Monday, July 17, 2006
Okay so I just wanted to post that just in case I have to leave or the computer acts up. That's actually a big problem I worried that everyone won't get my emails or that I won't get the ones people send so just in case if you haven't heard back from me just send a little note and attach the original message so you know I get it. I'll be sure to always send even a short message back whenever I receive something. Okay so other things I have been doing. I've gone shopping quite a few times with my mother now and the second time we came back my TukTuk. The driving here is very interesting. I have been on 2 motorbike and each time I get off I'm so glad that I'm alive. Here it is everyman for himself. You may be a good driver but everyone else isn't and you have to be careful but no one really is. I've been told that there are actually rules for the roads but no one listens to them. Motorbike swerve in and out the same with Tuktuk. Not to mention the fact that I have seen at least 5 people on one tiny little motorbike, 35 in the back of a truck and I mean just a regular truck just standing up and most people don't wear seatbelts or helmets. So the first time I went on a motorbike it was with Dana. She took me to the night market down the street from my house. It was great because I got to see the local scene and also talk to someone from home, well sort of. I can't remember if I said that she is Canadian or not but she is. Anyways she has been extremely helpful and supportive. She's been here for a year and a half now but came for the first time 2 years ago and speaks Thai. It's great to have her around and she comes to the house 3 times a week to teach Pet and Ploy and then I have time to talk to her. It's so nice to have one person who I know can always understand me.
Oh so I've explained half of the new title but not the other. Turian is the Thai name for Durian I thought it would fit to have two things that are fun and delicious (the durian) but also deadly, durian having a deadly smell. I've been really homesick so far but being in school and having things to do with people around me has helped quite a bit. Though every now and then I just can't stop thinking of home. School is so much fun but is also really hard because I can't understand and being white draws a lot of stares and giggles, but I'm starting to get used to that. The language still sounds really foreign but I'm starting to learn a few more words and I hope that soon I'll be able to understand a little. In general things here are extremely different from home and I expected that but it's weird to actually be here. I'm also getting used to things which is really odd to look around and think oh yeah this is home or this is my school. Hmm well I can't think of anything else at the moment but we waiting for the pictures I'll put them up soon.
Oh so I've explained half of the new title but not the other. Turian is the Thai name for Durian I thought it would fit to have two things that are fun and delicious (the durian) but also deadly, durian having a deadly smell. I've been really homesick so far but being in school and having things to do with people around me has helped quite a bit. Though every now and then I just can't stop thinking of home. School is so much fun but is also really hard because I can't understand and being white draws a lot of stares and giggles, but I'm starting to get used to that. The language still sounds really foreign but I'm starting to learn a few more words and I hope that soon I'll be able to understand a little. In general things here are extremely different from home and I expected that but it's weird to actually be here. I'm also getting used to things which is really odd to look around and think oh yeah this is home or this is my school. Hmm well I can't think of anything else at the moment but we waiting for the pictures I'll put them up soon.
