- Got stung by a jellyfish yesterday. I waded into the sea and less then five minutes later, I felt a sting on my calf and ran out of the water. It stung for a while, but going in the pool helped. Now I have a red stripe across my leg. I think it's pretty cool that I can now say "I've been stung by a jellyfish." Pat and Erin also got stung within five minutes of being in the water yesterday, and we were all there at different times.
- Helped with the service project associated with our group. Pat's wife, Emiko, is leading it. Canon donated twelve G9 cameras and Emiko handed them out to kids ages 12+ at a local school last week. So a couple of us went back to the school yesterday to look at the kid's photos. We each got paired with one kid...my little girl was painfully shy and didn't speak a lot of english (or was to shy to try), but she was adorable and took some great photos. We also got to play with some of the younger kids...Thai kids are so cute!
- Went out to my translator's bar last night! His best friend owns the place and Num plays guitar every night. I expected weird Thai music, but it turned out to be AWESOME rock n' roll type stuff. Num is a great guitarist. And he sang a bunch of english songs, like Clapton! We had a great time dancing and grooving along, and I bought him a few drinks to show my appreciation.
- Paid 1000 baht at the bar and the change never made its way back to me. No clue what happened. It ruined the night in many ways....yeah that's all I'll say about that.
- Rode a soong tao to the bar. That's like a pick-up truck with two benches in the back and a cover over the top.
- Went shopping today and bought a bunch of great presents to bring home for everyone! Also bought myself a Chang ("elephant") beer t-shirt. That's the beer we usually drink here and the label is really cool.
- Watched the sunset.
- Slept in today :)
- Brought laundry into town today.
- Got REALLY burnt because I didn't know we'd be walking so far for the laundry. I'm dumb for not wearing sunscreen.
- Put off working for a long time today, but still got everything done and then did some that I hadn't intended to do today.
- Showed my photos at the nightly meeting and everyone loved them. I really impressed myself, too.
- Saw everyone else's stuff and also really impressed. Our website is going to be amazing.
- Ate spaghetti. Yay American (well, Italian) food!
- Saw a giant monitor lizard on the sidewalk. And a snakeskin.
Tomorrow is the last day that we're allowed to gather content. I'm going back to record ambient audio. I wanted to bring them a mix CD of American songs, but I didn't have the chance to get a CD. Maybe I'll bring it to them another time, but I don't know when I'll be in Phuket again. Hmm, I could mail it.
Time to sleep, but I just realized I put all my pajama-wear in the laundry.
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2 comments:
Bangkok...alone??? Well, here are some of my thoughts....stay someplace safe..don't stay in the cheapest place near the train station....don't carry money on back pockets, keep camera close to you: sleep with it.
The gov't is in turmoil...The current Prime Minister is not expected to stay in charge thru the summer...there have been demonstrations already this summer with tens of thousands swarming government buildings. IF YOU ARE IN THE CITY AVOID DEMONSTRATIONS AT ALL COSTS. It is difficult to predict crowd mentality when you speak the same language, but as a foreigner it can cost your life..... burning tires, thrown rocks, gov't troops in riot gear, molotov cocktails, RUN, DUCK, tear-gas....you don't know any of these words in Thai....so stay away from the fray. Stay in the tourist areas, don't stray too far.
I'm going to guess your jellyfish was not a Portugese Man of War. :)
~Sara
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