Day 14

This day was fun. It started rough when my host mom seemed to have been waiting for me when I thought I was waiting for her - yeah, that was no fun. But then, I went to school where they were interviewing students that wanted to go abroad with AFS. Jiska was there, and that was the fun part. We talked a lot about being here, and then played games and did logic puzzles.

Then, Fifa came and got me and we went and had a picnic at our neighbor Napok's fruit plantation/grove thingie. I ate a lot of food, Fifa and the other kids played in the stream, and we cut rambutan from the trees. I was stung by a wasp. We cut down gigantic branches and harvested the rambutan. We drove home in Napok's van and I fell asleep - I woke up to an offer for an iced coffee, which I drank and finished as I read some of Perks of Being a Wallflower. Then, I put my pictures from my camera on the computer and got an email from C about coming out to her parents. I should write more about it, but I'm actually in the middle/beginning of a very intense letter to her. I will write more about that later. Anyway, I sent pictures home and then I began writing said letter, and then I met a girl from down the street who is my age (a little older). We talked, I showed her pictures, and Fifa bounced around. He was so affectionate today, in a rambunctious little boy way. At one point, I said to him as I showed Gift (her name) pictures, "Fifa, if you want to stay in here, you have to be calm." and he, completely earnest said, "Become what?" It was hilarious.

Then, the three of us, eventually four (Bai Teue joined us) had a tickling fight in the main hallway and we were joined by three small neighbors - two boys ( I don't remember their names) and Opa, a little girl. We played a Thai game like Blind Man's Bluff, then one like Duck Duck Goose, and then I taught them Duck Duck Goose. It was wonderful. I laughed so hard, and we all laughed, and it felt so good.