Rice Grains

OK, this will now be an abbreviated version of my day, since I accidentally hit a wrong button and lost my lengthy first entry. Ughh! Hate when that happens!

Making a long story short, Raul and I went to The Shelter together today. It was quite the day with our language barrier. He knows Spanish well, and a bit of English. I know English well and no Spanish. We both know limited Thai, but our accents get in the way of understanding each other very well.

After a crazy time of trying to find each other at the appointed meeting place, we finally made it to The Shelter, where I taught English, and Raul looked on. After English class was over, he and the guys went to play football (soccer) for an hour before we needed to head home.

The guys are such a bunch of fun; hopefully they are learning something between the laughter.:) We had one new guy today, so I took a couple more group pictures, one serious and one fun. Below is the fun pose.

For supper tonight I stopped at a little shop selling "khaw man guy", chicken over rice and served with a tasty red sauce and a bowl of broth. This particular restaurant also served a small slice of cooked blood with the dish, which I opted not to eat.:)

Then I noticed a guy selling blended fresh fruit drinks, so I ordered a pineapple coconut drink. I was suprised to see it served in such a nice glass, considering this was a little street vendor shop. At any rate, it was as refreshing as it looked, certainly worth the 10 baht it cost.

As I went to pay, the guys told me I used to speak Thai not so well, but now I speak it much better. Oh my, I hardly ever go to this shop; it has probably been close to a year since I was there, and they remember me?? I thanked them and told them that I hope to speak "even better". They were really exaggerating to say that now I speak well. Better maybe, but certainly not well!:)