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October 13 A lil' updatehmmm...dunno if i'm doing the rite thing here..but i'm actually supposed to be studying for my SATs exams...it's TOMORROW!!!!!!! every this, i would finally have a life again. well......crossing my fingers that i could do it!
anyways..so i'm taking some time relaxing here to update a few things that've brought joy to my life the past couple of weeks^^
hehe...well..the most..um.."formal" and major was the AFS homecoming...a banquet where ALL the afs44 got together for a night out. beautiful hair...pretty faces...handsome suits...woooww..everyone looked good! we had fun taking photos, catchin' up, and cheering those on stage (how more embarassed can i be...looking back i think i just spoke nonsense!)
anyways....i can't believe that it's over all ready. it just felt like a week ago that i was at afs orientation camp where we were preparing for our exciting adventure. and now...we're already celebrating the end><
no..not the end..the friendship that we've develop will last forever!
enjoy na kaaaa September 17 Back in my old skinI can't believe that it's been already 2 months since i'm bak from chic and trendy france! why does time pass so fast..stop time..i wanna stay like this forever...
well..feel kinda guilty cuz i have been neglecting this little blog of mine for quite a while>< but how can i forget u! this blog has been my corner, the place where i can tuck away my memories and ideas, for 10 months overseas. hehehe..gotta fine more time to update on what i've been doing in THAILAND.
but been soo busy nowadays. there's school..the national exams like the SATs...graduation. o yea, speaking of graduation..it's the time where i have to consider my "future" where do i want to be for college? what will i be studying? all of this is turning my head around. but it's better now. i've got a pretty good aim:-D anyways..come wat may rite?
i dun actually want to graduate, want to be a high schooler forever! no responsibilites, freedom to go wherever i want to go. and the thought of my friends scattering here and there just scares me. okay, i left them last year:-P but that's different. now EVERYBODY's gonna be scattered. and some of them i've been in school with for 13 years. afterwards, everyone will have their own friends...so scary..let's not think of it now.
and thailand, good old thailand. she hasn't changed a bit..not the traffic, not the constructing condominiums, not the street vendors. sigh...but i love it for wat it is...although..a few changes couldn't hurt. sigh
dun wanna anything to change with me rite now. i love the evenings on the porch with my family...where we make barbecue n just sit and talk....all of us..together...without any worries...i wanna click that time machine stop. just want us to be like this forever
neways...pictures this time..of the school pep rally!!! the theme's pirates and castaways and guess who won....us 12L!!! muahahaha..a pirate's life for me^^ July 29 Love THAILAND!!!!hehehe...
my previous blog was too full for anymore photos so i have to add a new entry...enjoy the pictures!!! July 24 Home Sweet/Sweet? Home^^/><I cant believe it...after all the nights spending in my french bed dreaming of this day...the day when i could lay comfortably on my own thai bed, hugging those i love....i just cant believe it
 now that i'm finally here...it just feels like i just winked and OOOP...to france and bak again
 THE LAST DAY
the last few days at mirepoix was awesome. the very last day especially..it was the !4th july..the national day of fraaaance...and fortunately there was the "tour de france"-the bicycle course that passed just rite my beloved french town.. so i went and cheered with cathy my host mom.^^
the actually race was really SUPER quick. u see these guys in bikes then FLASH..they've gone..just in time for one or two photos..hihihi
the best part was BEFORE the race>>> there were these decorated cars that drove past and threw out free stuff..bags, caps, advertising things..so cathy and i would wave our hands wildly so they can jet them our way^^ hehehe
and that evening...florent, my host brother stunned me...completely...he really did touch me with his invitation of the whole restaurant to a good good restaurant in mirepoix and THEN..afterwards he took me to the big feast/ party at pamiers...a nearby town
thanks florent!!!at the beginning, the objective was to see the fireworks...hohohoho...there weren't any that day-_-" it's alrite..the intention that counts
 but even still...i really enjoyed myself talking with my friends n florent and also with florent's idea of being a truly "french chick" SAYING THE GOODBYES THAT I HATE TO DO><
the next day...off to the train station with an half-closed eyelid
hahahahahat the train station...i felt so strange. i couldnt bring myself to realize that it's over..THAT's IT....it's time to leave..to go.
it felt just a day ago that i arrived on the meme platform. tears everywhere (by the others) i was still shocked..still too confused inside to bring out my feelings-_-"
a million goodbyes and we were off..but i dun believe it's the last goodbye..there'll be more...wen my host family comes to thailnad, wen i come bak to visit them...etc etc...we'll see each other again
 CAMP CAMP CAMP
the 3 days of AFS camp was incredible. at the beginning of the year, NOONE spoke french. i still remember, there was only teddy who could speak and it was him who held his friendly hand to us, the thais, wen we arrived.
bak then, we stayed with the japanese, the hongkongs and we played hide and seek and tag...thinmk of that^^
now, everyone speaks french (well...except those we rediscover their homeland friends and cant wait to chitchat in their own tongues)
as we talk about...everyone was pretty much in groups..according to their regions during the year..and i loved it how i saw the people that i still remember and to see all the changes...so funny
as u all mite already know...the departure from camp..tears on france...everyone was crying. plus, i was on the last bus..so i saw everyone leave before me. *sigh*
LEAVING ON A JET PLANE
no problems with the airplane...lucky us. even with my overweight bag...32 kilos!!!!
so..did a little shopping here and there...and bye bye france!!! we were off to vienna, austria first
o yea...the FUNNIEST STORY EVERY....keep on reading..hahahahhah
as we had a transfer flight, we had to go to the transfer desk to ask for our "coming up" seats...and so we went there
there were 2 men sitting there..one european and the other asiatic. the european was for economy passengers and the asiatic for the business people
and so..first i went to the european and he started working on the papers. MEANWHILE..the asiatic keeps on taping away on his computer n lookin pretty bored.
then..tert starts saying in thai.."her! this one's not working apparently"
and so min replied "he's for the business class!! we're not high enough"
tert replied bak "even more...he looks mean!"
and so i added..."and in the end..he'll be off thai nationality"
we didnt think too much of it and continued waiting
and suddenly, the asiatic spoke "who's next?"
as tert was the closest, she handed him her passport...ok fine...
BUT THEN..he added IN THAI...i repeat IN THAI..."how many of u are in the group?'
hahahahahhahahahahahahhahahahahahahah
everyone....SHOCKED...min was like..."i have to go the bathroom i have to go to the bathroom"
hahahahahhahahahhahahah
that will certainly be in my memories forever!!!
THE ARRIVAL
as the plane lowered and lowered as we arrived at our destination..i was stunned at how much thailand had changed..there were new buildings EVERYWHERE....france was developed..but it still guarded it's environment
but anyways..we landed and HURRIED to get to the customs, baggages and OFF out of the gate.
saw daddy first....shouted a big HEY HEY HEY
and then mommy and poppy...
no words can describe my feelings then..relief, happiness, excitement...oofff...not enough
but i just basically burst into tears
after all the time that i've waited to give them a big big big hug....finally!!!
the drive home opened my eyes to thailand...nothing's changed..traffic, pollution, constuction sites everywhere...how much the changes are compared to little, peaceful MIREPOIX!!><
and so i arrived home...and a big WELCOME HOME sign was waiting for me!!!!
how sweet of my family to do that for me!!!i had fun unpacking and giving them all the gifts...showing them pictures of my adventure...and just simply talking to them face to face..
wat a pleasure^^
THE AFTERSHOCK
the small details of my "before life" is coming bak to me little by little. the small things that i didnt think of wen i was in france..but there were still the habits that i had wen i was still here
things like...setting the table the evenings and being the one who serves everyone rice
things like...passing this building everyday wen i was smaller
things like..snuggling myself between daddy and mommy before i kiss them goodnite
memories are coming bak little by little...and i just love how i'm rediscovering thailand
ON THE OTHER HAND..i feel sad..i miss france...
being bak in thailand...is like putting a big black stamp on my life saying..."YOUR ADVENTURE IS FINALLY OVER"
no more discovering new places..no more speaking french 24/7
just feel stranges...i miss the freedom, the excitement there
before, i lived with the hope that "a little bit longer, i'll be home soon'
now, that hope is no longer there..it's replaced by....emptiness...sigh
now, i feel like my life is bak to a routine..school (gotta work hard) vacation..not as much daring n exciting...friends (movie karaoke lunch)
but o well..it's life isnt it^^ come wat may...i'm prepared...yet for another adventure..in another way..yea!!!!!!!!
July 13 Who would ever think...Who would ever think that I could've lived a whole 10 months and a half away from my cherished family...
Who would ever imaginethat I'd move from Bangkok, the city striving of lights and sounds, to Mirepoix, the countryside town with just mountains and caves all around...
Who would ever suspected that I'd fall into a special family where the father likes to make jokes and laugh, the mother chitchat and keep me company, the big brother overlooking around, the sisters determined and caring...
Who would ever assume I'd be able to work all though a french schoolyear and actually PASSED THE french exam^^...
Who would ever expect that I'd become close with friends who do not have the same cultures and language as i do...and...actually find an "ame-soeur" a true best friend...
Who would ever guess that I'd...be able to get as fat as i am...hohoho..thanks chocolate and cheese><
Who would ever consider that I'd be able to grow up..to think more clearly, to adapt more easily..to let things go
Who would ever sense that I'd be able to travel throughout france..Paris, Bordeaux, St Jean de Luz, Montpellier, les Landes, Carcassone, Ariege +++ and also Spain jumping from kind host to host...
Who would ever reckon that I'd be able to see France at its craziest..during the World Cups!..
Who would ever realize that I'd be able to live really like a french girl..that i'd be able to adopt france as a second home country...
Who would ever anticipate that I'd find as much pleasure to writing this blog as i am writing right now...
Who would ever visionize that I'd become so attached to the things I've never realized to before...
Who would ever presume that my throat would be as clenched, my hands as trembling as I pack my bag rite now...
WHO WOULD EVER THINK
it's incredible, isnt it.
thank you all for giving me this chance to smile, to cry, to bite my lips, to shout, to giggle..according to the moments all throughout this year
maybe i might've not always kept a smile on my face...but i've learnt that each moment, each experience, wheather happy or sad has a lesson to tell.
the only thing left to do is pick it up...remember it...and apply it afterwards.
i'm leaving this beautiful country with a brain fully marked everywhere with these lessons..
in return, i've tried to leave my traces behind...a little doll there..a picture here..
dunno if in 10 years the people i've met here will remember me or not..dunno if i'll still have the chance to talk with them...
but at least..in the bottom of the memory, they'll remember that..once in a lifetime...a little thai girl appreciates wat they've done for her..and that she...will keep them in her memory always..
we never know..the world is round...i hope we will be able to meet again..
With all my love and care... |
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