Chillin' with my homegirl

Amber is my hero because she gets up at 4:15 AM to run with her friend Sarah. Usually after her run she is "Miss Super Productivity", BUT when I woke up Wednesday morning at 11:00 and I didn't hear her...I thought something terrible had happened. But all was good...she took the time to catch on some very necessary sleep because we have been staying up late watching movies. I will explain our day through a photo journal.

Event #1- Amber took me to a Thai restaurant in downtown Songtan that was D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S!! I have been craving Phad Thai since I left Thailand a month ago. I would also like to say that this is where I was attempting to work on my my Chopstick skilz. I was so proud of myself that I asked amber to take a picture. Then when it was time to take a picture, I had stage fright. Sad. But in the end, I pulled myself together and grabbed those noodles! Here are my attempts and my success! Wahoo.

Event #2- We took a Taxi ( a big deal...amber always walks but made an exception because of the rain) to the Subway station where we traveled to Suwan for the second day in a row! Suwan is about a 30 minute Subway ride from where Amber lives. Suwan has a really nice mall that carries Clinique make-up (the reason we made the trip). Here is us waiting for the Subway to come.

Event #3- The best thing about Suwan is Starbucks of course! Amber does not have a Starbucks in her town...so of course we made a stop. I got a White Chocolate Mocha which i have not had in two year because Thailand never offers that flavor. Way to go Korea Starbucks!

Event #4- Amber doesn't really care much for coffee so she got herself some Baskin Robins ice cream...can anyone say yummy? She brought it to Starbucks to eat with me, BUT she had problems eating it and made a mess. She did however enjoy it to the very end...even though it ended up all over her hands and shirt. Silly ambo.

Event #5- We got back on the Subway and headed back to Amber's home town so that she could get her hair trimmed. Due to unfortunate events (they were busy) it didn't work out ....Soooo.... we went to hang out with Amber's community of believers. It was pretty fun. We both got suckered into a game of spades pretty quickly...and lets just say....Matt and I made beautiful spade players. Together we were UNSTOPPABLE. Seriously. It was a lot of fun.

Event #6- After Matt and I dominated at Spades we decided to all play a game of Pictionary. Can I just say that I have a fear of Pictionary. I make stick figures look RIDICULOUS and have always been ashamed of my lack of drawing skilZ. Really it is embarrassing. I seriously almost refused to play, but I thought I should face my fears and own up to them. All I have to say is compared to the others around me...i seriously am not THAT bad! ha ha. Amber and I were partners and we were able to use our super sister pshyc power to win some rounds. I would also have to say that I haven't laughed so hard in a long long time!

You might ask...Alicia how are you adjusting to all this American fellowship? Can I just say that I am trying really hard to be "normal" and not say weird things...here are a few random cultural things...

1. Before we ate our meal...we had to hold hands with the people next to us while we prayed. I had to hold two men's hand. I was freaking out!

2. I had to stop myself from saying Hindi all night long.

3. I was with more males than females...j-peeps...when does that ever happen?

4. I had beef in my spaghetti.

5. I ate strawberries and whip cream for the first time in two years. I let ppl know i was excited but suppressed my pure enthusiasm so people wouldn't think I was "too" weird.

6. I was actually able to engage in conversation with the male species rather than just meet them and never talk to them. It was weird to actually have brothers in Christ to interact with.