Rice Grains

On my way to school early this morning I discovered that today is Wai Khruu Day, a day for students to show honor and respect to their teachers by presenting the head teacher with floral arrangements, music, Thai traditional dance, and speeches.

The way I discovered this fact was by passing through the food court at Tesco Lotus on my way to the BTS sky train. I noticed 3 young gals sitting at a table with 2 huge bouquets in front of them, so I asked if I could take their picture, and they kindly acquiesced. (I found, to my dismay, that both sets of batteries I carried with me were dead, so I had to run back into the store to buy a fresh set, but the girls were still at the table when I returned.) The girls also decided that I needed to be in one of the pictures.:)

Then, today at school, my good Korean friend, Yoo Gye Hwa, asked if she and her husband could take me to lunch since I will not be returning after next week. As it turns out, a few other Korean students joined us as well. They are a really fun group, all missionaries here in Thailand. Some of them are Presbyterian and one couple is Methodist. Great people. I will certainly miss them.