Come, Igor. Let me show you what I am about to do...

I will restore this body with life... It will live, I tell you, live!

I see what you did there. You didn't tell me, but I know you were thinking it. You thought my blog was boring. That it "needed life," eh? I thought so. Want to know why? I'm psychic. I'll try my best, and hopefully, it will wake anew.

Not much has happened since I have left you. However, I have switched schools and have been attending Ashiwa [I don't know how to spell it in English] for one full week now. Now school has stopped this past Friday and won't start again until mid-October, due to end-of-term break. I, however, am attending two colleges at the moment. Wittayalai Palaat [Institute for Physical Education] is one, the other is Ashiwa [Vocational College]. I only have a link for Ashiwa, but good luck navigating around because it's in Thai. Click here, my friends, for the Ashiwa link.

"Monica? Attending a PE college? No way." Yes way, actually. I didn't tell you exactly how I'm involved. I'm sure once you find out, you'll roll your eyes and think "well, that figures." I'm attending Palaat for two classes. Muay Thai [which is actually the incorrect spelling of the sport - it's actually "Muoi Thai"] is one of my classes, held every Monday - Friday at 5-7 PM. Then on every Monday at 1 PM to 3 or 4 PM, I have a class called Fahn Dop. I don't know if you've heard of it or not, but to sum it up, it's swordfighting with a fluid-like twist. It's a pretty sport, and really fun to play [even though I have received a few blisters - I care not about them].

The Asian Diet. Every morning I wake up early, I eat an egg over rice with fish sauce on it. Sounds gross? PLEASE. You haven't tried it, obviously. It's really quite delish. Then I eat lunch. It depends on the day, what we have for lunch. Sometimes I go to 7-11 for lunch, sometimes I eat at home - it really depends where I'm at. Then there's supper. Supper varies. Then there's dessert. You know how you rarely order dessert after supper in America? Well, over here, it's rare that you don't order dessert after supper. Not to mention, there's sometimes a meal AFTER supper and after dessert. Sometimes it's Thai-version sub sandwhiches, sometimes it's Vietnamese food. You never know...
So much food, yet how have I lost 6 pounds since I have arrived? I will never know, but I sure as heck like the results.

I still have to cook for my host family. I want to bake, but they don't have an oven. I want to boil, but it's hard to find a non-wok pot. I think I'll just make Rice Krispie treats? I've searched for marshmallows, but all I can find are the candy mallow things. I think maybe I could use those. They're practically the same thing... just... my treats will be colorfully odd...

PACKAGE!!! I GOT A PACKAGE IN THE MAIL! I'm so excited! My family has sent me a package... yay! Mom even stuffed my scarf in it... I love that scarf... [tear]..... PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES?! OH MY GAWSH. [gobbles them all with milk]. .....My mp3 player's install CD!!! Now I can put Thai music on my player!.....Pictures of sugar. I will put them by my mirror..... A few more stuffs... mhmm, I see... I see..... [bursts out laughing] PEEPS!!! SWEET! I love Peeps! Now I have Halloween peeps... the best! ..... My yearbook, awww... memories..... Spam singles... wait, whaT?! [reads the newspaper article and laughs aloud]..... Kirkwood Cattery? Awwwww. So cute! ..... A washable lint roller? Sweet. I was looking for one of those..... Recipes, niiiiice..... Wait, what's this? Baking soda... Baking Powder... interesting.............................

I'm fixing a few pictures right now. I'll blog when they're done.
PEACE OUT!
Moni.