Things I will miss about Thailand!

Things I will miss about Thailand

1.  Street food!
2. The girl who works at the 7/11 close to us.
3. Penny's
4. Green Curry
5. Appreciating Air Con.  in Thai "ee"
6. Music at North Gate and Su-wat's
7. Pai!
8. Drivin on motorbikes and feeling freee
9. Doing whatever I feel like most of the time and not planning things
10. Talking about Buddhism with Amanda and Donielle and everyone
11. Discovering how cool people are that you think you know, but you don't know them!
12. Understanding impermanence.. etc.
13.  Trying to speak Thai!! Phut Thai nit-noy
13. a.  Saying "Nit-noy" all the time.
14... Songthaews?? Not sure.  Maybe some of the songthaew drivers.
15.  songKRAN
16. Cats and dogs everywhere
17. BAHT.
       a.  "the look of it, the taste, the smell, the texture!"
       b.  the conversion rate and how everything is so cheap, duh
18. Special times with Kim when she was here
19.  and with my parents
20. and with Scott!
21. Flowers on trees blooming all the time, and flowers that smell so good
22. having time to read
23. New places to explore all the time
24. Temples!
25. The security guard in our building
26. Thai people being so nice!
27. Those beaches....
28.  People telling me I speak Thai very well.  (LOL)
29. Sharing thoughts and making new friends
30. The spirit of adventure and exploring, by myself
31.  The sprit of adventure and exploring, with friends
32. Saying "kha" all the time
33. Mystery field trips!
34. Hill Tribe field trips!
34a. Mae Hong Son Province and CAVE LODGE.
35. Elephants
36. Cool backpackers that you meet
37. The sprayers in the bathrooms.
38. MANGO FRUITSHAKES.  and any fruitshake
39. Corn Bobo tea
40.  THIS CITY HAS A MOAT.  and a 700 year old wall around it. (Only on the corners and the 6 gates)
41. The beautiful campus
42. Mangosteens
43. Mangos, especially now that they are in season.
44. When Thai people on the street are dancing and they give you a beer
45. When Thai professors drink with their students all the time.
46. Jai yen yen
47. Mai pen rai
47 1/2 How Thai men aren't creepy.  Yay!
48. Not using a smart phone..? maybe
49. OMG COCONUTS.  Coconut water, coconut curry, coconut milk with bananas or pumpkin, coconut shakes.......  But I ALWAYS forget how to say it in Thai.
50. Learning new words.
51.  Just... being in Asia.

*conclusion. I probably love food too much.
OR.  Thai food is really good
or both.

Things I won't miss
1. How the streets smell bad sometimes.  Especially when you are eating.  And the rats.
2. WALKING everywhere since I never got a motorbike.. since I tore my meniscus. ugh
2. a. Being terrified for my life when other people drive me on their motorbikes
3. Getting dropped off at the end of our street and having to walk.  Asking them to drive us and them saying no.
4.  People not understanding me.
5. When I accidently order liver, or blood in my soup.
6. When I cry because it's so spicy - actually it's fun.
*Everything is about food and driving places, usually driving to get food
7.   Having to go out for every single meal
8. Using too much plastic
9. Teachers not showing up for class...
10. People being immature
11. One of the Uniloft security guards who doesn't like us.
12. annoying backpackers that you don't meet, so maybe they are cool and I'm judgemental
13. Squatty toilets- only because I have bad knees
14. Bathrooms never having soap or toilet paper
15. People throwing up on busses and being terrified of crashing
16.  THE AIR QUALITY.  sucks.  Getting headaches from the smoke in the air
17. My knee problems.. Oh wait they will follow me everywhere.
18. Being able to connect with people on a deeper level because they speak your language...
19. IT'S SO HOT HERE!
20.  When Songthew drivers laugh at you because they don't want to drive you where you want to go
21.  When people treat you like a tourist. Shmeh
22.  Not having a motorized vehicle
23.  Not having cheese.
24.  It's really cheap, but the money I spend actually adds up really fast.
25.  Not seeing the people I love all the time!
26. Not feeling very involved in the community... Should have volunteered more.
27.  Songthaews.  Yeah I won't miss them.  Just the drivers when we talked.
29.  Not having a dryer... or a clothesline.
30.  This bed.


P.S  I'm finally going out of the country next week to Cambodia!  I can't believe I haven't left Thailand yet.