Yay, this week I got my motorbike. Aside from my horrible reaction time and the subsequential running into of the giant post in front of my students, it has been pretty fun. Yes, I alredy ran my bike into something. It is not easy driving here. It took me 20 mins to get my bike started that morning and then on the way, I got mud splashed all over me. By the time I arrived to school I was a half an hour late for class AND BONUS I was crying my eyes out! So I missed class. I thought only one of my students saw, however, today I got a call from a concerned student asking about my accident. Sweet, and yet, embarrassing!
Last night we had a party for my roommate Kat. It just so happened to be on Halloween, so we got dressed up into costumes! That was fun. But the best part of the night was when one of Kat's co-teachers was watching Kat do DDR (dance dance revolution, courtesy of Doug and Mirinda Cole). She was laughing so hysterically that she had the rest of us pretty much rolling on the floor.
Meanwhile another one of Kat's friends was stuck in the mud outside our house. The rain just will not stop here. I suppose I should count my blessings though, because I heard in Hanoi they are flooded up to the top of their motorbikes. I've not yet said anything about my street. Doug and Mirinda have said that it is the worst street in Laos. Read: the worst street in the world.
So, all day today it rained, hence, I didnt leave my house. Hence, the flooding will probably be too bad tomorrow to leave the house again. No worries though, Brad and Berkeley walked over from down the street where they live and we (Kat, Berk, Stacy, Brad, and I) had a rain party. First, Berk walked over and their "little brother" as they call him followed him very stealthlike, so we hung out with him for a few hours. His name is Guidong and he is a pretty amazing little kid. He is very curious and into everything! I was doing my Lao homework, and then I wasnt anymore because he was doing it for me. We have some pictures of people on our fridge, and after he left I noticed that he had covered all the faces with magnets.
Anyways, we played some games once Brad came and then he had the brilliant idea to try putting a tablespoon of cinnamon into our mouths. DONT TRY THIS AT HOME. That wasnt very fun! I cant even explain to you how long we were spitting after doing our puff the magic dragon impressions. A little while later we sang some camp songs and spent a good deal of time making up tongue twisters. Dumbo's dumber brother. Say that 10 times fast!
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