Phichit

The weekend was spent in Phichit with friends for a temple ceremony.  We spent the first day helping build flower ornaments that would be used in the ceremony the next day.  Thai people sure know how to make beautiful flower arrangements!  I am proud to say that I helped build that display.  In total there were about twenty five of us working on the flower ornaments and two monks assisting and supervising.
We slept in the temple for the night which was extremely uncomfortable.  The next day started at four in the bloody morning.   Mon's friend Mayio said I was like a Thai person, since I had no problem sleeping on the floor and was able to eat most Thai food.  Mon said all I needed to do was cut off my nose and get darker and I would fit in just perfectly.  Most Thai people have very flat and wide noses, hence why Mon said to chop mine off.  The real ceremony started at two in the afternoon.  The only reason that we woke up so early was so that everyone could chant along with the monks.  After the monks had finished chanting we tied colorful cloth around three posts. After eight hours of sitting around, the ceremony was finally about to begin.  Thank goodness for free food to occupy us while we waited.  I was utterly disappointed to find out that after all that waiting all we did was hold onto a piece of string while they raised the posts to the top of the temple, while the monks chanted.
We spent the night out at the village in Phitchit which caused for a very entertaining morning. Mon's cousin got a bit drunk and kept telling me "I love you."  He wanted me to go sit with him and I continued to refuse until he got an older member of the village to walk me over.  I'm glad Mon was sitting with him since she had to interpret the conversation.  Apparently he wanted my nose and said he liked me.  He asked how old I was and was absolutely shocked when I replied in Thai.  He also said some things which I didn't understand but from Mon's reaction, they were perverted.  As we were leaving he made Mon back the car up so that he could wave and blow me a kiss goodbye.  I was so embarrassed.

Before we headed home we went to Phichit's crocodile farm.  In Thailand any crocodiles that are wandering around are captured and taken to these farms for the safety of others.  We walked around the park for a bit before I drove everyone home.  Once we got home Taiten turned into the terrible-tornado-Taiten which we were so lucky to get rid of for the weekend.  He was so well behaved on the trip but once we got back home he turned right back into the Tasmanian devil.  One incident this afternoon was when he asked Sa if he could play on her laptop, which she replied when it was done charging, he threw a broom at her which hit her nose.

While Taiten, Bow, and I went to seven eleven to get milk Sa and Mon tried to burn the house down.  They left a chicken stir fry on the stove while they went outside to do some yard work. When Bow and I walked into the kitchen we sprinted out of the house coughing due to the intoxicating aroma.  Imagine breathing in smoke. Now imagine inhaling something so spicy it feels as if your throat has completely closed off.  They cook some wickedly spicy food at times.  When they do I have to resort to staying outside since most causes me to cough uncontrollably.