Tutoring, Food, and Wai Khru

First things first... I got my computer back!!!! Yay!!!!

Now back to Thai things...

I tutored the IT teacher for an hour and a half after school. He is very nice but tutoring one on one is hard. I dont know how to ask him to pay me and he insisted on dinner afterward. I'm not complaining the dinner was delicious, but it felt like a very forced awkward date. Whatever, I made the best out of it, ate had a couple of beers and went home.

We went to this restaurant where you cook all the food in front of you on your table (totally the type of dining I like). They put hot coals in the middle of the table in some weird contraption, and then put the rest of the contraption together on top of it. On top of that they put a piece of animal fat which drips in the rest of the cooking area. It is in that cooking area that you cook your meat. I know sounds complicated... well it kind of is. 

He asked me what I liked and I said pork; he wanted me to eat all the insides and I refused. On the sides of the contraption there is an area where you make soup with galss noodles, morning glory, mushrooms and other things. It was pretty delicious.

The next day (yesterday), I had an amazing day. I got up to a phone call from John, and got ready for school. Yesterday was Wai Khru, which is basically the best teachers appreciation day EVER! We got to school and sat around the school assembly; the students then came to us got on their knees and praised us. We were supposed to give them advice and luck. They brought us flowers and other offerings for being their teachers. It was wonderful.

After this was the assembly, Jessica and I had skirts that were a little bit above our knees so they gave us scarfs to cover up. We sat on stage and the kids came and did something like a prayer while bringing these beautiful arrangements to us. It was a beautiful ceremony. After the kids were done, some of the teachers went and did the same thing to their former teachers who again hugged them touched their heads and offered advise. The assembly ended by a praise to a group of monks who took our place on the stage.

What a wonderful day!