Music music music

Beautiful day.

Finished a lovely purple pillow.

Did some work on Daddy's quilt.

Listened to Into the Blue,Helios, and Owl City.

Fell in love with all three.

Thanked God for Myspace's music page.

Happy things: I now have a pretty pillow

Sad things: Woke up at 6:35am for class

Things that made me chuckle: My cat jumping up due to getting spooked. 'A Very Potter' Musical..

Busyily working.

Just a quick update.

Working on two quilts.

two pillow cases.

Meeting with Pi Ang for coffee and chit chat.

Had a lovely lunch with Laura.

Happy things: New Moon comes out soon, My nails are pink.

Sad things: I'm running out of moneys

Day one Of my Thai vacation

Caterpillars and long drives.

Beautiful mountains and hot springs.

Little houses on the mountain side.

And long evenings laughing with friends.

Twelve Thais and one foreigner. It's been exciting only understanding 70% of what's going on. Surprisingly enough, I'm very relaxed. My trip started with lunch at the Sirilana National Park. A place you can rent a house boat or sit beside the huge lake and have lunch. The latter is what we did. Lunch was an interesting affair, my diet of only seafood and veggies was a topic of major intrigue. It went something like this " Can you eat chicken?" Me. "No, only seafood or vegetables" Them." Shrimp?" M." Yes, and fish too." T." Pork?" M" No, I don't eat meat." And so on and so forth.

I'm beginging to be accepted by the group. They realize I can speak Thai, I just chose not to speak unless spoken too. But, they've begun to see..Even though I am white, I don't bite.

We arrived at the second highest mountain in Thailand around 5. And proceeded to take tens upon hundreds of pictures. This, I soon was to find out, is what vacation means.

After settling into our little houses we regrouped and had a delicious dinner or northern Thai food. Yet again, my diet was the topic of interest. It seems they expect it to change over a few hours. We hung around the restaurant until it closed then moved into one of the houses. Sitting around late into the night chatting and snacking on caterpillars..Fried and dried. Yum..Yum..

Kawasaki and Smiles

Gym and a Kawasaki Ninja

Smiling Pizza boy and Olivia

Carrot cake and Columbus day

Laughs and Flat tires

Today I was hard at work with my pillow.Mostly because I stayed up far too late last night. But, once I did get up and out I had a few fun interactions with Thais. I had lunch at the market, my usual haunt when I don't feel like eating expensively. My dear market lady has figured out I'm vegetarian and takes it upon herself to find foods I can eat. Today, she made a delicious concoction and was so happy I liked it. It's quite cute seeing her and her..Husband? fussing over me and my food. Makes me feel well loved!

Then later on I went to the gym and felt even more loved as my gym Thai told me I looked pretty and he thought I'd gone home to America. And was majorly excited about me being back.

Happy things: I talked to the owner of the Ninja, he said I could ride it sometime! visited Pizza boy at Duke's.

Sad things: Daddy got a flat tire

Things that made me Chuckle: Miley and Mandy show

Miley,Olivia, and Vegas.

Evil Thai Butter.

Funny youtube clips while discussing Actors

Laughing over a movie with Daddy.

Watching Miley and Mandy..

Today was lovely and laid back. Nothing pressing or demanding. I managed to be busy all day;Without doing anything. But, tomorrow the whip cracks and it's back to the gym and no dessert..I promise

Happy things: Lunch with daddy and the day with Olivia.

Sad things: I was rained on:[

Things that made me chuckle: Youtube..

Shuttle buses,Pilots, and Chai's

No summary this morning

I like my Chai tea latte's. I wish Thailand had more of them. Sadly they haven't discovered the goodness of chais. I'm sitting in the Airport, hating early mornings. Due to the shuttle bus we had to be at the airport at 5 instead of 6. Granted, that early in the morning, an hour doesn't make much difference. But, It surely does when it comes to the amount of delicious sleep you get.

In any case, I am miserably tired.

Happy things: Chai tea Latte

Sad things: Serious lacking in sleep

Things that made me chuckle: Sleeping airport inhabitants

Earthquakes and Overly Eager Men

Earthquake and a Monkey.
Muslim bar girls and Meat.
Coconut water and lots of Leering men.

No pictures again and still haven't found wi-fi. Nothing much has happened since yesterday's post. I experienced an earthquake, I didn't notice it until someone pointed it out. I'm worried about my sanity, who doesn't notice an earthquake!
Men here are far to friendly, it's disturbs me. Flattering it may be, but stares can get on my nerves. Afterall, they have seen a girl before..Maybe the fact they can see my hair makes me stare worthy.

Happy things: No more meetings! Shopping later
Sad things: We leave tomorrow. Will not get to see John again for a long time
Things that made mu chuckle: Seeing a monkey in someone's arms. Muslim bar girls looking scandelous..Showing no skin, but sparkling!

Freezing with the Geckos

Cold weather and late night cappuccinos.
Air Force bases and Air Asia.
Long meetings and odd Americans.
Soft beds and gas heated water.
Odd.

No pictures today, I'm sorry. I'm not on my laptop but a desktop. I can't even remember the last time I had to sit at a desk and use a none flat keyboard. Anyways, I'm in Indonesia! It reminds me so much of Missouri in India. All hills,tiny roads, and lots of houses squashed on top of each other.
I've noticed something on this trip. White people are beginning to all look the same to me. I can't ever remember names or differentiate between them. It's weird, I also don't feel the need to speak to them. I think..This is bad!

Happy things: I had coffee with John Ridgeway last night. He specially invited Dad and I. And was curious about my life. I felt special.
Sad things: I've spent the last two days in meetings.
Things that made me chuckle: Landing at an Air force base. Walking across the runway. Going through security,customs,passport control,getting a visa, and baggage claim in a room. Yes..One room.

p.s I lied, I haven't gotten the pictures up yet Will do it soon..Maybe

The Ocean and the Chicken

Warning this is a long blogpost

Chicken dances and Jellyfish impressions.

Snacks,coffee, and late night meals.

Dancing on bus, between buses,while shopping, and on the dance floor.

Girls shouting for me and Boys following me.

Beautiful sunsets and nighttime swimming.

Lovely Three days.

Where to even begin? For the past few days I was attending a English Camp. Under the pretense of being a teacher. I think I had as much fun as the kids did. From the many meals we ate together to the Dead Chicken Dance. It's hard to summarize all the experiences. So, I will try and highlight my favorites.

Dad and I taught 'In the Fridge' and 'Darts.' But, we really just played with the kids. Thank God for our speaking abilities! It really allowed us to bond with the kids and get to know them faster then the rest. I soon developed a small group of kids who followed me around or vice versa. It started out with about 4 girls and 2 boys. But, by the end of today, it grew to about 25+ kids following or dancing with me. I felt so loved! We had crazy dance parties, last night and on the bus. Unlike America your allowed to club dance on the bus. The bus driver became out DJ and nearly all the students on my bus were dancing,shouting, and having a grand time. I certainly got a workout while swimming. I was the center of a circle, the goal was to try and 'tag' me. Whew, After playing that for half an hour it switched to Boan bon! Or Tugboat. Which means, Latch onto 'Mata!' and have me pull them around. I think at one time I had about 10 girls all holding onto each other and me.

The Teacher's preformance was humerous and the kids were just adorable. After all, Thailand is a preforming culture. So everyone had to do a skit/dance/song. Including 'The Foreigners.'

I'll have more pictures on Facebook. So, go check them out.

Happy things: Making new Thai little friends

Sad things: As all camps do, it ended:[

Things that made me chuckle: Dancing between buses..Don't ask:]

Lazy mornings and Funny Faces.

No photos today.

Late breakfast and a odd alien movie.

French panni and a Thai service.

Little children and funny faces.

Lastly an adventure in Big C.

Today was pretty laid back. I enjoyed the begining of the day before meeting up with the Australians again. Thai church was cute and awkward. Per usual it was take pictures with the Foreigners! Luckily I could speak Thai and made friend with children. It's funny being able to communicate with them. I'm right at their level vocab wise.

Things that made me chuckle: Australians and bantering with them. I can hold my own. Daddy's white people phobia.

Happy things: I had delicious somtum tonight!

Sad things: Leaving our lovely hotel to live with someone.

Eaten by Fish..Literally

Toast and Tea to start.

Taxis and Australians.

Bonding with a Thai due to cooking.

Coffee with strangers through the glass.

And ended with Fish eating our feet.

Not to mention getting lost in the rain.

Dad and I met up with the Aussies I mentioned yesterday. Said our hellos before all piling into a local taxi called a Song Tow. Which is basically a pick up with two benches and a roof. Anyways, we were herded over to the Community center, aka a cement square with a roof over it. A small mass of children ranging from one-sixteen years old came over to see what the white herd was doing as their community center. After getting seeing we didn't bite they warmed up quickly, as children do, and began playing games with us.After enjoying games and a delicious lunch provided by a sweet Thai woman; dad and I parted ways with the Aussies.

Promptly finding a place to get a two hour massage. After all, it's been nearly a week since we last had a massage..Ok maybe three days. Still! Enjoying a relaxing nap and waking feeling like new. It's a wonderful thing, waking up after a massage, you just feel like you could take on the world; or a coffee shop in our case.

Then to finish our day off we tried out the newest fad in Thailand, Fish Spa. You read right, a Fish Spa. Basically you sit on the benches near a pool of little bitty fish, pop your feet in and wait. The Fishies come and suck off your dead skin, gross right? Actually, after getting over the ticklish feeling and gross feeling of seeing fishies nibbling you, it's very enjoyable.

Things that made me chuckle: Fish eating my toes. Fish eating my legs. Fish in general watching me. Loosing the MRT(Underground train) siting next to strangers while having coffee. Having only a glass separating us.

Happy things: Two hour massage. Two hour nap during two hour massage. Bonding with the Thai woman over cooking.

Sad things: Seeing how lucky I am while others are struggling to make it through the day.

Cheers!

Goodness today was a interesting day. Exciting,tiring,relaxing, and fun. Really, all things that make up an all together enjoyable day.

Living on the Wrong Side of the Tracks

Irish breakfast and British scandals.

Australian tourists and traffic.

More traffic and Arabic food.

Crocheting and friends.

Today began far to early for my personal liking. Our bus from Chiang Mai to Bangkok arrived at the hour of Seven. But, for some reason, the Bus personal woke us up at five-thirty. Luckily, due to super dark sunglasses, I was able to slip back into a sleeping state of being.

Daddy and I arrived to our lovely organic and natural hotel room. Cleaned up and headed out for a bite to eat before dealing with a mass of Australians. We needed a hardy Irish breakfast and our fill of English Daily news. Before gathering our wits and courage we munched on our Irish Soda bread. And chit chatted awhile about the random tidbits we stumbled across in the paper.

Dad and I spent the day doing orientation and helping the Australians understand what we planned on doing at the English camp. Orientations are long and dull after the sixth time. But, it is a must when dealing with newbies in Thailand. But, the saving grace was getting to play with and teach Thai children. Which is always enjoyable!

Happy things: Made it to Bangkok alive. Ate delicious Nan and Eggplant Marsla. Did Yoga with Chaz.

Sad things: None today!

Things that made me Chuckle: " Does the King have a palace?" dad turns to me and whispers "One has to remember, when your dealing with a tourist. No question is stupid" I reply " Um..What King doesn't have a palace?" Watching Daddy and a small Thai do Muay Thai.

Stay Tuned for Further Tourist and English nonesense!

P.s I always have the links in my blogposts in case I mention something you may want to check out.

Embroidery,Scissors, and Cola

Today was a uneventful day.

Decided on a pattern for Daddy's quilt.

Started the embroidery for it.

Drank two Cola's due to being hot.

Smiled at my nails.

And made a trip to the Post Office.

Off to Bangkok tonight, no fun involved there. I truly dislike going to Bangkok, it's a crazy city.

Smelly,noisy, and polluted. I'll be teaching English to school children. So, we'll see how that goes. I hope to have internet so I can continue to blog.

I felt much like an old lady today, I spent most of it curled up on my bed..Embroidering.

Amusing things: I freaked out at a poor lizard who I thought was rat. He informed me He wasn't. Just colored like one. Shared a laugh with the postman at a silly foreigner.

Happy things: The pattern for Daddy's quilt is so pretty. Or should I say Handsome?

Sad things: Bangkok for the next 6 days.

P.s A great link for Embroidery stitches

Started off with a roach!

Today started with a cockroach attacking.

A market trip had me spending to much.

Hard work at the gym topped with

a delicious dinner.

Lovely really.

Today was a good day all around. I'm happy to have had three good days in a row. I'm bound for one to be bad. Can't hold this happy streak for too long. Wouldn't be healthy..

I bought a bunch of fabric for Daddy's Christmas present quilt. I can't wait to start working on it. I love the colors and fabric I chose. Hopefully he likes it too! You can kind of peak at the fabric in my pictures:]

Dinner with friends was enjoyable and filling! I love Blah Kem Kanat! It's a thai vegetable and fish dish. One of my favorites with rice!

The downer to my day was being stalked by a nasty Roach while making breakfast. Really, he should know better than to stalk a recently woken person!

Things that made me Chuckle: A thai pretending to look Japanese at the gym. Two Thai's hanging off a really strong Thai's arms. Yes, everyone was full grown.

Happy things: New fabric! New nail polish!

Sad things: We leave our little home tomorrow for icky Bangkok.

Late night projects

My brother fixed my blog.

Added a Frog

And a waterfall from Thailand.

I made a neck pillow to travel with.

Complete with strap to attach it to my bag.

Goodnight

Cookie subconscious

I had a fairly decent day.

Daddy came home,bearing gifts for me.

He must have been feeling sentimental.

Cookies and cakes were my choice of the day.

All around I had a pleasant day. Beginning with lessons and ending with tea,cookie, and icecream.

Tomorrow I will cast out the cookie and cake I had at the gym. Banning them from my ever soft middle. It's highly annoying at times being curvaceous, but typically I thank God and my mother's genes.

Things that made me chuckle: Listening to PRi: selected shorts, while getting a massage. Watching my cat attack a baby gecko..And lose. Listening to Pi Ang tell me about how she's a rebel and puts her feet up on the table when she's home alone.

Sad things: I'm money-less. I miss my family in the U.S.

Happy Things: I received two presents and Daddy came home!

Relax Land

Today was a relaxing day.

Spent with dear Olivia by the pool.

Smoothies and chitchat shared by two friends.

Much like two old ladies would we talked about our lives and friends.

Sadly, as all days do, it came to an end.

Amusing things: Tonight as I drove home I noticed a man running for his life across the crosswalk.

My cat stalked me as if I was prey while I ate my yogurt. She loves Blueberry yogurt lids.

Happy things: Daddy comes home tomorrow. I miss him

Begining with the frog

Today marks many interesting happenings.

First and foremost.

I felt the urge to begin a blog.

I swam at my gym and found a frog had joined me from the river.

Thus the title.

Second I discovered two things.

I don't need a man who I make pay attention to me.

And, I'm already well liked, why add someone who doesn't care?

Third.

Thai's love teasing people.

Let me explain a little. My day started out normal aside from this weird sense I should really join the blogging world. Unexplained and unbidden it jumped into my mind' Oh this would be fun to write in a blog post.' Such thoughts entered and exited my mind throughout the day.

I dragged myself to the gym, worked out far to long. Drooled after a bike whom an older man owned. Why is it the old men who own the lovely bikes? Oh, That's right. So, they get chicks. Anyways, Jumped into the pool swam a few laps before I saw something..In the water swimming near my foot. Freezing on the spot then swimming rapidly to the edge of the pool and heaving myself out. I glared at a black,brown, and white frog who'd interrupted my swim. He decided to swim right under the ledge I was perched on and look at me. I stayed in my horrified,though slightly amused, state. Until one of the staff came out to ask why I was perching on the ledge. I pointed at the frog and mumbled something in Thai about it being very alive.

After this episode I headed to The Duke's. A restaurant I frequent weekly, I had plunged into a mellow mood. I felt very unloved and alone. A pretty typical feeling around nighttime for me. I shuffled into the seat the motioned me.Being questioned 'Are you alone tonight? Will anyone be joining you?' resisting the urge to smack the hostess for rubbing it in I smiled politely' Yes I'm alone.'

Ordering and settling in to listen to PRI: a wonderful short stories Podcast. That's free and can be found on Itunes, do run and check it out. I was startled out of my little world as the boy, or man I'm not sure what he qualifies as, handed me my dinner. I looked up and recognized him as the pizza maker. He is supposed to be behind the counter downstairs tending to the wood stove which cooks his pizza's. He smiled cheekily at me as His littler chef hat wobbled and he walked back down to his station. Oddly enough he continued to serve me throughout my meal. I can imagine from the teasing he received from the staff while I was there will only worsen.

Cheers for tonight.