Children's day

Sa wat di kha! Hello!
       Yesterday, which was Saturday for me, was international children's day!   Kru Su and I walked from our little dollhouse along the road in the sunlight. Brahman cows munched grass and garbage along the roadside as we went. Children on the back of motorbikes turn to stare at the smiling white girl as they passed. We arrived at the celebration hall, a big tin roofed arc as big as a football field, filled with children in their school uniforms, parents ,clusters of balloons, and a big pink and yellow fabric swathed stage.   Su and I found some seats near the stage and soon some traditional Thai dancers from out school came to sit near us. They were so beautiful! The costumes were so exquisite, so much attention to detail. The makeup, their hair, swept back so perfectly on their head and mounted with a gold crusted Buddhist temple with shiny dangling mirrors. The dancers took to the stage for photographs and Kru Su and I were invited up to pose  with the dancers. It felt like such an honor to be there. Everyone was so kind to us!
         The first group to dance were the kindergartners. They were very precious, there was also a Korean dance troupe. In between dances various officials came up to announce things and hand out awards to the children. The traditional Thai dancers were so incredibly graceful and beautiful I was in awe of their precise movements!  A group of teen boys did some break dancing to American music which was hillarious! I think my favorite performance of the day was a dance troupe straight out of burningman! They had on bright colored Afro wigs, with huge kitty ears, feather eyelash extensions, glitter lipstick, neon floofy rainbow skirts and aqua leggings! They're dances were awesome booty popping ridiculousness! I laughed the whole time! At the end su leans over and says" those were all boys!" She was right! She said it's very accepted in Thailand.  The whole scene was so fun to watch, Santa Claus came to distribute lunch to the children a mountain of snacks occupied stable near the stage. A man came to sing songs and play games with the kids. I was offered a tasty crepe that was stuffed with tamarind and egg, it was delicious! The kids were all so sweet and seemed to have a really fun time! I was grateful to have experienced it.
        Su and I had a lunch of pad kao or fried rice. I spent he rest of th day texting friends and nursing a headache! I had the best dreams that night! I dream of being back home with friends, wandering downtown st Joseph it was summertime and felt great. The best part was when I realized I was dreaming because I knew I was in Thailand not Missouri! So as always when I have a lucid dream I decided to fly! I was inside so I tried flying through a stained glass window! I'm dreaming so I can't get hurt! Well it was really fun! Lucid dreams don't happen that often so I enjoyed it. Funny the last lucid dream I had was three or four months ago and was about coming to Thailand!  Well, who really cares about other peoples dreams ? Though I have dreamt about spending time with so many of you all, my friends, I miss you!
           Today, my Sunday, I finally had a decent sleep and felt normalish today! Su and I went on a fruit mission! We had great luck!  2 pineapples, a watermelon, a banana and a coconut for about three bucks! Yes! Back at the house we are a whole pineapple for breakfast! Anyone who knows me knows that pineapple is nearly my favorite thing ever!  In my sweet house there is not actually a functioning shower, there is a trashcan full of water that I dip water out of and pour on myself, it's amazing! And I get to do my laundry by hand at the same time, so efficient and fun! After shower/ laundry I headed out on a bike adventure.
          The afternoon sun greeted my pasty exterior! Children shouted hello from the backs of trucks, tangerines and lychees lined tables. I headed out of town appreciating the honks of passersby. There's a huge red archway that is gilded with ornate images of the royal thai family at the entrance of town.  On the outskirts of town there's a very old wall across from a temple with a hundred thousand concrete roosters lining it's steps. I turn back to town cruising downhill and enjoying the breeze. The town is so small, by bike I've circled the whole place from outskirts to outskirts in about ten minutes. So much delights my eyes at every turn, but what words? It's just all so different and new it's hard to put it down in a way that's understandable! Ponds filled with a rainbow of water lilies. A father in son fishing I their underpants, men sleeping under thatched roof bus stops, the confusion of being passed  by six white tourists on two motorbikes, how do I recount tales other than just listing splendor?  On my way back from the bike ride I saw them setting up a market in the street so I went home to ditch the bike and come back on foot. The market was full of odd meats, whole deflated pigs, buckets of odd liquids with strange sea critter parts floating, smells I tried to ignore, sweets, fried grasshoppers and larvae, and any trinkets you can think of! Tshirts with ridiculous American slogans my favorite said" I just fucking rule" or maybe it was the one of bartman with a banner through his eyes that said  unobservant.  Well it was an experience I was happy to walk away with my sunbrella shade to the super market.   Besides text messages to all of you and writing in my journal and lonely planet, that was my day, pretty average, no? It's great I am loving Thailand and I am stoked to start teaching tomorrow! Wish me luck? Love you!