First Day

 After 24 hours of travel from Toronto to Tokyo to Bangkok, I was tired.  But meeting my host mom, dad and sister, YEO and the district chair-woman perked me up, for a little while.  We drove to their condo in Bangkok, making a stop at 7/11 for snacks and drinks and we'll be staying in the condo for a few days before moving on to their home in Chanthaburi.  We chatted for a little while and then went to sleep.
They let me wake up late and so the first meal of the day was lunch.  We crossed the street to the Central Plaza mall in Bangkok and ate Ramen at a Japanese restaurant.  Also, I forgot my camera in the condo (note to self: never do this again), so I wrote some notes about what I saw instead.  Here is a copy of my quickly written notes:
  Bangkok not much different than other big cities.  Has really steep roads.  Have not seen any speed     limits.   Saw guy selling things in the street.  In the middle of the street.  In stopped traffic.  Wearing a ninja mask.    Colourful taxis (pink, green, blue, yellow).  Lots and lots of people at bus stops.

These notes were from a ride to a hardware/home decor store.  After looking around, we went to a cafe next door.  I had hot chocolate (much richer than the stuff at home) and white chocolate cake (so good).  While we were at the cafe it started to rain pretty hard, we tried to wait it out but it didn't stop quickly.  So we called over some men carrying large umbrellas and they walked us to the car, that's their job.
Then we headed home and us girls went shopping at the Central Plaza mall, I didn't but anything.
Back in the condo, we're eating snacks, using the internet and watching TV.  The snacks are delicious.  I'm eating some kind of dried pulled pork, coconut cream flavoured peanuts and really spicy grilled seaweed.

Some words, I learned today:
Su-wai --> Beautiful
Aroi --> Delicious
Saa-bai --> sort of like comfortable, well
Dee --> good
Yin dee tee dai roo jak --> Nice to meet you
Mai --> question word (like "ka" in Japanese) and negative
             i.e.  Su-wai mai --> Is it beautiful?
                   Mai su-wai --> Not beautiful.

I am having an awesome time here and I promise there will be pictures soon.