Seminar today was AMAZING. We did an overview of globalization, global warming, and NGOs. Yippee! I love this stuff. I love this stuff. I love this stuff. Although, it was basically all review (except for the NGO stuff) it was very well done and Damn. I. Love. It. Its soooo important. Sooo interesting. Sooo relevant. So important. So real. So ahhosifwieg! Global warming is my # 1 issue. 100%
Thai class was quite difficult for me today. I have been feeling overwhelmed by the language, and i've been slipping towards disengagement. Oih. I know I’ve got to switch into leaping in and totally engaging when I start feeling this way, as that is the easiest way to get back on track. The more I withdraw the harder it is to get back onboard the Thai Train. The more I just in, and fail, and jump in, the better things get. At lunch, Marcia’s notebook gave me just the right sound advice. It says:
“Happiness is a how, not a what. A talent, not an object.”
The vivid dreams continue. I love falling asleep and waking up because of the dreams. Last night i had a blond, blue eyed son, named Damian, and i kept wondering how it happened i hadn't noticed i was pregnant! Also every morning i wake up at 6:13 exactly, although i have no alarm set.
My host grandpa has come home from the hospital and him and Yai (grandma) are living with us. Even though they only use a few simple words, I can't understand Yai, or Blah Lye (aunt whos staying too). This makes haning out with the family stressful and discouraging when they try to communicate with me, and its equally stressful and sicoruaging when they don't try. However, we do smile at eachother semi-awkwardly a lot. Last night, the family watched a T.V. show that included magic vampires that tturned into smoke, tried to lure people into elevators, and were terrified of guinie pigs. in the middle of the show, a girl feel into a river as a boy was trying to seduce her (i think) and i looked up from my homework a shouted "Y-nom! Y-nom" swim swim! and the whole family laughed.
Mae asked me to go with her to Chiang Rai to visit sister Lin. I'm very happy to go and get to spend some time with Mae. Maybe Rew will agree to go too, but he is hesitant.
Best,
Gigi
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Gigi, there was a time in Turkey when we were visiting a family. The Grandma wanted to talk to me, so she spoke in Turkish to the Mom, who translated to French, who spoke to Cindy, who translated to English. And then the answer had to go back the other way. I ended up just miming, to save the effort. They had a doorbell that sounded like a bird. I got so excited miming when I figured out what it was that they got up, cut it off the wall, and gave the doorbell to me!
ReplyDeleteYour stories are wonderful.