P'Nai's B-day/Cha Am

Just like Mom used to make!

Tube o' Beer anyone?

       BIRTHDAY!
This weekend was a very eventful one! Friday we had P'Nai's  birthday to celebrate! He turned 27. Our group; Sarah, Rosie, Chelsea, Jordan, Chad, Ben, Nai, and Bao (actually spelled Pao) and myself went to dinner and a bar. Our restaurant was a local place not far from AIT but the food was wonderful! My stomach was still a little queezy from the day before so I tried to take it easy, but it was hard. We had pig leg (which I know, might sound gross.), fried bread (genius), little riblets, and a couple other dishes. Then we headed off to the "Monkey Show Beer Garden". This place was so awesome. It was a huge bar with this huge stage that constantly had acts going on. It varied from popular Thai music, traditional Monkey Show (The tale of the evil Demon king and his monkey army), all the way to a Thai girl lip-syncing to Katy Perry's "California Girls". Of course I also can't forget everyone's favorite; the lady-boy show!

Another cool part of this bar was the way they served beer. Serving beer individually in mugs has already been done, so they serve it out of a 5-liter tube! We were dancing and having fun when we see a little girl trying to get her uncooperative little brother to dance with her. Naturally Rosie came to the rescue and danced with the little girl. Cutest. Thing. Ever.
My stomach didn't allow me to partake in as much fun as everyone else was having, but it was very entertaining to sit back and watch. A 3-liter tube came around after the 5-liter was quickly emptied and P'Nai started to get a little more loud than usual. P'Pao also surprised him with a birthday cake!

Make A Wish!

CHA AM!

Happy because we just got a $20 hotel room

Early on Saturday morning after a long Friday night we decided to take a little weekend trip to Cha-Am, a beach about 3 hours south of AIT. Unfortunately a member of our group, Chelsea couldn't go because she had to do something for her internship. After a couple mis-communication because of our language barrier it was 10:30am and we were on the sunny beach! We went to the first hotel we saw and got a room for about 800 baht, so we said we'll take it. We laid out on the beach for hours soaking up as much sunshine as we could. Of course with my luck I somehow managed to get a bug bite on my bottom lip and had it swell up a little and itch. At least it wasn't food poisoning this time!

Oh, Hi Sarah!

Sugar at our breakfast. "For the good time"

After a couple hours of that, Sarah, Rosie, Jordan and I went to the spa and got an hour-long Thai massage for a whopping 199baht or roughly $6. It was a very successful day. That night we went across the street to the Happy Bar and walked around town but the early morning wake up and all-day sun exposure took most of our energy and we were out pretty early. The most memorable part of our walk down the strip was that it was basically all bars but they followed a pattern "(Insert Noun Here) Bar". For example we saw: "Happy Bar", "Butterfly Bar", "Silver Bar", "Funny Bar" "Unknown Bar", "Biker Bar" etc. It was actually really funny. The next morning (Sunday) we got up and went to the beach for a little bit again. This time the boys and girls parted ways more or less, and us girls went back to the spa and got an hour long facial/head massage for about $10. I guess you could say we spoiled ourselves this weekend, but now I know how these Thai women age so gracefully! If we had spa treatments that easily available we might be a little less stressed! For lunch we finally had something we were familiar with--PIZZA! I can't remember the last time I was so excited to see a pizza! For a weekend at the beach in Thailand including meals, massages, and transportation I spent about $40... I think I can get used to this.

Sarah, Chad, Rosie, and Ben.

The ridiculous glass my drink got served in at the Happy Bar