Rice Cakes and Sideways Coffee Houses

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I updated Picasa again, check it out.

I have pictures of myself in a Thai dress, mainly taken for the fashion show purposes. My head looks swollen and fat, so be nice. *scowl*

Also, my fashion design teacher took me to the outskirts of town where a few shops sat against the road like a farm house in the country. Though this "farmhouse" was more like a tiny town composed of 5 one-story larger-sized houses on one side of the road. That's where we bought Thai silk (in the colors green and yellow-green) for the dress I'm currently making in Fashion Design class at Acshiwa. On our way there, we stopped at a gas station with a sideways "house." It turned out to be a coffee shop, and Aijan (same same like "sensei") and I bought some iced coffee for the mini-trip. Then we got passed by a truck with a red bull's head and red "eyes." (Chan mee loop kha. - I have pictures.) When we got there, we saw many things besides fabric; there was clothing, scarves , key chains, bracelets, bags; much like giant souvenir shops. Haha, I didn't go in, though. Anyway, in the same shop that we bought the fabric, Aijan and I saw a few scarves taken to our liking... she bought me one of them as a "Christmas gift," a fuzzy green one. I don't have a picture of it yet; I wasn't able to wear it today with my velvet-like shrug - the shrug was getting too fuzzy. *laughs*

We got back to Acshiwa and got to work on my dress; another student went out to buy some cloth-like interfacing... it's a weird mix of the two. It's lining, rather, but with iron-on sticky things. If you sew a lot, you'd know what I mean and how odd it is to find such things. Anyway, it was very nice and today I got my pieces cut out for the top and the skirt, and I got them all ironed and lined. [I have pictures.]

Link to Acshiwa pictures: http://picasaweb.google.co.th/gecko.on.the.wall/Acshiwa
When you look at them, you'll notice a Thai girl in a plaid, poncho-like shirt. That's my friend Tip. She rocks. :)

Kun-Pah introduced me to real rice cakes last night. They're very tasty, much unlike America's. [In "Random" section on my Picasa.]

You'll also find a picture or two of my Kun-Pah and Kun-Meh all dressed up, as well as the breakfast I made BY MYSELF!!! Oh my gosh. My egg looks mighty perfect, if I do say so myself.

Me with a Dunkin' Donuts bag... no need for explanation there.

You'll find out what a songtao really is if you look at the pictures!!! It's the weird truck-like thing with numbers.

You'll see a [pretty much finished] lunch with a mini hotdog sided with a drink of iced coffee. School lunches here are delicious. The portions are bigger than you think.

That's all the updates for now.

Oh, random pictures link: http://picasaweb.google.co.th/gecko.on.the.wall/CompletelyRandomPicturesFromThailand

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