So this first post I wrote a little while ago when our internet was down and I was planning to post (really I was!) So things have been updated since then...see below the story =]
Generally, for the Thai, they either make their own food, or they get their food from a street vendor and take it home to eat it. There are eat in restaurants, but from what I can determine, they are few and far between. However, since one of Scott and Kat’s friends came to visit them for a day, we decided to go to eat in restaurant. I was informed that we were going to have sushi which is AWESOME because I love sushi. This restaurant was situated in the “big central mall”. Though 90% of Thailand is street vendors and small shops, etc, they seem to have a certain need to make up for it by building ridiculously large shopping malls. Like, think 2x or 3x Sun Valley Mall (sorry non-Californian’s I’m not sure what else to compare it to). Inside these malls are a multitude of difference shops and restaurants etc. Our restaurant, named “Zen” was on the 3rd floor of 7. (Also kind of funny, they number their garage levels 1,1.5,2,2.5,3,3.5, etc…I have no idea why this is considering the levels are just one floor higher than the level below it, not a half a floor higher.) Zen was an interesting meshing of cultures that I greatly enjoyed. First, it was a buffet. A sushi buffet? I’ve never heard of anything remotely close to that. Secondly, the “sushi” was 4 different types of what I would call “sushi” and then a lot of “Japanese food”…like pot stickers meat balls. Everyone knows these are truly classic Japanese dishes. During long battles, the samurai quite often consisted purely on meatballs they had stored in their armor…To sum up the restaurant experience, we were in a Japanese restaurant, being served by a Thai woman in a kimono, and were being served Chinese Pot stickers and American Meatballs. Ah the cook pot of cultures.
Anyway, nothing much else happened. I have begun to make names for Alex, mostly because they amuse me and neither Kat nor Peggy has any idea what they mean unless I explain them. These are a couple of my personal favorites: Alex, Wreaker of Havoc and General Confusion; Alex, Ender of Silence and Calm; and finally, Alex, Ultimate Glass Dissassembler. The final name coming from a calamity that occurred a few days ago when, unbeknownst to anyone else, Alex found a glass cup. However, his interest in this cup quickly waned, until Alex dropped it on the tile and it shattered. This was very interesting. Unfortunately, mom promptly removed him from the vicinity of more glass. But since then, Chief dissembler of glass haunts our kitchen.
Anyway, back to more recent things! I have just moved into an apartment! I'll be posting the pictures in just a little while once the internet starts running at something slightly faster than dial-up (it comes in and out). The apartment is located about 20 minutes from Scott and Kat's house. Near the lake, and right next to a school where I regularly go to meet people. Yes, I did just write regularly go to meet people. Over the last week or so I have had a chance to go in to Ganniscorn (or something close to that) highschool and teach and help out in classes. Scott and Kat both taught students that go there and they introduced me to them and we get along great! It's really really really nice to have someone to hang around with. Not that I'm saying anything against Scott, Katt, Peggy, or Alex, but kids my own age that I can talk to (they can speak fairly good English) is a total lifesaver. We've been going over to Central Plaza (essentially Sun Valley Mall) and seeing a movie or two as well as playing games together and even going to a concert together. It's been a TOTAL blast and I'm finally out of the "I am completely homesick and I'm pretending to be just fine but I want to go home" stage, and am moving into the "Ok, this might not be so bad after all..." stage. Also, as of last night, I met some older people who I became friends with pretty quickly. This group was a tutoring group for pretty much all ages, (the ages went from 15 to 35) and they invited me out to dinner so that they could practice their English. I was picked up by the teacher of the tutoring group who brought me out to their teaching facility outside of town. We conversed for about 45 minutes and then went to dinner. Originally this was going to be the entire plan, but we ended up deciding to go to karaoke all together. This was a total and complete blast. Though I knew none of the songs except the ones that I chose, we were all still rocking out together for a good 2 or 2 1/2 hours. I truly found out how exceedingly...what's the word I'm looking for....unique my voice is. In any case, everyone had a lot of fun, and I think I've got some more people who will call me from time to time and give me something to do.
There is tons more that I need to write about, but I'm feeling exceptionally tired right now, but I promise I'll write more soon! Sorry for the delay, pictures coming soon, hope everyone is going alright!
Living and Loving
Mikolka
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