My Weekend
My weekend has felt busy (once again:). Friday I was at Lee's apartment working on teaching English resources, when she discovered Beth was sick and wouldn't be able to teach on Saturday. So I agreed to teach the morning class, and Lee said she would teach the afternoon class.
When I got home Friday evening, my friend Pen came to see me (I had invited her to come), so I didn't get to look at the lesson till after 10 pm. Saturday morning I taught my class; it was a fun time, though only 3 students showed up.
At lunch time all the classes had a meal together--delicious and varied as usual--after which I chatted a while with the afternoon students till time for class. They are a great group of students. Three of them will study one more level (which I will be teaching barring any unexpected hospital stays:), along with 3 students from a Thursday night class. In the picture below, only the young guy on the right will not study again; he needs to go back to school again since break is over.
Saturday evening I was expecting to have alone time in my apartment but met up with other I knew and ended up chatting. But I did get my laundry done in between--it was WAY past time to get that done! When I went out for a late supper, I found myself making my way down the row of vendors I know, catching up with them, so I didn't return to my apartment till maybe 9:30 or so.
This morning I went to Promise Church in Pak Nam, where I teach my Saturday English classes, met another girl there and ate lunch with her at the church. Once again I also met several others and then saw a few people I knew, so talked with them as well. So much for trying to hurry out and get an afternoon rest before my 3:00 plans with other friends!
I got home at 2:00, in time to get ready for my friends Nun and Lek to pick me up. Nun and Lek were English students that I had just met in the last week at Promise Church. They took me to Seri Center, which is a mall not too far from here. A free concert by a group called Over 50 (:-) was performing oldies music in English. I recognized several of the songs from my high school and college years. It was a fun time.
Here's the band:
...and here's a video of one song that I happened to know:)
...and a short clip of a dear little farang lady absolutely in her glory with this music!
Everybody cheered when she waied the crowd and sat down.:)
After the concert we went to the food court for a bite to eat; here are the three of us:
And here are some delicious Thai "kanom" (sweet snacks) with which we ended our meal.
The bright multi-colored "fruits" are actually some kind of sweetened mashed beans inside colored gel. The square is custard with taro (a sort of sweet potato type vegetable); and the small orange balls I forget, but they were VERY sweet. I believe they said these little balls get served at weddings to bless the couple with prosperity and long life together.
So now I am home and will soon go to bed. Tomorrow will be another interesting day, as our team is taking Dan to Ayuttaya for his birthday. I have never been there either, so I am excited to see it.