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Hello mom and dad!
(note:
this was written Thursday but my modem was in Ubon Sakda Tour so I couldn’t send you this email until today,
Sunday) How’s it going? I’m feeling much better and hope to make a
full recovery by this weekend.
Speaking of this
weekend…. I’m going to
We don’t have
school because they have a break between semesters that lasts like 3-4 weeks
(the seniors take their tests at this time, even tho
it’s the end of first semester and not second).
Since I’ll be in
Also, I’ll give you
my cell phone number here. I still need
to get you the house number, but you should always be able to reach me at my
cell phone. So here it is:
66-016693510….. k, now you have that.
Well, of course our
modem isn’t here right now, so I’m not sure if I’ll actually be able to send
this to you today or not. The fact that
the modem is gone literally half the time is very frustrating.
It turns out that when I danced it was not
only a presentation, but a competition and me and Oun
WON (Oun is my best friend who’s gay and therefore
very good at Thai dance…)!!!!! So we’re
supposed to perform again tomorrow… Today I went to school to find out that
afternoon classes were canceled cuz we had some kind
of activity so I waited an HOUR AND A HALF for the driver to come pick me up
and then went home “early”… It wouldn’t be so bad if I didn’t have to wait on
such a SCORCHING day… then again waiting an hour and a half EVER is very
frustrating… Seriously, it was
ridiculously hot today. The air was
heavy with the humidity… and yet the sun shone brightly thru the ominous rain
clouds… I’m not sure if it ever really rained today or not, but it sure wanted
to if it didn’t….
I’m currently
reading the Lord of the Rings “Return of the King” (which is the third and
final book). I started it yesterday and
I’m on page 242 right now… and there’s 340 pages… yup yup
yup… we sure do a lot of reading here. I’ve already read all the Harry Potter books…
actually I read all of those by the second week I was here….and I’m trying to
read slowly cuz none of us have that many books and a
lot of people brought the HP books… so it’s no good trading them… that’s one
thing I’d tell anybody going on foreign exchange—you an NEVER have enough
BOOKS!!! Even if you think you don’t
enjoy reading (look at me)…
I just wanted to
tell you again, that you guys are by far the best parents ever… When I think
about my parents here and how often they do stuff with my sister… or even how
often they say a positive word to her… It really makes me realize how awesome
you guys really are. I truly appreciate
every kind word, every hug and kiss, every backrub… every EVERYTHING you guys have ever done. I
don’t know how I could’ve taken you for granted for so long. But now I realize what I have. Thank you so much for just being you. Well, I gotta run
now cuz I have tons of email catching up to do!
I love and miss you
soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!love
always,
Kati
To: Parents of students living
in Ubon Ratchathani,
Thailand cc : Officers of Rotary Districts of students
living in Ubon Ratchathani,
Thailand
As the first break for schools
in Ubon and Warin chamrab will be during 22 September thru 24 October. Sri-Ubon Rotary Club provides a program for inbound students
living in Muang Ubon and
For another activity: the 1st
weekend camp for all 43 inbound students in District 3340 will be on 22-25
October at Nakhon Phanom,
300-km north of Ubon. I'll personally escort ten inbounds of Ubon to join their other 33 inbound friends. This program
is compulsory for 43 inbounds in District 3340.
One more program for Ubon's inbounds: this year's rice harvest will be started
in mid-November. Inbounds (only in Ubon) will be assigned to experience in the rice field and
spend one-week overnights with farmer families. Families must be selected and well qualified
by the Board of Directors of Sri-Ubon Rotary Club. If some of natural parents not agreed, please
email me. The student won't be granted
permission to join this program.
For the 1-20
October Program at Wat Pa Nanachat, if any rejections, from natural parents,
have not been received by
Any suggestions, please advise.
Regards,
Prapart Sudhipongpracha,
PDG, Major Donor
D-3340 Youth Exchange Program
Hello everyone-
I thought I'd make
sure to let everybody know that I leave for
A day or two after
we get home from Bangkok we'll be in the Temple for a few weeks.... so I don't
know how much emailing I'll be doing in October either. Lizz, you're gonna receive a birthday call from me, but I don't think
it'll actually be on your birthday unless I call you from my cell phone... but
I'm afraid that if I call you from my cell phone the reception won't be very
good...
I hope Hannah is
feeling tons better. I'm really grateful
for all of you and appreciate all your emails, thoughts, and prayers. Please continue to send them my way! I love and miss you all so much!
luv,
Kati
Hello everyone-
If you want to call
me at home, please call this number (these are all the numbers you will have to
dial)...001-66-45323048
now, please remember that this is my HOME
phone, and you probably won't get an English-speaker..... just explain VERY
SLOWLY that you are a friend of Kati and you're from America and you want to
talk to me.... they'll understand if they hear the words "America",
"Kati", and "friend"....
Remember that you are 12 hours behind me (if it's
001-66-16693510
okay, I love and miss you all very much and hope
to hear from you soon!
much love,
Kati