A Day of Firsts

    Tuesday was a day of firsts: my first day of school and my first Rotary Club meeting (Rotary is the group of people sponsoring my Foreign Exchange Experience).
   I started the day out by getting into my brand new uniform and surprisingly enough taking a picture with my grandmother.

First day of school: sorry there is no lane mom.

   Then my host father drove me to school, and I was introduce to the English department. There were many different teachers there, and they reminded me of my high school days with my English teacher Mrs. Miller. The English department director kind of became my personal advisor and councilor at the school.

Mrs. Orapin: English Department Director

    After a while there I got bored and asked for a tour of the school. One of the teachers said that would be ok, and we began to walk. I found out that there are four buildings for classrooms; a gym with an outdoor arena; a lunchroom they called a canteen; and a huge outdoor soccer field or, as they called it, football. There are over 3,000 students at my school. The teacher and I kept getting stopped because many of the students wanted to practice there English, and finally a small group of students stopped and wouldn't leave us. I came to appreciate that later when I found out that they were going to be my new friends!

The main core of my new group of friends: Ploy, Mo Mo, Daw, and Sam

   They took me on another small tour, then it was time for me to go home. I lounged around the house until my next first thing: My First Rotary Club Meeting. The meeting was very fun, because it was more of party than a meeting. There were many things to celebrate that night: Mine and other Exchange students' arrival, someone's birthday, mother's day, and (for all you Rotarians) the change over of the President of the club.
    To celebrate there was lots of food, any amount of drink that you wanted to have, and above all else (I know it's hard to believe) Karaoke.

This lady was one of the main contributors to the Karaoke.

    Overall the Rotary club meeting was a blast. And for all you Rotarians here is a little something special. This flag was from a different Rotary club than my own. I will get one from Rotary club, but now I have many different ones.

Flag trade for Rotary club.