Daily Log for 2. 26. 2005

Last night was a free night because we have off on Saturday (which is today). In an attempt to be silly and fun myself, Tyler, Rati, Pisut, Jim, and some scientists went over to a karaoke lounge next to the hotel. Karaoke is very popular in Thailand, so the place was just filled with people on a Friday night. We decided to get a private room where we can play all the songs we chose and be as crazy as possible. It was a lot of fun and I figured out that Jim and Tyler both have voices like angels. We were probably at the lounge for 3 hours or so and then everyone disappeared and went off to bed.

Some of the scientists, Harriet, Thom, Di, Anna, myself, and Rati, the community fellow, stuck around for awhile until the lounge was about to close. Because everything was quiet at that point, Harriet and I decided to go into a private room that had a lot of noise coming from it. So we barged into the room and started dancing like crazy people in front of the TV. The room was filled with 8 or so Thai teenagers, and they all had a bunch of laughs watching us. They didn’t speak any English, but they motioned for us to sit down and stay awhile, which we did. They all ended up being my age (18) and students at the local high school. So when it was time to part ways they gave me the address of their school and told me I was welcome to stop by. It was well into the morning when Harriet and myself went off to bed.

It was a lot of fun to be able to hang out with people of my own age from the area we are at. It was also nice to have a late night up socializing with everyone. Today I have no real set schedule for doing anything because it's our day off, but tomorrow work resumes as planned!

PEACE,
Jamie