So Ginny an I got to Thailand about 6 days ago. Tomorrow is our last day of orientation, and so far we've walked around Payap University and its local town gone to the Sunday Night market in the old city and I've realized after my south east asian pre-test today that I know little to none about most things I should know about, especially for being half Thai. On monday we are going to our week long homestay in Mae Chaem, and while I know that even if I spoke Thai fluently It wouldnt help me too much up there I wish we had just a little bit more time just to build confidence.
Speaking of confidence building, Ginny, Ashley and Kelly tried to teach Misa and I how to ride bikes today. I'm not sure how it went for Misa but I feel silly trying to learn to ride a bike at the age of 20 so Ive been psyching myself out.
Hm... what else? Oh yes. We got back yesterday from an overnight meditation retreat. I'm still kind of digesting that day and all so more on that later I suppose. I also learned that a friend of mine went into the hospital on the day that I left for the meditation retreat. The car she was a passenger in flipped over, and while the driver and the driver of the other car were and are okay Paige just now got out of the ICU and is in the special care unit. She suffered from a broken cheek and collar bone, two skull fractures, and seven crushed vertebrae. Feeding tubes, breathing, surgery are all necessarily in her recovery. But from what I hear it sounds like she's been making as speedy a recovery as anyone could expect. So well wishes to her and it sounds like she has had a lot of support.
It feels like I have been here a lot longer than 6 days. Not necessarily in a bad way, in fact I don't know in what way I mean it. It feels like I have done a lot more than I probably have. So until I post the assignment, and until something that I remember comes up that is all for now.
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