Thai kids have mad skillz...

in b-ball that is. Jeez, it was ridiculous. Today was the day the Sa-nguan Ying (boys) basketball team made a name for themselves. It was the basketball competitions and that's about all I'm going to talk about because I'm really tired and we have our "Lodi, Wisconsin, USA" presentation tomorrow which I'm compiling due to my computer.

Our boys team consisted of Lee, Kyle, Myself, Oue (which is how I found out to spell Euu's name), Big (one of Oue's friends), and two other Thai kids who played just a bit to sub in. We started with the tip-off which I won but lost it in a couple of seconds because as we quickly found out these guys are very organized and very good. One of the boys on the other team that I knew from riding on the school van in the morning was very good, his name is spelled "Cartoon" but spoken a bit differently. He's a really nice guy learning a bit of English. The other team wasn't nearly as tall as our team but still much better. The final score was 29-28, them, but I have a small feeling they didn't put up as much fight towards the end. We got a few points because I could rebound over most of their heads and take a couple of shots without interference. Kyle got really into the game which was great, we all had fun. Oue can do some sweet moves, i.e. dribbling between the legs, going down on fours while still dribbling in one move, and some other weird but super cool looking stuff. Anyways, the girls played next and actually beat the Sa-nguan Ying school team but they had lots of size advantage. I apologize for not remembering the final score. Our team was a bit unorganized but still managed to get the shots in. Alecia really surprised us all with her hidden skill.

Before we came home Brianna and I played some games with Fah and Jane and their EP program friends in their class. I'm slowly learning the girls names right now (these are girls in the EP program but not in the foreign exchange program), I know Bah and Show and Jang. They are all so cute and always want to practice their English. We played this game where you bounce a little ping-pong ball around the room and when you stop you can throw it at someone and if you hit them five times their out. Kinda akin to dodgeball. It's really interesting here because it's so much fun to play games and hang out with these kids and they really enjoy it but they also know how to study and they are very serious about it. It's also interesting because they can have access to their classroom until around 6 PM without supervision and sometimes the rooms are a mess but no one (faculty) seems to mind. It seems like the teachers come to the classroom so the kids kind of have a home-base, homeroom sort of deal. I'm not quite sure.

Tomorrow brings our Lodi presentation which I'm furiously working on, hence the bad grammar and broken sentences in this post. Friday brings the temple and palace tours and the the weekend for some fun activities.

Things are going great here. Everyone is learning so much and we have much to discuss when we return about different customs here. We are getting along so well with our Thai students, friendships to last a lifetime. I know I will miss all these people. Sorry to make it short... peace... Maxwell.