Christmas has potential competition...

Sawadee Ka!

Oh gosh is it just me but are the days/weeks literally flying by? The weekend has been and gone already and now its Monday morning midday and I'm finished for the day:) Sometimes a 8am-10am seems quite tempting!

So this weekend was extremely busy! Where to start...so Friday was a fun night with my friend Luke and my Thai friend Bi which involved eating dinner followed by ice-cream and hours of fun. Bi's English pronunciation is excellent but all I can say is, if you have a Thai friend, try and make them say 'Lyrics':) But then again try and learn the Thai word for snake...

So then Saturday...Bi and I went to a waterfall which is only about 10 mins drive from where I live. It was my first time and it was really beautiful!I forgot to take my camera but I'll be going back again so I will have a photos after next time. Then afterwards we went to a shopping centre called 'Airport Plaza', its pretty big for Thailand but could never be compared to the likes of Westfield for example. We met Bi's friend and at 2pm on a hot afternoon guess what I was doing? I was sat in a Thai karaoke booth attempting to sing Thai songs:) The Thais love it and through the glass booth you actually can spot people singing their heart in a booth by them self!!!!(This is normal) Oh how I adore Thailand and its randomness:)

Saturday night involved having a boogie or two at a nearby bar/club called Warm up. Most nights a band will be playing there and as many of you know I'm not huge fan of live music but Thai bands are actually good and this bar has a huge outside part where the band plays and its oh so lovely to sit outside on a warm evening, drink cocktails,whilst singing along to a bit of Chilli Peppers.

Sunday a few of us went back Airport Plaza again and we had a browsel and I purchased a fabulous pink wig:) I don't normally appreciate fancy dress, but oh this wig is simply amazing! And at least I now know that a short bob and pink hair both suit me:) So yes I purchased that as downstairs in the shopping centre, there was Japanese event going on with hundreds of Thais dressed up in fabulous Japanese crazy costumes:)

Also in the shopping centre there was a HUGE imitation Christmas tree and snowman, bigger than you'd ever see in England. Oh how I love Thailand as it doesn't even celebrate Christmas:)

Then Sunday night was possibly my favourite part of the weekend which involved celebrating Loi Krathong festival. I have to admit that I don't know much about it but it is a Buddhist annual festival which involves making merit. However like Christmas its more about having fun! Luke and I met our Thai friends and went to Thapae gate where there were beautiful decorations, mainly hundreds of lit up lanterns so we took loads of photos then went by the river and did the Loi Kratong tradition of floating a kratong each which is a miniature raft covered in a banana leaves decorated with flowers. So we lit the candles and incense and sent them down the river, making a wish:)

Then we went to uni and did the other Loi Kratong traditional of letting off a couple of giant laterns in the sky together. When you look up in the sky, the sky is literally covered in giant floating lanterns which look stars. If anyone wants to visit Thailand, go during Loi Kratong as its so good, I think it may be better than Christmas...but then again no presents were involved so its a hard decision to make:)

Also another piece of advice for people who decide to go Thailand during Loi Kratong...keep away from Thai people setting off fireworks as they let them left, right and centre even if you are standing right next to them and these fireworks won't go up, they will go straightforward. All I can say is that Thai people+fireworks is a both a hilarious and scary mixture as they have NO sense of danger and if there is trouble, I don't even think that Thailand has a fire service....