I'll have to check the calender today as I haven't been keeping track of how many days overseas its been. I'm somewhere around the halfway mark but, so I can kind of look at my travels as though I'm heading home! But really I'm just going further away soon. Only a month before I go to Egypt!
This week has been a good one. Maybe it's because the other volunteers are taking all the classes I don't like! I have to say P5 is my favourite class because they want to learn and can actually speak english to some extent - both musts in an english class! We've been doing a Healthy Topic and been going through good and bad food. I suggested to Yim that the students should bring in food packages from milk etc (kind of hard as most foods are eaten fresh and unpackaged) but she converted the idea to the students bringing in foods (packaged or not) and then we look at them, sort them into bad/good and then eat!
Rich, Yim and I went out for dinner in lamplaimat but afterwards we drove past the school to an outdoor movie set-up. Transformers was halfway through and Yim had thought I might want to see an outdoor movie for 10 minutes or so. It was a rough area but, cops were hanging around and Yim said that girls cant come here alone. I stood out badly and got a few calls of Farang and a guy came up to me and slurred "werya frum". Australia. "Do you speak english"? umm no. Yim wasn't too happy hanging around so we left back to school. I asked about who paid for it all, thinking that the food and game stalls would organise it to sell more food but Yim said that someone had died and after the funeral people just wanted to have a bit of fun. What? I sure as hell wouldn't want my kids to chuck Transformers on the TV when they are meant to be mourning! It's Thai culture, but Yim said it seemed a bit stupid so I think it might just be the rougher half of the culture that does it. still!
As I'd paid for the dinner in Lamplaimat, Yim said that she would show me how to cook omelletes and fried rice - i definitely need the skills for when I am at uni or backpacking europe on a budget! But when I rocked up the next night she was halfway through cooking fried chicken, which was fun but where is the omelette? Oh, someone else cooked it - the teachers usually get together outside the building to eat with everyone bringing their own dishes! I am determined to learn basic Thai cuisine before I leave, but I might have to ask someone other than Yim who always gets a bit confused! Worst comes to worst I'll just have to fork out on a cooking course in Bangkok or somewhere but I don't think it will be as authentic or easy.
I am in dire need of a haircut too! Haven't cut it all year and it's becoming a bit of a pain to see. Maybe I'll just have to get it dreadlocked in Khao San...
