Jack johnson on a bike in the jungle and other random memoirs...

memoirs, hmmm, i dont even know if i used that worn correctly oh well basically this is going to be a compilation of what ive been doing, and how ive been the last week, so without any more guilding the lily and ceratinly no further ado.............


so up with people(if you dont know who they are, basically they travel around the world for six months doin comunity service projects and doing singing and dancing benifit shows everywhere, really cool stuff..) came to nam phong(the little villige/town where i live)this week, and it was so great to speak to other people that can speak english!!
so i hung out with them and was able to skip school thurs, and fri to basically hang out at rehersals and sell coke and fanta outside the show to raise money for my rotay club
in short though, ive got to become friends with most of the cast, andgot to see thier amazing show in the front row,and im going to go plant trees with them and some monks topmmorow!

so ive been also chillin with other exchange students, yesterday we went to eat lunch and tour the malls and met some people from the peace corps(in khon kaen, forieners automatically have some kind of a bond forged between them, so its normal to just sktrike up a conversation)today though, i went bowling with candadians and americans, and shot pool with a german!

so ive realized my favorite thing to do here, it cant be done every day, or else it will loaswe its specialitlyness(i just made up a word)and and the weather must be perfect!
so this is what i do, if it rains during school, the heat of the day is gone when i get out, so it will be nice and cool, ill get on my bike,switch it to my lowest gear, so i pedal nice and slow, turm my ipod to a very relaxing jack johnson mix, and take the VERY long way home, through the rice patties!
its sounds simple emough, but belive you me, it is one of the best parts of my day, it turns the 5 minute ride into a half hour unwind time.

sooo............well
oh yeah! well my host brother(atom) is starting to become like an actual brother now its pretty cool, one he looks like me!(people always mistake me for a local until i open my mouth!)we argue over wich cartoons we watch will be in english, or thai!
we race for shotgun in the car
he hoggs the hot water
we have our own language consisting of grunts yells and nother random noises
any way its going really well with the family so thats a good thing i guess!

other random things:
i find my self watching thai sitcoms and soap operas and making up my own diologe for the actors
i know how to use a thai taxi now(there called tuktuks and they have 3 wheels and drive at ridiculous speeds through rush hour
i ate grasshoppers with the other exchange students(they taste like fish, chicken and garlic!)

oh this is funny,
so my host dad travels during the week and comes home on the weekends, and every saturady morning, when i come downstairs hell be eating breakfast and reading, heel see me look up and ask "do you know thai yet?" ill say umm no, and then hell go "oh" and go back to his meal, so this yesterday when the did that to me i responded to his question" well do you know english yet?" he goes "uhhh" so i sit down and eat my noodles ha!

sorry this post is so random, im really tierd right now and this is the best i can do in this state, i hope you were entertained but my razorsharp wit and charm
um i guess
this
is
good
bye

ryan


ps today officially makes one month in thailand yeha!!!!!!!!





pps i just recived a stack of letters in the mail from friends so, bryan yeo, anne lenters,jamie bartlet,mrs. constance, michelle broddos, cathy haywrd, matt locket, and noahs mother,THANKYOU SOOO much they really made my day!