Second Day in Chang-Mai

Today was the first day that we had the opportunity to sleep in and catch up on some much needed sleep that we have been missing. I did not get up until 10 and took my time getting ready and had the opportunity to call loved ones and get a good breakfast from the restaurant on the ground floor of the international center. We then had to be dressed in the Chang-Mai university uniforms for the orientation and introduction to our Thai buddies. We arrived at the business school building and were directed into the MBA classroom where the dean of the college and other high officials of the university spoke and welcomed us to the university and to Thailand.

We then were given a tour of the college of business building and then had a “get to know you” session with all of the students and Thai buddies. We then had a tour of Chang-Mai university and along the way we stopped their equivalent of the bookie and picked up some supplies that we needed and other members of the group picked up their uniforms that they were planning on buying here.

We then went back to the International center where we were able to change and get into little more comfortable clothes to go to dinner with everyone in the group. We arrived at the dinner house after taking a taxi and we had to check our shoes at the door because they were not allowed in the dinner house. The reason why we couldn’t wear our shoes was because we had a traditional Thai dinner which consisted of two types of rice, chicken, pork, vegetables, and fruit to end the meal that was served to us from bowls of food while we were sitting on the floor of the restaurant. It was the coolest experience I have ever had, there were traditional Thai dancers that preformed many different dances and then at the end they invited us all up to dance with them. Being as tall as I was I kind of scared the tiny little Asian ladies and I looked a little ridiculous but it was fun and it got me out of my comfort zone. I also am not the best person at sitting cross-legged for more than 20 minutes but was able to endure my feet going completely numb by being able to stretch my legs out periodically throughout the meal because I was sitting at the end of the line of people.

When it was all over we left the restaurant to a mini fireworks show and then boarded the taxis and returned to the international center before the curfew time and then were given the opportunity to catch up on talking to loved ones and to get our journals taken care of and to party a little bit because well it is Friday and we cannot go out to the bars and live up Chang-Mai on the weekend before school starts like we would if we were in Pullman. So tonight we are going to drink like dormies do and drink in our rooms and hang out with each other and continue to get to know one another and watch TV that we don’t understand haha!
Well that’s it for today… No Photos because the battery didn't charge right.. will have pics later when people upload them for me