This weekend was fun, but in like an average fun way. Like the recommended dosage of fun, I guess you could say. It started out like any other weekend by the bell ringing signifying the end of school and the start of a two day break.
I went and found Go, none of this waiting in my mom’s office nonsense. I hung out with his friends for a bit, and then we went and saw his mom. We put our stuff in the car and went to go meet up with some friends for milkshakes. We took a song tow to meet a few mores friends at a little milkshake place. I got a Oreo milkshake and it was delicious. Go ordered this bread dish that was toast with chocolate syrup and sweet milk on it. I tried a piece and although it sounds strange it was one of the best things I have ever eaten. After the milkshakes, Go and I caught a song tow to Big C to meet up with our parents.
We were going out for dinner to celebrate with my other host brother, Keng, for finishing his master degree. We went to the MK Restaurant and feasted on duck and other food. I say other food because the restaurant was set up like the hot pot buffet, with the pot in the middle and then you just put in what you wanted. I finished off dinner with a lovely bowl of strawberry ice cream.
The next morning I woke up, and was just planning on hanging out at home, when my friends called and asked me to go to the movies. My mom said that was fine. I figured she was going to drive me in to town but no we pull up to the bus stop and she tells me I am going to take the bus, BY MY SELF! Equipped with the required 15 baht and the knowledge of the word for bus station, I got on and just hoped for the best. In all honesty, that’s basically how I do everything in Thailand.
I arrived at the bus station 20 minutes later and walked around looking for my friends, who were nowhere to be found. No worries, a telephone call and 10 minutes later, I was on my way to the mall with my friends Tai and Tack. We walked around the mall for a while, to kill time before the movie, some movie star was there so it was really busy. I bought an Oreo blizzard, as a reminder of home and a snack for the movie.
Next we went and saw a really cute Thai teen comedy about teenage pregnancy. It was in Thai but it had English subtitles. It was about three couple’s just finishing high school and how they all dealed with pregnancy and pregnancy scares. I would love to find a copy to bring home. It did a good job representing life in Thailand.
After the movies, tack and I walked back to the bus station and caught the next bus home. When we got to the bus station (a temple by the way, the bus station is at a temple), we walked around a bit went and prayed and took pictures. Then I went to call my mom but Tack said she could just give me a ride home on her motorcycle. Uhhh, ok? To make things better I was wearing a dress so I had to sit sideways on the back of a motorcycle speeding down the highway. I LOVE THAILAND!
She dropped me off at home and I walked in to find only my Khun Yai, home. My first thought was, “OMG! What if my parents went looking for me? I haven’t talked to them since they put me on the bus!!” So I went on Skype and ask Tack if she told my mom, she was going to drive me home. Nope, she didn’t. So now I was panicking, I asked Tack to call my mom and tell her I was home. I have found it’s easier for my friends and my parents to talk then for me to try and explain in English. She called my mom and said, “its fine, you mom was just surprised you rode a motorcycle.” Yeah, that’s all! Parents here don’t sweat the small stuff and I think that’s why their kids don’t misbehave. Who knows, but that’s my theory.
This morning, I woke up and got dressed and was informed that, Go’s English tutor’s wife, wanted to teach me the art of fruit and vegetable carving. So while go learned English, I learned how to carve vegetables, carrots, to be exact, into lovely leaves and roses. It was very difficult but it’s ok, because when I finished I was rewarded with banana bread and hot chocolate. It was the best banana bread and hot chocolate I have ever had.
Then I came home, and worked on editing a video of a tour of my house here. Cribs: Thailand Edition, I called it. It should be up quite soon.
So that was my weekend, not very productive but quite lazy, just the way I like it!
Xoxo
Chantel <3
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