Wan Sowe lae Wan A-Tid

Contrary to popular belief I'm standing on a turtle, not a rock.

 

Welcome to the weekly-weekend post! I figured it was time to check in again. Yesterday was a fairly spectacular day. Mouewan sanuk sanuk! (Yesterday fun fun!) After church I was invited to Jair Parada and family's house for lunch along with Andrew and Bronsen. Apparently he was good friends with Tim Wolfer in Mozambique and we chatted on Facebook before I came here but never officially met in person until this Sabbath. It was great to finally see him and his family and get to know them better. Turns out he is Bolivian and speaks Spanish but studied English in South Africa where he met his wife. His two children speak Africanse and Spanish to their parents but Jair and his wife only speak English to each other. It was fascinating just to watch the sort of language-ping-pong going on.
After lunch we all went to Lumpini park so their kids could play with another families kids and the boys and me took a crazy walk around where we befriended some people from India, watched the regular 5 o'clock aerobic routine, found giant swimming lizards and I petted a turtle!
**Side note: I've just witnessed a cockroach at my coffee shop. It's official, no where is safe O.O**
After the park I had to take off because I was meeting Goi at Tomburi about an hour away by BTS for dinner and shopping with some of her friends. It was really fun to experience their dynamic and just kind of join in on a typical Thai fun day to see what they would do. The day would have been almost perfect but I was reminded on our way home that I am still NOT Thai. We took a ride on a tuk-tuk back "home" to drop her friends off and as we were hopping off I smashed my knee into the rail because I'm not Goi-size and my legs are a little longer hahahaha. Man I was in so much pain I fell off the tuk-tuk and the driver felt so bad he wai'd me (the traditional greeting not really exchanged unless its an officially meeting or apology). You know when something instantly bruises that its gonna look blue the next day...so this morning I have a rather colorful knee.