The feeding of the 5,000!! well not quite but almost!!

There hasn't been anny students at the Youth House for a few months now as it has been school holidays. Last week I planned to make spaghetti for myself and one other person, so have a little tiny bit of meat and one packet of spaghetti and one jar of sauce for 3 people. As I'm busy in the kitchen I have a look outside and see that a few more students have arrived. Aah when you make food in Thailand your expected to make it for everyone. What shall I do? - a loaf of bread and a bit of garlic to the rescue! In the end spaghetti for two stretched to nine people!!

The McClean kids - Matthew (5), Bethan (3), and Josh (1)

Breakdown in Bangkok

On the way back from the island yesterday we had arranged to meet a student in the centre of Bangkok, as we got near to where we had arranged to meet her we realised that the engine was getting really hot!! We were so close but steam was starting to come out so we managed to pull in off the main road. So we left the car to cool off and went and had dinner. When we returned the engine had cooled down and we filled it with water. We started the journey back to where we planned to stay the night. When we were on the road and able to go fast it was grand but as soon as we had to slow down in the traffic jams the engine started heating up. So we had to pull over again. This time we called the Shell recovery service and they came and towed us back to where we were staying. The car is getting fixed so my return to Nakhon Sawan is delayed a little bit but thats ok I get to up date my blog in an air con environment!!

Hot or not so hot
Yesterday on the drive back from holidays we stopped by the side of the road and ordered some food. The stall holder was in a bit of a dilema. We were obviously foreigners, but we could speak Thai, so when I said in Thai "phet nitnooy" (a little bit spicy) she didn't know whether to make it foreigner not spicy or Thai not spicy. The old lady in the back said "They speak Thai, so they behave like Thais" so I got my lunch Thai spicy levels which was very delicous. It made me think though how important learning language is, I can never look Thai!! but I can try to behave like a Thai!

What it looked like when it wasn't raining!!!

JOKE OF THE WEEK!!!

What do you get if an Aussie girl takes an Irish girl on holidays to a beautiful tropical island?

Rain!!

No it's not rainy season yet it rained for a whole week while we were on Koh Chang. I actually didn't mind it made me feel at home, and I love hearing the crashing waves as I fall asleep and wake again, and there were great electrical storms which we don' t get in Ireland!!

Driving in the rain

No I'm not back in Ireland yet!! I am still in Thailand. The rainy season has come one month early and it has come with avengance!! And yes I do have a liscence and I am insured to drive here in Thailand, just to assure anyone who might be concerned about that!! Driving in Thailand is certainly not boring!! Flying umbrellas, plastic etc etc. I Also have learnt something that will perhaps make me less frustrated when I drive my motorbike. When I am driving my motorbike and am about to come on to a main road waiting for the trtaffic to clear, cars often flash there lights, inside I'm thinking of course I'm not going to pull out I'm not a total idiot. But I've learnt that this is what you do when you are driving a car in Thailand - otherwise the car/motorbike will pull out right in front of you even though this appears in my mind to a completely crazy thing to do. Just a different way of looking at things!!!