Happy Days!!!

I always find myself apologizing before I post a new page; well perhaps I should be better at frequently updating my blog although I am afraid that after so many updates every week, you all will be sick of my writing/my life here in Thailand. Whatever it is; my sincere appreciation goes to those dire fans that have not stopped supporting me and updating themselves with my life. THANK YOU!

The past couple months have been pretty busy; in a good way this time. First of all, couple of my friends and I facilitated a three day English Camp at a nearby school. It was perhaps the most exhausting couple of days but at the same time, it was SO much fun and I enjoyed every moment of it. Being around kids has that special power of lightening my day like no other. The students were so excited to see us; it came to a point where we were signing autographs! IT WAS WILD! During every break we had kids running to us to have us sign their notebooks, name tags, piece of paper…etc it came to a point where all we wanted to do was hide and not come out. It was exhausting! But fun yeah? That would NEVER happen in the U.S. unless we all suddenly became famous stars! I think the only low point that I hit was when a teacher came to me and said “Oh the students thought you were your friends’ translator…” Oh Thailand!

After that I traveled with my friend Katie, who came to visit from China. I only see her once every year so we always have a good time. Although this time, she had to deal with my frustrated/moody self for couple of days; it was mostly because I was exhausted from the English Camp and the training that I had the week before so all I wanted to do was stay at home and sleep; regardless, it was a good idea to go to the beach. Although it was a short trip, it was worth the massage and the relaxing on the beach. I came back on Monday and decided I was going to have a not too tiring week.

As a very important update, the playground is coming along REALLY well. The money that I was promised by my boss is zero BUT, the village members are doing without it just fine. Although I still cannot believe how a supervisor can sign a proposal and then say “oh I understood you wrong I cannot support you” … Thailand. Anyhow, we started with buying raw metal and honestly, I did not think people can weld, mold and do whatever you are supposed to do with raw materials and put them into a legitimate playground, well I was completely wrong. The playground is up and almost in the works of being finished. It might not look like what playgrounds are in the States, but I think it is a beautiful structure and the village leaders worked so hard on it to make it to this point. I need to remember how to say “I am proud of you all “in Thai so I can say that next time I see them :) and I promise pictures will be updated soon!

Oh and my mom is coming in October (16th to be exact), I CANNOT WAIT!
WOW cannot believe it has been 10 months!!!!

Love and Missing you all very much ,
- Zari