I miss you like CLAZY!!

I started school this week. i really only had two days of classes, which means that i should have had 3 classes, because you only get one or two classes a day, plus thai three times a week. but instead there was only 2 classes. thai massage and cooking on monday, and then thai on tuesday. we should have had dancing as well but they cancelled that class so we didnt have that class. the wednesday we didnt have to go because they were setting up for the fair, thursday was the fair which we only stayed at until noon because we cant speak enough thai to figure out whats going on at all the little booths so it was really pointless. and tomorrow is the fair again so we dont have to go.

The first part of the fair was a talent show. So these boys come out on stage and the girls behind us go ABSOLUTELY NUTS. these boys aren't even CUTE and these girls are screaming at them, up on their chairs, going wild for them! it was crazy. anyways they start singing that song by the moffats "i miss you like crazy", but instead of singing it "I miss you like crazy" it comes out "i miss you like clazy" so for like half of the song you couldnt tell what exactly they were "missing you like". really funny. and so the girls calm down, but then ANOTHER set of boys come out, but this time they come out individually, so every minute and a half or so theres an entire auditorium of girls losing their heads for the very average-looking boys up on stage. enough for a few laughs and a splitting head ache lol.

i saw my first elephant on sunday. and then last night my friends and i were talking home from the market and there were a couple of guys walking an elephant. you could buy food for it for 20 baht ( less than a dollar) and so of course i did, its a complete tourist scam but it was still really cool to have it grab food out of your hands.

i still adore the market. everything is ridiculously cheap. we ate dinner for about a dollar, but you can do that anywhere (in thailand).

people are still amazed at the falangs. honestly. the most random people want to take pictures with you. and its deffinitely NOT like they havent seen white people before, their school has been THE school for foreign exchangers for at least the last 7 years.

people are amazed if you can eat even slightly spicey foods. they HATE if you dont smile. my friend anna's counsellor at school is constantly asking her if shes "feeling okay" or having "any problems" and then continues to tell anna the SAME story about thai people and smiling every 20 minutes. its really annoying.

the other really annoying thing is that i KNOW numbers, but when you ask someone at the market how much something costs, they will always respond to you in english. its so much easier to try and listen to their thai than to try and decipher their english. if i ask you something in thai, i will be able to understand the response! promise!

the boys here are really gross. they yell foul things (or so im told.. i dont quite catch what theyre saying) at you wheny ou walk down the street. people dont really notice that your wearing a school uniform and will ask you what your doing in thailand. the bus system is interesting, there are two number sixs that take almost identical routes,until you get to right before our houses, but there is literally no way to distinguish between the two buses. so about half the time we end up getting on the wrong one and having to walk. no big deal though.

anyways this post is getting long like the other ones. again, sorry for any spelling and grammar mistakes but i dont have time to spell check this baby. PICTURES TO COME SOON!!! promise! ive found highspeed wireless!!!

love you and miss you all!
xoxo