Long time, No Update...

Well...I don't even know where to begin because it feels like this past month has been a whirlwind and has gone by so quickly. To answer the question many people may have: What are you doing? What are your plans?

Well...let's just say I am living day to day right now, mostly due to financial constraints. However, I am still looking for a job or good internship. I am trying to keep my hopes up despite the fact that some people have actually said to my face that I won't be able to find anything. In the mean time, I have been reading up on my Chinese (I have forgotten so much and have to take the rest of my Chinese classes next year,) looking for jobs/internships and just hanging out and practicing my Thai. I am really proud that my Thai has actually improved quite a bit already, as I am trying to get Kiat to teach me at least 3 new words a day.

My fellow interns from WAO visited me in Phuket for a week and it was a good time. I took them to Kata Beach and showed them around the island and had them try to local food. Speaking of food, if I could even begin to explain my love affair with Thai food...it would be...unexplainable. The last time in Thailand for a very long period of time, I gained 25 pounds...we'll see if this turns out the same! I love everything from the sweet corn (which by the way, they eat as a desert,) to the mangut (aka mangosteen, which is a fruit with a soft purple shell and inside it looks like a white orange and it's very sweet-doesn't taste like an orange at all), to the cow maeng gai (chicken rice) that they sell in Patong. I have tried Malay food, and I am not going to lie...it's not that good. I think because the food is mostly curry-based and made from Indian curries, whereas Thai curry is a bit different. Overall, Thai food is amazing and I could eat all day and be content.

As far as the protests in Bangkok go, they seem to be calming down a lot. The prime minister and leader of the red shirts are going to have a talk with one another today. We'll see how that goes. Everything is still all well in Phuket. Today there was a 7.3 earthquake in Sumatra, but there was no tsunami warning here.

I still have pictures from Malaysia and Jessica and Ida's visit that I haven't posted yet...but I will do that soon (next time, I promise!)