. We went out to this great mexican restaurant on New Years (we always seem to end up there) and were one of the only tables, so we had the whole patio to ourselves. It was alot of fun. We spent alot of the few days eating actually...its just what exchange students do. I guess that would account for all of the weight gain. It was really nice to have western food though. We had pizza for lunch one day, and Lebanese food for dinner. The owner of the Lebanese restaurant is a really nice guy. There's a computer with internet that you can use for free, and he has alot of books that you can borrow, read and bring back whenever you're finished. I grabbed a couple of Grisham books on my way out. It was a really fun few days, despite the long hours that I had to spend on a bus going to and from Korat.
This past weekend I went to Bangkok. I left on Saturday morning and came back Monday night. We went to say goodbye to two of our oldies who have finished their year and were going home to South Africa. It was really sad saying goodbye, but at the same time it didn't feel like it was time for them to leave yet (I have only known them for a few months though). It also made us all think about going home. It's weird because I can barely think about it. I can't even picture myself being at home right now, as much as I miss all of you. I guess that's a good thing though. It would have been terrible if I spent my whole year being homesick. Oh, by the way, I have to book my flight home soon, so i'll be able to give you a date in the next few weeks.
Anyways, while we were in Bangkok we stayed on Ko San Rd., the famous travellers street. It was awsome. There's so many people and so much to do. It was weird seeing so many farangs (sorry, foreigners) in one place. We're all used to being the only ones in our cities. Another funny thing that we noticed ourselves doing was speaking thai to the other foreigners. It was just little things like "excuse me" or "sorry", but it was interesting that we found ourselves doing it.
The weirdest and most coincidental thing happened to me on our first night there. We were walking down the street when randomly someone tapped me on the shoulder. It was Thalia, my friend from my district in Canada who's on exchange in the South of Thailand. I haven't even talked to her in a few months. It was so crazy. She was there with her mom who had just come to visit. I still can barely believe that I just ran into her like that. And then later a few more of my friends ran into people that they knew. It was so weird.
During the weekend we went to "Siam Paragon" which is a new mall that just opened in Bangkok and is the largest mall in Southeast Asia (if not all of Asia). It was huge, and incredibly expensive. They sell ferrari's and lambourginis in the mall...on the 3rd floor. There's also an entire floor which is an aquarium. We didn't go in though because it was too expensive. We did eat at the food court though. They had lots of good food...including...bagels! We were sooo excited about that! And for dinner our last day we went to the gourmet grocery store and bought some cream of mushroom and broccoli soup, a baguet, 2 types of cheese and strawberries and had a little french feast. It was sooo good. It was expensive too, but it was worth it. Cheese is a rarity over here...actually, everything in that dinner was. Thats probably part of the reason why it was so good.
For the next few weeks i'm not going to be doing any travelling. My host family says that i've been travelling too much, so I need to stay home for a while. As sad as that is, they are right. I haven't spent a single weekend with this host family yet, so i'm going to be good for a few weeks, and then hopefully go and visit some of my friends in their cities.
This weekend I have a Rotary Bowling tournament. I'll let you know how I do. There are prizes for the winners, but I never was all that good at bowling...but you never know.
I miss you all!
-Lauren
posted by Lauren @ 12:09 AM
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