A normal day at school...

Thai school that is (Yeah do you like the catchy titles)? Anyways today was close to normal. We went to school and had a short meeting in the EP room before the normal flag ceremony. We all lined up with our classes and preceded to sing the Thai national anthem. I along with some of the other LHS students, noticed there was a bit of restlessness among the students (they were maintaining small conversations among each-other while the teachers were speaking during the ceremony, a bit like assemblies at LHS). After this we went again for a short meeting until we were taken to the music room for Thai music lessons. A small group performed for us an American song and Loi Krathong (which is a song that accompanies the river festival). The instruments included a Marimba like instrument, a Thai flute (which I should know the name for as we played after), and some percussion instruments as well as some instruments new to us. We were given flutes and the younger students helped us learn Loi Krathong. We then played the song with the group and did the Loi Krathong dance. This was all very fun and we surprised them with being able to sing.

After this we broke up into two groups and worked with two classrooms of EP students. We answered some questions although they were a bit inattentive with us being Farang and all (foreign in Thai). So we decided to teach them a couple American songs and games. We taught them Frogger (thanks Ms. Jimenz) and sang the 'Low' song. They were amused by this and we all had a good time. Kyle and I taught our group some American hand shakes such as the pound and explode while Kyle and his father taught them how to chuck a deuce (or in English throw up the Peace sign to say goodbye). It was very funny.


After this we ate lunch at the school canteen before going to the Governor's office. The Governor was for all of the Suphan Buri province. Maybe a bit akin to the Governor of Wisconsin. We brought a certificate from the Governor of Wisconsin and some other gifts but the Governor of Suphan Buri couldn't make it so the "Vice" Governor came to talk with us. Alecia gave a very good speech (more formal than mine) to the Vice Governor and once again Mr. Shimshak did an excellent job giving a wonderful speech.


After getting our pictures taken with the Vice Governor we went to the city for a market tour where some of us bought trinkets. We then went up into the Suphan Buri tower to look out across the city.


After this we went for some fun on a couple of smaller water slides (nothing like Noah's Ark). We even got the Thai kids to go down a few times which supposedly doesn't happen often. It was an overall blast and Kyle even enjoyed the towel fights while were cleaning up (well maybe not, another story for him to tell).



Then I went to dinner with Fah and her mom (the eat out a lot and not just because of me I made sure to ask even though it wouldn't have made a difference). I get the feeling it's hard for her mom to come home and do a lot of cooking while she has other chores and she is a teacher for long hours. The Thai people work very hard. Dinner out does not cost a lot by American standards. Maybe a couple hundred Baht for a group of three (35 Baht per Dollar). It's really good food and that translates to like 8-12 bucks for a nice meal. It's very interesting. Now I'm sitting here trying to upload some videos (one of Euu, Kyle, some other kids, and I talking about the "chicken" which is really duck that we had at the dinner for the director). We are really just having a good time and I think Euu is going in circles but he is the funniest guy ever. We are always playing little jokes on each other and Kyle really gets a kick out of it too. Euu is persistent that I can dunk but to be honest he makes a much better basketball player than I. We'll see tomorrow when we have the competition. Good night to you all!