Today was our the English Department's goodbye party for Jessie and I. Although there are two weeks left in the semester (three weeks until I leave, almost four Jessie), P'Soy leaves on Monday for her America! Our goodbye party was held at the Rimkok hotel on the river, where we enjoyed a delicious lunch buffet. I was stuffed! All was wonderful until Jessie and I had to give our “thank you” speeches at the end of the meal; needless to say we both bawled our eyes out.
Yet what happened after lunch is the reason for this blog post: I FINALLY got to hang out with my teacher OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL HOURS! P'kop called me to see if I was free to go to her house and of course I said yes. She took me to her house where I met her husband, hung out in her “business” (she rents out small houses) and sat on the floor while we ate apples and guava. We then got our hair washed (in Thailand when you get your hair down they shampoo and condition it TWICE and give you a 20 minute head massage!) I also stayed and had dinner with her family. It was just a lovely afternoon, and it was so nice to catch up with P'kop and engage in girl talk. We never really have time in the office to have long talks, so it was really special to just sit on the floor of her house, snack on fruit, and chit chat.
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