Finally completed my first class in Thailand! Now we have the week break and then the second module starts up! So I am posting the pictures of the performance and if you check my facebook within the next couple days I will upload the videos that a friend of mine recorded on my camera, so… Read more

I am giving a shot out to my great family who sent me a really awesome care package filled with all the essentials like Scooby snacks, Twizzlers, pop-tarts, juice, bug spray, animal crackers, and fruit roll ups just to name a few things. Other than a few smashed pop tarts everything made it here in… Read more

So today was a busy day, yet again. For class we went to go see a Spirit Dance. It is a dance event in which people as mediums dance and become ‘possessed’ with spirits. This event was on a corner of a street. They had set up the food, all donated by one family, the… Read more

Where to begin! This post will be quite long because I am trying to catch up on the weekend posts because for the past three days I have been in Sukkothai. Now that may not mean much to anyone of you guys at home but here it is a big thing. Sukkothai is the first… Read more

I never realized just how much effort goes into a dance performance. Our teacher was literally getting her belt of flowers handmade and hot glued around her waist, talk about custom made. Not to mention the fact we were surrounded by about 20 men, all of which who were gay and did wonders with our… Read more

So today we found out that for our performance on Friday we are doing just one dance, the first one we learned. I am not that terrified, however we still don’t know if she will do it with us or not. We also learned that we will be learning ANOTHER dance this upcoming week. So… Read more

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So today marked the end of the first full week of class and I am still trying to process it all. The fact that we have to perform in front of everyone next Friday still has me concerned, but I am trying to stay calm and just go with the flow. There are times that… Read more

We began learning the second dance in class, something with an umbrella. I should have practiced more but there was a very good reason for not… we went out for dinner and drinks!So yes that means that I ordered my FIRST alcoholic drink! I enjoyed a VERY strong peach margarita. Best part was no one… Read more

Yet again I seem to have awakened at 6 am today, not by choice of course. My body just does not see the desire in sleeping in. However I am not alone in this problem, the majority of other students wake up quite early as well. I suppose this wouldn’t be a problem, because you’d… Read more