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So sorry it has been so long since I have put anything on here but someone got in to the site and messed it all up. Thanks to the hard work and kind heart of my buddy Martin, it is now back up, working fine  and time to start filling you in on the the happenings. Well Chatree and I have been making Carrot Cake and Pizza, lot’s of eating it too. He has been selling Pizzas a few times a month to make money for his collage classes. My friend Greig helped us to find a place here that makes their own cheese so we have been able to save some money there and Chatree is enjoying the new items, almost time to start doing different type of ice cream again.

They have a celebration here in Thailand, called Wan Deg, which means kids day. On this day kids are all taken care of very well. There are usually little shows, fairs and as always in Thailand ton’s of food. I decided to make the kids french fries and they were a hit. I was frying fries for 7 hours, it was a lot of fun but I was covered in fryer oil by the end if the day. They also had a chance to do some really cute performances including singing Country Road by John Denver. We had a couple of volunteers coming in once a week to teach the kids a song and that is what they chose, thanks so much Marc and Cheryl. Then they did some dancing and had a Tribal beauty contest. One girl from each tribe got to strut their stuff in full Tribes gear, it was a great day. The participant’s won money to use for when they leave the Temple, one of the teachers helped them to set up bank accounts, awesome. The kids were then meant to do lot’s of studying for the coming weeks since there would be testing due to the end of school approaching.

I was so happy to have my dear friend and next door neighbor from Venice Beach, California come to visit. She was on holiday for 2 weeks and stop here for 4 days to bring the kids and I some goodies. She brought 50 donated frisbees and lot’s of art supplies for the kids to play with. Yelena and I got to go around the beautiful town of Chiang Mai a bit as well as painting and playing frisbee in the afternoon, until the early evenings, we all had great fun. Oh yeah, she also brought me yummy coffee from Bunny and Susy as well as some new sneakers, shirts and a few hip-hop magazinges from Wade and Joanna…I LOVE YOU GUYS, THANKS! I was so sad to see her go, as were the kids but it was great to have her here and get some good hugs too. You see they do not hug here in Thailand and I am a hugger so thanks Yelena, oh and thanks for the donation as well, getting a few things for the kids this week.

There has been a lot of construction going on here at the Temple. They are expanding the eating area to prepare for more kids coming for the next school year, which begins mid May. As well they fixed up one of the spots that the kids hang their clothes, painting the some of the Temple and they are building another school building. This new building with have volunteering teachers coming from Chiang Mai University to give some collage prep courses. I spoke to some of the teachers and I was told that even though 140 more students will becoming that there are no more teachers getting hired, REALLY? Not sure why this is and I hope they are wrong or they are just not understanding exactly what I am asking.

If I am still here when all of this happens then maybe I will get to take on a class all by myself. I have been taking Thai language classes and they are going well. The better I speak the language the more help I can be. I have been really tired lately, there are many changes going on here and my mind is getting no rest…