Day 3
The third was mostly learning about Thai culture. We took these EFVs (Emission free vehicles) to another side of the campus and entered this large room. There, the university pple from the day before, taught us A LOT about Thailand in general and Thai culture. Thai royalties, Thai government, how to do the ‘wai’, what not to do, some simple Thai words… the list goes on. Then we got to make our own Kratongs! (rafts in English) for the Loy Kratong Festival (Floating raft festival, I think). It was really cool how they make the kratongs, with different plant parts. Banana trunk for base, leaves for sides and structure, flowers to decorate… So, Yongsak and I completed our Kratong after a long time, which seemed impossible at the start. Determination paid off. X) Following that, there was some competition. Prizes were given to pple with the most beautiful Kratongs, most popular Kratongs, most environmental Kratongs and one more, but my memory fails me. Arg. Doesn’t matter, cos I didn’t win any. Lol.

Although the whole morning and afternoon had been quite boring, the night was fun. Seriously. After dinner, we all got to the lake in front of the university to celebrate Loy Kratong Festival. We tried lotsa great food, released our Kratongs on the lake, wishing upon them as they floated away, and played with fireworks! The fireworks were absolutely cool. Apart from the lame-y sparklers, there were sticks which you hold and they shot fireworks out, bolo-like things which you spin and fling into the air and sparks start shooting out from it… there are lotsa different types. Later, we also played with the ‘hot-air lanterns’. :D

After all that, we had some meeting which lasted quite long, before we all dropped asleep.


Here is where we had all the lessons on Thai culture and funny activities
These are 2 of the teachers who taught us. The one on the left is dam funny. XD
 The Kratong me and Yongsak made!











The popularity judging...

















Random shot, when we were having some time to rest.





Us releasing the 'hot-air lantern' into the sky! (hey, it works, k?)
Jim Tan signs off.
9:53 PM