11/14

This blog comes to you in  NINE PARTS!
Part 1: Chore
Well, I have blogged in a while...why?
I want all my blogs to be something I am proud of and a good piece of writing. However, this has forced me to not blog as often because if I blog everyday then I won't have anything new to say etc. etc. This has also forced me into the mentality that every blog has to be perfect and it's starting to become a chore.....which isn't good.
SO
I'm not caring anymore. Some blogs will be good. Some not so much, but I just need to get my thoughts out into the world and the world can decide if they are any good or not.
Part 2: School
I am finally back at school again and it is............it's ok. I just got my schedule today and I've been in school for three weeks now. Also because it's "Sport's Day" on Friday, I won't actually be attending my classes until Monday. So I've been basically doodling, reading and staring at a wall for three weeks...
For my new schedule, some classes are the same like Sword Fighting, Thai, Fruit Carving, Art, yada yada... but this semester I am taking more Thai classes (I'm now learning how to write and write Thai!). I am also learning five languages here. I'm taking German, French, Chinese, Japanese and obviously Thai. So I started my exchange knowing two languages, English and a little Spanish and will hopefully return know seven.
Part 3: Friends
My school friend, J, got her GED so she is now taking university courses and thus not attending my school anymore. I was the closest to her out of my school friends and so now I don't have many friends at school. I have another friend, Tannie but she is in a different class so I rarely see her. Luckily though all the girls (remember I go to an all girls school) in my class are super kind and try to involve me in everything.
I have become really close friends with almost all of us exchange students in district 3350!! You know how when you first meet someone, it takes a while for you to become close friends with them? Well, not with exchange students! Here are some reasons why:
1. You came to this country alone.
Literally. Alone. You don't know anyone besides your host parents, you don't know the language here, you have no friends or relatives. It is a very clean and barren slate. You want to make friends and therefore any other person that speak English is automatically your best friend.
2. Exchange Students love hugs.
I wasn't a "huggy" type person before I came on exchange but I really do love hugs. I realized this a week into my exchange here. Hugs are just a gesture that shows love and compassion and that's what you live for as an exchange student.
3. One year.
You have to spend a year with these people, so you might as well get along.
4. Exchange Students are made of awesome.
Exchange students have gumption and gut. They will do just about anything and are some of the nicest people I know.
To conclude, I have about 28 new best friends and I have only known them for three months and yet I'm willing to fly across the world to visit them after exchange.
Part 4: Starbucks
The past two times I have visited Starbucks here they have gotten my order wrong. It's not a problem and I'm not complaining....Hear me out now....but I have a problem with it. Starbucks has switched it's decore and background music to be Christmas themed. And. I. Can't. Take. It. Not only is it the beginning of November but it hurts to see the wreathes or here Little Drummer Boy because it makes me think of home. And so when I order my regular of a coffee frappuccino no whip, the same thing I've always ordered since my first Starbucks, and Thai lady who is wearing a santa hat behind the counter thinks I ordered the caramel one because she can't understand my accent and because White Christmas is playing too loud, I just get annoyed. And I get annoyed because I'm not in Washington and it's not cold outside and Thai people don't celebrate Christmas. And mainly I'm annoyed because I don't want to scare the innocent Thai lady behind the counter by bursting into tears in the middle of Starbucks.
Part 5: Visa
I went to the immigration office in Bangkok to renew my visa and while I was waiting in a DMV similar office, I chatted with another visa renewal hopeful sitting next to me. And it turns out, he is from Mexico, he has been here five months and he is in Thailand getting his PhD in Thai culture specifically studying the UNDERGROUND ROCK SCENE IN BANGKOK. Isn't that the coolest PhD you've ever heard?
Part 6: Winter
Isn't winter here and yet the lowest low I have seen in the forecast for this week is 79F. And it's winter!
Part 7: Vlogs
I am now uploading more videos of my adventures to my you tube channel! Make sure to subscribe!
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtcDs9I1OugwZpEnMcVWiPg?feature=guide
Part 8: Book
Around 110 on The Hobbit and its a little low but good, still around page 60 on the casual vacancy....that one is slower than I expected
Part 9: Thai
champu............................pink

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