Fish Balls, Monks, and Oreos, oh my!!

    I don't want to subject you all to another post of big paragraphs, so here's some highlights from today. Kinda went into more detail than I originally planned but oh well. I will seriously try to condense my posts in the future so everyone will want to read this instead of looking at it and going "Too many words, not worth my time."

• Ate some milky ice
• It's shaved ice with a milky taste to it. Mine had Oreos (possibly going to become my favorite sugar source while here) and these weird jello things called pipo. It was delicious and I while definitely get it again. 
• Explored the campus
• There's a lake!! And we found a turtle who couldn't be bothered with us so it stuck it's tail out and went back to sleep.
• First day of class
• Today we learned how to pronounce the 22 consonants and 9 vowels in spoken Thai along with some grammar. Quick tip: they use a different word order and omit words that we use. Like we say "red shirt" or "you are smart" while Thai speakers say "shirt red" and "you smart". That was the only training we get before we are sent into the field. One two hour session before  90% of the class is Thai. 
• Devoured a whole thing of Oreos 
• Sometimes you just need to shove as many cookies as you can as fast as you can into your mouth. This is a bad idea and I don't recommend it. 
• No, this is not an American size pack of Oreos, it's Thai sized. It's only one row. 
• Finally got some mango and sticky rice
• Favorite Thai food. Can't wait to learn how to make this at cooking school. Yummy. 
• Talked to a monk
• One of the nearby temples encourages visitors to talk English with the monks for a while. My monk did not like talking about Buddhism or being a monk but liked talking about horror movies (he likes ghost ones) and his studies (he studies English). He then got monknapped by some Dutch people but I have added him on Facebook. 
• They really do wander around wrapped up in bright orange cloth. It' weird to see them on the street because all of a sudden ORANGE PERSON.
• There was also a dog there who loved getting her head rubbed and stayed by me for a good ten minutes. She looked so sad I couldn't stop!!
• Visited another temple
• The interesting thing about this temple is it's made of wood.
• Temple count: 6
• Tried a fish ball
• "It's a bunch of fish flesh rolled up into a ball. It's kind of like those bubbles in bubble tea and it doesn't even tast like fish." 
• Surprise announcement
• I'm being sent home for rotten behavior!!
• Just kidding, but that's what Drexler said when he said he had a surprise announcement for everyone.
• Instead:
• ASIA TERM 2013 IS GOING TO BURMA!! 
• This is a first for AT and it's due to poor communication which lead to poor scheduling.