My Day in Review
This morning I woke up when I should have been leaving for my Thai studies. Not a great start.
While waiting for the bus, which was taking unusually long, and was unusally crowded once one finally came, a Thai man I had never met before invited me to go with him and his wife and grandchildren to Muang Boran, a park not far from here. Alas, I am busy.:) (These spontaneous invitations happen quite frequently in Thailand.)
On the way to The Well this afternoon, I stopped at a slushie stand where I often buy iced coffee slushies. Su, the girl working there, knew I had been sick and that I am still not completely back to par. She informed me that it is not good for me to drink cold beverages like this if I am still couging. Water, maybe, but not this. She stated that she is worrying about me. So I thanked her and went on my way without patronizing her business because of her concern.:) Only in Thailand....
While at The Well, I plunked myself in a chair next to a girl I didn't recognize and began asking her questions: what is your name, how long have you been here, etc. She looked at me incredulously and began laughing hysterically. She had colored her hair black from a more golden/blond look. She was not new!! OH MY GOODNESS! What will I do next?!!! She brought me a picture of her from her previous hair color, and asked me if I remembered her then.... Ughhhhhhh, what next?! What could I do but join the laughter?!
When I arrived back at my apartment, Kitti came up to fix my bathroom door which had started self-locking, which is really not good, because the lock is on the OUTSIDE. After he fixed it, he gave me two keys, one for the bathroom door, and one for my balcony door. He told me that when I need to throw out my boyfriend, I can lock him out on the balcony.:)
Tonight I had two young visitors from the community. I had previously met them, and they are really cute. Also not at all shy about asking if they can come see my room, which I allowed them to do. Kitti saw them and told me that children are not allowed in the building. Oops, I told him when I first came to Thailand I just signed the lease without having a clue what I was agreeing to. So he pulled out the lease and searched for the clause about children and showed it to me.
So after the children were there for about 10 minutes, I escorted them back out the door, but not before I took their picture.:) Here are Nahkah and Dtanyong. They want to study English....
Tonight I had two English students show up. That's 100% increase from last week.:) Pen has been coming for several weeks now and is quite serious about learning. Mint is in university and already knows a substantial amount of English. I am not quite sure what to do about the wide gap between their levels. But they both seemed to enjoy the evening very much. I know I certainly did.
And that was my day!