The Kids, Saturday & Sunday, November 17th & 18th, 2018

Sa bai dee! I am going to be doing another combined post again, I hope you enjoy it!

On Saturday I talked with a few of my friends back in Canada over the phone, and then Mom and I both went out to pick up some garbage just around our house. Mom picked up the garbage that was around the entrance to our house, and I focused on the garbage in the yard. I noticed that there were a lot of ceramic tiles lying around. So, I decided to try and arrange them to make a little mural. Since we had the gate to our house open, two boys (One about 9 years old, and the other about 5) walked in and started helping me! It was so cute to watch how they found little pieces to put in the mini mural. Then another girl came who’s name is “Tamoon”, her mother actually works at the GEC. Soon enough Tamoon’s two sisters came and a bunch of other neighbourhood kids. Mom put on some music and I showed some of the kids this blog! I would point at something in a picture and tell them how to say it in English, then they would tell me how to say it in Lao, which was really cool.

After that we both went off to eat dinner, but it was a really fun day!

On Sunday Mom made some french toast and brown sugar syrup w/ bananas to go with it. After that Tamoon and the boy who had helped me with the mural came by to say hello. When we showed them the art supplies we had brought they were really happy. “Oh my gosh!” Is what the little boy said, as it was one of the English phrases he knew. They also coloured and made a whole bunch of things, which I will include pictures of in a future post. We then asked if they wanted to go to the market to get something to drink – which was a bit hard with the language barrier, but we managed! – and they said yes. So we walked up to the morning market and each got a drink. When we were walking back Mom bought two watermelon to give to both of the children for their families. We then said “Phob kan mai!” And went out separate ways.

It was a very full and fun weekend!

*Word of the Day: Mak Mu (Pronounced: Mack-moo), it means watermelon.