Dear People of the Blogosphere,
I am sorry to say things in Thailand have reached such a point of normalcy that I do not know what to write about. Well a lot of exciting things have happened but now it all seems normal to have amazing and exciting things happen every day.
For example last Friday, I went to a boxing match at the gym where I practise. It was really cool. It was like a competition and demonstration, so they had little kids competing and older kids demonstrating. Later on in the evening the pro’s who practise at that gym where going to fight but, I had to go home so I missed that. I went with Sara, the exchange student from Italy. We arrived around 9pm and left at 11pm. It was really cool since the owner of the gym trains me sometimes we got VIP seats and everything. Yeah the like main head coach owner person likes to train me so sometimes he will take me away from my other coach to work on harder stuff. He is really insane he like pushes me and pushes me. When he coaches there are no breaks. It’s ok though because I learn a lot and he teaches me different styles of boxing like wai cru and mae may muay thai, which are ancient styles of thai boxing.
The next Saturday, I met up with Sara and a new friend from school named Tiffany. We went to SermThai and watched a cover dance competition. Now cover dance is not something I am entirely found of because, I don’t like the style. I think it’s too sexual and lacks over all talent. Any ways Tiffany has a cover dance group and her group is actually pretty good because they focus more on choreography than trying to look like the singers. She introduced me to some of her friends who are Bboys. Of course I go the typical, “wow you’re so pretty, I like you” that I get from every guy here but aside from that they were really cool. They did a demonstration for the dance competition and they were really good too.
After the dance competition we went to the night market, on a search for some cheap but nice new high heels. All three of us love high heels and agreed we need more. Unfortunately we are all basically broke until October 1st so no shopping is in our immediate future. After we finished looking around the night market all three of us+ 3 tote bags+ one back pack got back on the motorcycle. We dropped Sara off then me and Tiff went to her friends 17th Birthday Party. It was really cute everyone did their best to talk to me in English and they all showed me how to cook the dinner and everything. After dinner we went out to Karaoke.
We went to Karaoke at the university and it was so much fun. In Thailand you rent a room for karaoke and there are lights and sofas and everyone sings and dances. It was a ton of fun. After we finished Karaoke I and Tiff went back to her sister’s dorm room for a sleepover. Tiffany lives with her sister in her dorm room at the university because her parents work in Bangkok and her other sister lives in Phuket. I had a shower put on my PJ’s and we cuddled up and watched a movie and talked for hours. Tiffany’s English is really good and she likes talking so we get along really well.
The next morning we woke up and she drove me to my vegetable carving lesson. We were a bit early so we walked around the shopping centre and talked some more before grabbing chocolate milk and ice cream for breakfast.
I went to my vegetable carving class and epically failed at trying to curl green onions. I managed to break everyone I did. My teachers son, who is about 11 was watching me and laughing saying mai sawai, mai sawai, (mai sawai=not beautiful). After that I went out for lunch with my brother and his friend, James. Then we went to a Maha Sarakham United soccer game and then we headed home. It was all quite typical. I hang out with James and Go most days because Go is my host brother and James is his best friend. It is just how it usually works out.
Yesterday, I had exams again. I thought I was finished on Friday but turns out I finish on Wednesday. Anyways it is really a waste of time for me because the only reason I have to go to school is to write the English exams but now I am not allowed to write the English exams because the class copied me. So now I just sit in the English office for 8 hours while everyone else writes exams. It’s boring.
So that is my life in Maha Sarakham. Not much really.
That being said, I do really love Thailand. I am constantly thinking about when I am going to come back. I am really happy that I was chosen to come to Thailand; it really is the perfect country for me. I love everything about it. Or I am slowly learning to love everything about it. One day I am going to move back here and marry a Professional Thai Boxer and live on the sea. Yep, that is the plan.
So that’s it for now. Care packages and money are always graciously accepted. ;)
xoxo Chantel <3
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