October 1

Oct 1

Today I went to the Sunday market with the Belgiums, though I didn’t stick with them but rather went off on my own. We had four and a half hours there but I wasn’t too interested in shopping. I did buy some fisherman pants and planned on buying a tennis racked that they use to electrocute mosquitoes with, but I forgot. It was tiring being there for that long, but I made it through the day fine. I haven’t eaten much today other than some pineapple and a couple slices of bread, but I don’t really desire to eat much now either. The day was pretty cool, I went to some park across the street and sat there and watched the people for a while. It was pleasant. There were lots of Thai people having picnics there in the grass, just like what I would imagine it to be like in a similar park in America. My bargaining skills aren’t yet up to par though. The days can be kind of boring at times around here since there isn’t that much to do and I don’t intend to spend too much money always going out to movies, etc. The Belgiums usually just speak Dutch to each other, which doesn’t bother me at all, but it’s harder to get into conversations with them. Many times I’ll be sitting in the living room with all of them, but it’s just like I’m sitting by myself. I started reading the Da Vinci code because they have it here and that seems to capture my attention pretty well. There’s another volunteer house which is occupied with a bunch of people from around the world that are here for the seminar that CCD is hosting for the next month. I think I’m going to wait for Sarah and Karina to get back home from eating and see if they wanna go over there and meet some of the other people and find something to do. I have a feeling though it’ll just be lots of sitting around with nothing to do also.