Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Monday, April 5, 2010
Jealous of the weather
ohhhh look at that heat ;) And there was NOOOO rain today. that was a LIE.
LOVE Thailand <3 ;)
Khorat, Phimai, Phanom Rung, and Surin - Festivals, Ruins, and Silk!
For a little trip. Jackie and I went to Northeastern region of Thailand to watch silk getting made. But conveniently, Apriil 3-5th is a festival in this region at the ancient Khmer ruins because it is the proper sun alignment. So we got to attend a few festivals in each city! We also saw some of the largest Banyan trees in Thailand. That tree is ALL one HUGE tree. it has lots and lots of trunks and it just creeps all over the place. it was neat. The silk making factory was beautiful. there were 4 ladies per machine working on two different floors. In total they can only make about 4CM a day!! They have to dye the silk as well and that takes 3 months to do!!! It takes a VERY long time to make ONE scarf which sells here in Thailand for like 15$ CAN!!! it is insane!!
APXLDS - Post Tour!
After the conference I attended the Post tour. They took us to Taipei and Hualian and around those areas! It was alot of fun. One big bus filled with post conference AIESEC'rs all pumped up from the conference!! we saw some beautiful things! My favourite part was the coastal bike tour AND the hot springs we went to!! mmmmm I love hot springs!! :)
Me overlooking the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Taiwan!! :)
Dancing with the Aboriginals!! We learned songs before meeting them and dances and if you screwed up teh dance steps you had to Drink this POTENT nasty alcohol!! haha
We biked the Hualian Coastal trail. Here are our bikess looking out at the beach!!
Me at the Gorges in the national park! These were HUGE and so so beautiful!!
Me holding up somebody at the National Palace Museum. You couldnt take pictures INSIDE the museum because they dont want an inventory of their objects. They stole all this stuff from China long ago haha
Old hotel in Taipei, Taiwan!
Spelling AIESEC on the beach in Hualian with Liz from Ohio, USA!!!
Me overlooking the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Taiwan!! :)
Dancing with the Aboriginals!! We learned songs before meeting them and dances and if you screwed up teh dance steps you had to Drink this POTENT nasty alcohol!! haha
We biked the Hualian Coastal trail. Here are our bikess looking out at the beach!!
Me at the Gorges in the national park! These were HUGE and so so beautiful!!
Me holding up somebody at the National Palace Museum. You couldnt take pictures INSIDE the museum because they dont want an inventory of their objects. They stole all this stuff from China long ago haha
Old hotel in Taipei, Taiwan!
Spelling AIESEC on the beach in Hualian with Liz from Ohio, USA!!!
APXLDS - AIESEC is AMAZING
APXLDS was AMAZING. I loved every moment of it. In 7 days I only got 12 hours of sleep in total! But that did not matter because there was so much energy at the conference it was easy to just keep going and keep smiling and laughing. Everybody was fantastic. Everyday they hosted sessions for us and in the evenings they hosted different theme parties; Beer Party, Taiwan Night, Beach Party, Gala Night.
I met so so so many amazzzing people and I obtained a job in the Philippines for the summer in July/August!! Yay me!! :D
I love Asia. I want to stay here forever! The people are wonderful and the cultures are ALL so incredibly different!!! I Love it! :) This was one of the BEST weeks of my LIFE!
These are my roomates!! Karen from Hong Kong, Akira from Japan, Me, and Jamie from Korea!! They are all amazing people and I love them oh so much!!! haha!
This is Kazu from Japan and I!!! He shared my birthday so we partied alllll night together!! He was born in 1990 though but thats ok!! He is hilarious.
This is at the Global village!! Me with Korea!! I LOVE their dresses! I cant wait to visit Korea at end of August on my way home to Canada!!!
This was the Taiwan night they put on! It was a little market with foods and games and sparklers and SMILES!!
This is a photo of the beer party final!! haha Teams were composed by country and competed against eachother!! Sadly I was the only Canadian that drank (there was one other Canadian) and so On my team I have Cambodia, Thailand, Hungary, and I!!
I met so so so many amazzzing people and I obtained a job in the Philippines for the summer in July/August!! Yay me!! :D
I love Asia. I want to stay here forever! The people are wonderful and the cultures are ALL so incredibly different!!! I Love it! :) This was one of the BEST weeks of my LIFE!
These are my roomates!! Karen from Hong Kong, Akira from Japan, Me, and Jamie from Korea!! They are all amazing people and I love them oh so much!!! haha!
This is Kazu from Japan and I!!! He shared my birthday so we partied alllll night together!! He was born in 1990 though but thats ok!! He is hilarious.
This is at the Global village!! Me with Korea!! I LOVE their dresses! I cant wait to visit Korea at end of August on my way home to Canada!!!
This was the Taiwan night they put on! It was a little market with foods and games and sparklers and SMILES!!
This is a photo of the beer party final!! haha Teams were composed by country and competed against eachother!! Sadly I was the only Canadian that drank (there was one other Canadian) and so On my team I have Cambodia, Thailand, Hungary, and I!!
Taipei, Taiwan!
So I spent 3 days in Taipei before going to the conference in Kaohsiung!! Taipei is a beautiful city!! I went to a whole bunch of temples. I just took the metro everywhere. It is VERRRRY handy that metro - no problems no problems!
I stayed with a guy named Ken, who couchsurfed me for the 2 nights I was there. The first night he took me the the Memorial and we went to a kickboxing class! It was ALOT of fun but VERRRY tiring. I. Am. Laazzy! haha. Afterwards he took me to a night market and ordered me delicious Taiwanese food! and BUBBLE TEA!!! Taiwanese bubble tea is fantastic!!! Im addicted! Hardcore!
Then the second day Ken had to work so I just wandered around by myself from metro station to metro station getting off to view temples and scenery!! It was a good time. then I got slept and wokr at 4AM to catch a 5:30AM train down south! haha. Here are some beautiful photos of Taipei!! :)
I stayed with a guy named Ken, who couchsurfed me for the 2 nights I was there. The first night he took me the the Memorial and we went to a kickboxing class! It was ALOT of fun but VERRRY tiring. I. Am. Laazzy! haha. Afterwards he took me to a night market and ordered me delicious Taiwanese food! and BUBBLE TEA!!! Taiwanese bubble tea is fantastic!!! Im addicted! Hardcore!
Then the second day Ken had to work so I just wandered around by myself from metro station to metro station getting off to view temples and scenery!! It was a good time. then I got slept and wokr at 4AM to catch a 5:30AM train down south! haha. Here are some beautiful photos of Taipei!! :)
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Arrival: Taipei, Taiwan!
Howdy Friendfolk!
I have safety arrived in Taipai after a 4 hour flight, 1 hour forward clock switch-a-roo, and a 15 degrees drop in temperature!! :| it is only 20 degrees here - I am dying its so cold! haha. Why do I always choose to travel to the cold countries! silly me!
But yeah arrive and then took a bus then a subway and then met up with Ken, my couchsurfing host! hes from Taiwan but grew up in Oklahoma, and his 4 other roommates are americans from arizona and michigan! they are all going to school here!
So tonight Ken asked if I wanted to go to kickboxing with him- I said sure why not! haha So we went to this beautiful area with temples and a pavillion and it is a Danish guy named Anders who hosts this kickboxing class on Tues/Thurs every week. its basically just all Foreigners who go and do kickboxing in the middle of this area. It was really fun but also a hard workout! hahaha Im lazzzzzy!! :D
Then afterwards Ken took me to a night market around his house and we just wandered and drank milk tea - its kind of like bubble tea cause it had tapioca beads on the bottom - but more milky! but it was supppper delicious!!
Tomorrow I am going to wander Taipei unattended in search of Temples and pretty things!! Wish me luck :D
Cheerio Folks!
I have safety arrived in Taipai after a 4 hour flight, 1 hour forward clock switch-a-roo, and a 15 degrees drop in temperature!! :| it is only 20 degrees here - I am dying its so cold! haha. Why do I always choose to travel to the cold countries! silly me!
But yeah arrive and then took a bus then a subway and then met up with Ken, my couchsurfing host! hes from Taiwan but grew up in Oklahoma, and his 4 other roommates are americans from arizona and michigan! they are all going to school here!
So tonight Ken asked if I wanted to go to kickboxing with him- I said sure why not! haha So we went to this beautiful area with temples and a pavillion and it is a Danish guy named Anders who hosts this kickboxing class on Tues/Thurs every week. its basically just all Foreigners who go and do kickboxing in the middle of this area. It was really fun but also a hard workout! hahaha Im lazzzzzy!! :D
Then afterwards Ken took me to a night market around his house and we just wandered and drank milk tea - its kind of like bubble tea cause it had tapioca beads on the bottom - but more milky! but it was supppper delicious!!
Tomorrow I am going to wander Taipei unattended in search of Temples and pretty things!! Wish me luck :D
Cheerio Folks!
Monday, March 15, 2010
Lets learn Thai!!
Heya Friendfolk!
Lets learn all the Thai that I have learned thus far!
Lesson time! :)
yes = Chai
no = my chai
ka/krap = (fem/masc) added to the end of words to be polite
Hello = sa-wat-dii-ka
Goodbye = lah gorn
Thank you = kap-kun-ka
spicy = Pet not spicy = my pet
want = ow don't want = my ow
can = die can not = my die
How much is it? = tow rai
No Worries = My Ben Lai
Sorry = Kor Toht
like = Chorp
Dont like = My chorp
I/me (masc) = pom I/me (fem) = di-chan
You = kun
How are you? = Sa-Bai Dee Reu
I'm Fine = Sa-Bai Dee
Go Straight = DTrong PBai
Turn Left = lee-o Sigh ka
Turn Right = lee-o Kwah Ka
Temple = Wat
Help = Choo-ay Doo-ay
Stop = Yut
A little = Nit Noy
I understand = Kow Jai
I Don't Understand = Mai Kow Jai
0 = soon
1 = neung
2 = sorng
3 = sahm
4 = see
5 = hah
6 = hok
7 = jet
8 = baat
9 = gow
10 = sip
20 = yee-sip
21 = yee-sip-et
50 = hah-sip
100 = neung roy
1000 = neung pan
How much? = tow rai
Expensive = Paang
Big = Yai
Small = Lek
Today = wan nee
Bus = rot bat
Fat = uon
Chubby = uop
Thats all for now!! Don't you feel smarter?? haha :)
Lets learn all the Thai that I have learned thus far!
Lesson time! :)
yes = Chai
no = my chai
ka/krap = (fem/masc) added to the end of words to be polite
Hello = sa-wat-dii-ka
Goodbye = lah gorn
Thank you = kap-kun-ka
spicy = Pet not spicy = my pet
want = ow don't want = my ow
can = die can not = my die
How much is it? = tow rai
No Worries = My Ben Lai
Sorry = Kor Toht
like = Chorp
Dont like = My chorp
I/me (masc) = pom I/me (fem) = di-chan
You = kun
How are you? = Sa-Bai Dee Reu
I'm Fine = Sa-Bai Dee
Go Straight = DTrong PBai
Turn Left = lee-o Sigh ka
Turn Right = lee-o Kwah Ka
Temple = Wat
Help = Choo-ay Doo-ay
Stop = Yut
A little = Nit Noy
I understand = Kow Jai
I Don't Understand = Mai Kow Jai
0 = soon
1 = neung
2 = sorng
3 = sahm
4 = see
5 = hah
6 = hok
7 = jet
8 = baat
9 = gow
10 = sip
20 = yee-sip
21 = yee-sip-et
50 = hah-sip
100 = neung roy
1000 = neung pan
How much? = tow rai
Expensive = Paang
Big = Yai
Small = Lek
Today = wan nee
Bus = rot bat
Fat = uon
Chubby = uop
Thats all for now!! Don't you feel smarter?? haha :)
Koh Chang again!!
Oh Koh Chang! What a wonderful place!! :) Kayaking, Trekking, and waterfalls galore! :) Happy times! Geoff and I went together on Tuesday because it is exam week and thus we have Tuesday-Saturday off for vacation! We stayed at Jungle Way, the same palce I stayed at last time. I love it! and Geoff rented a motorbike for us - cause I cannot drive myself - and we toured the island for 3 days! Then everybody else basically showed up too!! So there were LOTS of exchangers around! But thennnn due to the political demonstrations that are currently occuring in Bangkok - they stole ammunition and grenades and such - my final exam on the Sunday was cancelled along with classes on monday/Tuesday! BUTTTT we didnt know about Mon/Tues until we arrived BACK in bangkok on Sunday evening!! DANG! hahah coulda spent two more days on the islandddd!! thats ok though i had a great time! :)
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