Oh crazy amazement! This is sooooooo good! But just to let you know that wasn't the tune I was singing yesterday! Yesterday I was nervous, very nervous, about traversing the big city, getting on the right bus, getting off the bus in theright place, finding my host teacher... And just about Anything else my mind could trick me into worrying about! And as usual I bought into those comforting fears and worries, wait.... Fears and worries aren't comforting.... But they sort of are aren't they? Or we would have stopped it by now!
So jet lag is weird, I went to bed at ten and woke up at three am. So by five I decided to start the day. There's something really good about being able to put all your possessions in a really small pack and be on your way. I played the yellow uke as I waited for the taxi. I mumbled odd Thai phrases to the taxi driver and watched the sun rise over Bangkok as we headed to mor chit two bus terminal . People shouted at me from ticket windows, but they weren't speaking my language! I found my magic window and bought my ticket to aranya prathet. I climbed aboard, and immediately realized how easy it all had been and how silly our own mind games get!
Now I could relax and enjoy the show. It's suddenly hitting me, hey I'm in Thailand! Roadside oddities amuse. Me : a giant pink wear house full of stuffed animals in the middle of nowhere , giant ceramic animals of all kinds , I was very fond of large roosters bedazzled with mirrors, a large grateful dead beatr sign, so many Buddhas and shrines and shiny things, trees with huge yellow flowers like giant marigolds I wanted to gather them up and string them into a garland to cast over the neck of the divine!.., oh sorry am I getting lofty here? It's been one of those days. So much to breathe in, pineapple from a roadside stand, six different languages all around me, playing my uke as we stopped for snax. It really does make instant friends , it's like having a puppy or something. Random police an military checkpoints, I made the cut but there were a couple souls escorted away, why I'll never know. The cities are thinning more country side, thatch huts, rustic furniture, farms, delapidation, signs that you're going somewhere good! I nearly miss my bus stop in Aran but get off just in time. I reharge at seven eleven with ice water and lays potato chips- basil flavored. I snack and wait for my host teacher to arrive. And here's Kru Thavee! My jovial English speaking escort! We head to the school and make conversation, it is quite nice to speak English to someone, even if we don't always understand one another.. Again the landscape has thinned and Thera less houses more trees and fields! Sooo nice to outta Bangkok!
The entrance to the town is adorable,! I will have to do some photo exploits later! We pull up to the school, all four hundred children are outside doing their Buddhist prayers. Kru Thavee tells me that they will all be very interested in me because I look so different! Of course I step out of the truck and they all stare at me! I meet Kru Krung which means lobster! She will bee my co teacher when I start in Monday. Kru Thavee tells me that tomorrow is a special children's day and hat all the children will play games and have a celebration, I've arrived just in time! He also gives me a nickname since my American name is impossible to say! I become Kru Meoung. Which means kitty, I am now miss kitty! Does it get any better than this?.... Yes..... I meet my fellow volunteer Kru su from Malaysia! And she gives me a big hug which is so nice because I haven't ha a hug since elysse dropped me at the airport!and still better, Kru Thavee drives me through the little town to my new home, Which is the most adorable thing I have ever seen! Check Facebook for pics sorry about incoherent thoughts and types o. S I am sooooo exhausted! And beyond caring! Love yalllllllllllll
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