School and Dance

This week went by so fast. Monday I didn’t go to school because we had Tuesday off. It was Mother’s Day in Thailand, and also the Queen’s birthday. Mother’s Day is celebrated the same as in America. My grandmother, grandfather, mom, dad, brothers, and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins, all went out to dinner. In all, there were 19 of us. Also on Tuesday I had my first Thai Dance class. It was really interesting. I am used to cheerleading where I have been trained to make all my movements fast and clear. Thai dancing is the opposite, everything flows very smoothly, and it is a very slow dance. I find it to be much easier than cheer. That is once you get past the pain in your hands and feet from twisting and bending them more ways than you should physically be able to. I really enjoy it though. I have thai dancing every day from 6pm-8pm. Wednesday I started school. It is a lot of fun. From the moment I walked in, i was the most popular person there. EVERYONE knows who I am, and I cant walk down the hallway with out people saying HI JOY! It’s funny, people will come up to me and say “Hi whats your name? How are you?” And when you respond and ask the same they freak out and run away because they only know the two sentences of English that they asked me. I’m not sure that I can honestly say that I have made friends, because a friend is someone who stands out more than the rest of your acquaintances, and EVERY person in school wants to walk me to my next class, and they all try to talk to me. All at once. And sometimes even in English! I get loads of candy too. Usually I don’t know what it is but it always tastes good. I try to say no, and they even end up sneaking it into my bag! They are crazy! But so funny too. One English class that I helped out in, the teacher from England, was teaching them to say “OH YEAH” in stead of yes, and “HEY BABY!” Instead of hi. So random guys and girls come up to me and say “HEY BABY!” In school I have many unique classes. English, Thai, French, Chinese(everyday sometimes 2 or 3 times a day for an hour each class!) Thai dance, thai cooking, Buddhism class, and thai history. Everyday the classes are different. I also have a lot of free periods. On Tuesdays I only have 2 classes. Thai dance and Chinese. During my free periods I either go to the language room and talk to the English teachers, (which is also the exchange student information room. We are required to meet here every morning) or, I help out in an English class. School starts at 6:45 am, and ends at 4:15pm. After school at 6pm I had dance for two hours. Although, on Friday, the dance teacher asked Jessica and I to try the whole dance together with out anyone else, and no help, and we were able to do it. So now after school there is an extra period incase you miss a class, or need help, so we will be practicing with the rest of our school now during that period. We have a festival we perform at, on August 29th. Next weekend, on august 24th, all the rotary exchange students in my district from all over the world, have a meeting. I am very excited and that will defiantly be the subject of my next blog post. Well that’s all for now! Feel free to comment or email!