It's been a relatively good week so far with the teaching. Friday is my worst day but at least then I have the weekend to recover. This weekend the only plans we've made so far are to go shooting and climb trees at the army barracks. I have an overwhelming urge to climb trees. I don't why. Perhaps it's the monkeys. Romy had her first monkey buisness experience. She was walking through the old town with her pizza and a new bra in a bag. One monkey jumped on her bag and she flung it off. It jumped again and she flung it off. Then it gave chase at which point two old men raised a catapult and the monkey stopped dead in it's tracks. They didn't even have to fire it.
The food in this country is unbelievable. Not that I sample much of it but you are never more than 1 metre from a food stall. The markets here are amazing. You can get anything and everything. You don't know what the hell it is but you know it's food of some sort. Although Thai people are incredibly skinny they eat all the time, or at least have food around them all the time. They love to share food and if you sit with Thai people at the restaurant they will always get the waitress to bring plates for you. If you don't eat they don't eat. They have a totally different attitude towards food. It's like a social thing for them rather than a means of survival.
I have class now so better go. I think in England it's probably about 4 o'clock in the morning. Sleep tight everyone.
5 comments:
So you have to get catapults now? Sounds fun.
Dance, tut and always carry a catapult with you and you'll be fine.
I just don't go anywhere near the bastards. But even if you pretend to hold up a catapult it's meant to scare them. Also the Thai guys that rescued Romy told her to put her bag up her jumper like she was pregnant. They can still smell the food but they can't see it. Not very clever are they?
London Aunt here - sounds like you are having a really interesting time Hannah, it makes my life in the big smoke seem quite dull, nothwithstanding the monsoon, terrorism etc
Love from xxxxxx
It's definitely an experience. It's just nice to do things that I wouldn't normally do. I don't get to hear much news about Britain but it does sound like the summer's a bit of a wash out. The sun's still scorching here.
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