December 30, 2006

It's the end of the year! WHOA! Not doing much for the new year. Dave has a gig but if I go I'll be by myself and that'll suck. I may go out with other friends but we'll see. So things have been great here lately. The weather is sooo cool. Everyone and their mom is sick! It's crazy. One student had bronchitis and was in the hospital for 3 days. Nuts. Speaking of hospitals...some friends of ours had an emergency delivery on Christmas eve. It was really scary at first..the mom was 7 1/2 months pregnant and she was super sick so they had to deliver the baby early. Everyone is healthy but Dave and I were there to help with translations etc. We were planning a dinner out in bangkok and even a church service..but seeing a baby born was a way more special way to spend Christmas eve!

We had a really fun Christmas. Had lots of boxes..I love opening boxes! The funniest thing we got was instant snow. You mix the chemicals with water and it turns to snow! It was awesome. We also were able to successfully open presents with our families on skype with video! Sweet.

What else....we had a fun day today. Went into the rural outskirts of where we live to see our friend's family orchid farm. It started out as a morning event but turned into a whole day affair. It was so fun. I love days where you lose track of time. Anyway, we saw an orchid farm, had more amazing vietnamese food (my new favorite food), and went to see the largest Chedi in Thailand. Chedi's are like pyramids and they also house remains of important people. At this one, some remains of Buddha are kept. So it's an especially holy place. It was sweet. We hung out for hours, eating in the shade. Ahhh.....

I guess all of the people in Bangkok leave the city for New Year's..so we're planning on going in since there will be little traffic. We're going to go to the huge market to do some end of the month shopping. I feel like the vendors always bargain more at the end of the month..but that's my crazy theory. Well, we're having a merry holiday. Still working but since everyone's sick it feels like a holiday..everyone is canceling! haha...p.s. the Taiwan earthquake has disrupted our internet! Crazy huh! I haven't been able to check e-mail or use google since it happened and our connection is mad slow!

I wish for everyone a wonderful New Year and a fabulous 2007..or 2550 if your Thai. :-)