Sunday, January 20, 2008

4:00 am

I had yet another morning of waking up at 4:00 in the morning so I could go to the salon to get my hair done and put my face on. Krudam asked me to be part of another parade. We were doing the parade for sports day. I just love Krudam so I told her for sure I would be part of the parade. This time I was leading the parade. I was holding the sign that said Huai Bong School on it. This time we walked through Mae Sot which is the biggest town near me. It was really fun. I asked them to not put that white stuff all over my skin this time because I didn’t want to look like a corpse.
When we arrive at our starting point for the parade I gave PiYui (Krudam’s husband) my camera to take pictures. He kept calling me over to him because he was just finding random people who were either in the parade or teachers or principals and having me take pictures with them. It was so funny because I had never even met these people but I was taking pictures with them. As I walked I had to stop so many times because people wanted to take my picture. I’m so famous, I just can’t help it. People just love me ;) We had 4 girls who were in the parade as well. They were boxers. They looked so cute!!
After the parade I had some things I had to do in Mae Sot and Krudam wanted to drive me around to do it so we got to spend the day together. We had a wonderful lunch and she said she really enjoyed our day because she only has 2 sons and no daughters so she always tells me I’m her daughter. When the parade was finished I had some crazy hair and make up all over my face so Krudam took me to a salon to clean it all up. The lady cleaned my face and gave me a facial and then I got my hair shampooed and a head massage. I felt so spoiled. It was so nice! Another rough day in the land of Thailand ;)

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

You know, Thailand is starting to sound more and more like a vacation! *LoL* You'll come back home all refreshed, like you came back from a year at the spa! Unfortunately, you'll have to leave all the fame behind you... You'll still be famous to us, but I think the News channels will probably pass the story by... Stupid news people... :)

Jaro said...

We were concerned at first about the hardships you would face being a missionary. We imagined you chopping your way through the jungle, suffering the inconveniences of a primitive life, sacrificing all to reach the lost tribes to bring the good news of the gospel. And here you are on the greatest adventure of your life. Ashley is right, sounds more like a vacation. And, that is wonderful....you deserve it.

Anonymous said...

Andrea,

I am so proud of your actions and your passion to help those less fortunate. Again, I am so proud of your Sister and Brother and Kira. We are so lucky to have such wonderful chlidren. other than the normal growing up pains, I have truly enjoyed watching you all grow up and becoming such wonderful adults. Regardless what ever domestic difficulties your Mom and I go through, I just wanted to let you know that I still think of you as my own and how much we love you.