So, the closer it gets to Christmas, the colder it gets and this means that we all (well, maybe not all) will have a nice long winter vacation. Oh, wait, that also means that my mock exams (practice exams) and real IGCSE exams are coming up… Oh God, don’t want to think about it. Well, from my last entry to today, a lot of events have happened because it was Loy Kratong, Harrow Fair, the Last Day of School, and I went out with some people to World Trade. But before I go on to tell you guys about the events, please just take a quick moment to stop by this SITE and vote for my sister, Lynn, for “BEST THAI BLOG”. It only takes a few seconds. And her site name is “BRAIN FARTS”, ask her for an explanation of the title… Don’t forget to vote now… So, continuing the blog entry, here are pics from each of the events… Hope you enjoy them. (This entry won’t be as long as the previous one, trust me 
). NOTE: THERE ARE ABOUT 117 PICTURES SO IT MAY TAKE TIME TO LOAD.
Loy Kratong
Not many pics for this day because I didn’t bring the camera to school… (Only two pictures, actually) But I had to get the pictures from Nun (a.k.a. Pat), who was very nice to give me the pics… Thanks, Nun! Well, Loy Kratong – Besides being forced to dress up in Thai costumes, we had lots of fun that day because there was a “Fear Factor” competition and hey, this was REALLY like Fear Factor… Try eating grasshoppers, worms, scorpions, raw chicken feet, red ant salad, and some other things I don’t remember. Well, the winner? A kid from The Language Center (TLC) – Leila said that the TLC section won for three years already. Hmm… Wonder what they teach there… Well, it was pretty fun watching the students and teachers struggle trying to put the disgusting food down their mouths! Haha, I should have brought my camera that day. Oh well, always next year. Here are the two pictures I got from Nun.
From left to right:
Girls (Front Row): Julie, Masho, Donut, Nun, Bifern, and Blue
Boys (Back Row): Ta, Raghav, Me, and Ben (Not “Big Ben”)
This is the Science Set 1 class… From left to right:
Standing:Ta, Kate, Siree, Champ, Trin, Kid, Mim, Kenishiro, Kwang, Ping, Bifern, Jeeb, Nun, Sai, and Pear.
Sitting: Pat [Pronounced as "PUTT"], George, Toy, and Julie.
Harrow Fair
Harrow Fair – Something like RIS’s Fun Fair but I have to say, Harrow’s is way more crowded and actually has a lot more activities. Well, it seems like it’s mainly focused on selling things here… Not really on the games… But there was also a fashion show that students were in. In addition, there were the normal activities similar to RIS’s, Dunk the Teacher, Tin Can Alley, etc, etc… There was also foods from all over – Thai, Western, Indian, Japanese, etc. It was a very fun day and also very tiring. Oh – I didn’t scan the sticker pictures in. Well, you’ll probably see that another time… So – I got there and met up with some others (the guys just came back from ร.ด. – Millitary Training – I will be in it next year in case you were wondering). Well, not much to say about the day but that it was fun and had lots of activities. I’ll just let the pictures describe the day to you… As they say, a picture can tell a thousand words… And this time, there are way more pictures than the Loy Kratong ones, because I brought my camera with me that day.
Tina and Siree gathering up a crowd for their cotton candy game. Their rule was that you pay 20 Baht and you can spin your own cotton candy for twenty seconds – whatever size it is, you get the whole thing. That’s Mr. Wise with his portion of the cotton candy. When I arrived there, Mim was doing it and she got a REALLY BIG cotton candy.
The Fair just when it started…
One kid trying to make his cotton candy.
Gaf with a lightening speed move as he spins and spins his cotton candy up. He paid 40 Baht so he got an extra 20 seconds – but the bad thing was his cotton candy fell apart while doing it so he wasted time trying to put it back together. Results? Same size as the 20-second ones…
Nun at the Walk Ralley as she tries to solve the riddle. “Rearrange the following letters to make one word.” It’s very easy actually if you think carefully. The answer is right in your face! Can’t get it? Read the riddle carefully – “Rearrange the following letters to make ONE WORD”. Now, can you get it? It’s “ONE WORD” – how simple is that!
Bifern – the Tennis Master – as she tries to hit the tennis balls into the tiny square box on the ground.
Pat bring back the tennis ball.
Gaf and Pat trying to throw the darts right at the center. Actually, while the guys were practising so hard to make sure it hits the center, Bifern, who just grabbed a dart and threw it, threw it right into the center! Wow…
Raghav relaxing after the walk ralley.
The poor dartboard that was our victim…
That’s Ben (Big Ben) in the Fashion Show… Along with somebody…
Boom and Fa.
Sky and Champ.
Champ and Fa.
Junko.
From left to right: Pun, Praew, and Junko.
Don’t really know who these people are – but they’re from a younger year – just thought the picture looked nice…
Paras and Poom.
Aom.
Jane, Poom (Another Poom), and Prang.
Jane and Prang.
The models up for one last bit.
The models again…
From left to right: Jeeb, Nun, and Raghav.
From left to right:
Guys: Raghav, Gaf, and Me.
Girls: Nun, Bifern, Toy, Jeeb, and Tina.
From left to right:
Back Row: Gaf and Me.
Middle Row: Nun and Toy.
Front Row: Bifern and Jeeb.
The Harrow Fair environment.
A way leading to the area behind the TLC building… Notice anything weird in front? (Just joking – it’s Bifern!)
Going to the games area – that’s Gaf’s head sticking into the pic – sorry for the bad pic, Gaf… But that’s for all the spam messages! (Just joking!)
Well, we all decided to play with kites (don’t think deep) and well, a couple of times (many times, actually), the kites ended up getting stuck in the trees… So we had some trouble with them…
Stuck again…
Sky along with some other people trying to raise some money by putting up a game for the visitors.
Here’s a scene from “Dunk the Teacher” – Apparently, it was the Head that was being dunked! Thanks for taking the pic for me, Pat – I wouldn’t be that quick… I felt bad for one teacher, who went on the Dunking thing and after EVERY SINGLE ROUND, he would get dunked. I mean, one right after the other… I could say – he probably got dunked at least 15 times? Unluckily, one of the balls actually hit his face too (and they use a BASKETBALL, not a tennis ball or baseball like RIS) so it must have hurt a lot…
Around 3 PM…
The Head posing for a pic.
Just spotted this painting by this artist – looks really nice…
Bifern with all the stuff she got that day…
Last Day of School
The last day of school was a day everybody was waiting for. This would mean that it was the end of Term 1. This would mean that it was time for our liberation. This would mean that it was time for our reports to be sent home. This would mean that it was time for a full one month Christmas break. This would mean that our mocks and IGCSE exams are getting closer. This would mean – Ok, I think you get the message how important this last day was for us… Well, here’s just a quick overview of that day… We had usual classes for the first 6 periods (the periods before lunch)… But Tina and I got to skip classes because we were doing the reading for Carol Services that evening… (Something like reading bits from the Bible – but it was paraphrased so it wouldn’t be as confusing.) After the classes, we, Year 11 students, had a Year 11 Party just right above the Dining Hall. That meant that we didn’t have to wait in the long torturing lunch line. So we went up and had pizza, KFC, Pringles, Ice-Cream, canteen food, and some other stuff. After feasting, we turned on some music and several people were dancing – some went really wild. We tried to make a disco environment by switching the lights on and off – but pathetically, it failed and didn’t even help to create a disco environment. Well, after the party, we had our last Science class – Biology for me. Luckily, instead of having to learn about how the kidneys work, we played a little game of charades related to Christmas. After that, we had one last assembly with a little performance of the “Twelve Days of Christmas” by the Harrow teachers – really funny. After that, we had the Finals of the Inter-House Football matches. It was fun watching the teams compete. Later, we returned to the Dining Hall to have our Christmas Feast with our House and after that, we went straight up to the Carol Service. After an hour or so of the Carol Service, which ended around 7:20 PM, we finally went home. It was a fun and tiring day. So, here are some captures of the events…
Year 11 students forgetting our manners and diving straight into the Pizza boxes and KFC buckets for our food.
“It’s a chicken!” Says Por.
Pat eating the whole bucket of KFC chickens – just joking! He didn’t eat the whole thing… It was already empty by the time he got it.
Por enjoying his chicken.
From left to right: June, Tina, and Nun.
Gaf slowly disecting his chicken. That’s Sky on his left.
Tina, Nun, and Tan relaxing after eating.
Raghav enjoying his noodles.
Oat and Ant.
Champ and Jeeb getting the crowd stirred up for the dancing.
Jeeb getting into the music (I believe it was “Destiny’s Child – Lose My Breath” that was on then.).
From left to right: Fa, Praew, Ploy, Raghav, and Jeeb. Poor Raghav was forced to dance because it was claimed that he danced really well on a fieldtrip last year…
The guys chilling. From left to right:
Back: Boom and Kevin.
Front:Joe and Por.
From left to right: Praew, Kid, Raghav, Tina, Nun, and Oat.
The girls planning on what to do next.
From the back of the group. That’s only some of them there.
Getting ready for some party. From left to right on the opposite side: Bifern, Siree, Gaf, Boom, George, Pun, Tina, and Junko.
Clockwise order starting from the left side: Nun, Fa (Half of her), Tanggua, Mim, Gun, Toy, Tan, Ms. McClintock (Head of Religious Studies), June, Bifern, Siree, Pat (a bit of him behind George), Boom, George, Pun, Tina (the top bit of her head), Junko, and half of Kid.
Clockwise order starting from the left side: Nun, Fa, Leng (a bit of his head behind Fa), Tanggua, Mim, Omm, Toy, Ae (Her back), Plai, Nuch, Ping, Lookkade, June, Bifern (a very bit of her), Siree, Gaf, and Maek.
Nun working on the radio to get something more upbeat.
Clockwise order starting from the left outer-ring: Toy, Siree, Nuch, Ping, Lookkade, June, Bifern, Por, Gaf, Leng, Maek, Boom (behind Jeeb’s head), Mew (also behind Jeeb’s head), Nithi, George, Pun, Pat, and Gun. In Center: Jeeb and Raghav.
Clockwise order starting from the left outer-ring: Maek, Nithi, Pat’s head, George, Tina, Junko, Gun, Sai, Kid, Oat, Raghav, Joe, Nun, Mim, Omm, Ploy’s head, and Toy. In center: Champ and Jeeb.
Clockwise order starting from the left outer-ring: Sai, Kid, Champ, Oat, Joe, Nun, Pun, Prang, Fa, Raghav’s upper head, Tanggua, Mim’s head, and Omm. In center: Jeeb and Mr. Machin. The poor Head of Business Studies and Sixth Form teacher was pulled into the dancing circle. Haha, funny watching it though…
Clockwise order starting from the left outer-ring: Ms. McClintock, Toy, Siree, Plai, Blue, Ae, Music, Ping’s head, Takuto, and Mr. Machin’s back. In center: Oat.
Calling upon the “master” – Mr. Herbert – the Head of Drama.
Clockwise order starting from left outer-ring: Ae, Music, Ping, Por, Sai, June, Bifern, Gaf, Maek, and half of Kevin. In center: Jeeb and Mr. Herbert duel-dancing.
Clockwise order starting from left outer-ring: Half of Ae, Music, Por, Ping, Nuch, Trin, June, Leng, Maek, and Kevin. In center: Mr. Herbert and Oat duel-dancing after Jeeb failed… In the end? Mr. Herbert won. Reason? Oat wasn’t able to stop laughing, just like Jeeb.
Starting from the left side: Mew, Por, Trin, June, Bifern, Gaf, Maek, Leng, Kevin, Boom, Jeeb, Pat, George, and Fa in the very front.
Clockwise order starting from the left outer-ring: Toy, Ae, Tan, Music, Ping, Lookkade, Por, Mew, and Siree. In center: Nun and Oat behind her.
Cleaning up the garbage after the party.
The teachers of Nehru house doing the First day of Christmas bit in the “Twelve Days of Christmas” song. Spot anybody familiar.
Nun’s reward for completing the AIDS Awareness Quiz – looks pretty neat, eh? Those “flowers” are actually condoms… Nun, who didn’t know said that she’s going to change it with Pat, who got a cup from “Cabbages and Condoms” – Hahaha…
The soccer field where the houses were about to have their final soccer matches.
FROGGY – The Byron House Mascot (The cutest of all, too.) Froggy was stolen during the half-term break and it was gone for about a month and a half until somebody found it in the Sports Hall Changing Room – Uhh, how did it get there in the first place???
Suriyothai’s House Mascot – a fat cow… And hey, it really IS fat! It’s really big and really heavy!
Tina after she shot the penalty ball straight in, thus making Suriyothai the winning house for the KS4 Girls.
Here’s the Common Room of the Boarding House.
Here’s how Gaf’s Boarding Room looks like… Looks very homey…
Another bit of the Boarding Room.
A view of the soccer field area from the Boarding House.
The crowd gathering up for the final penalty shoot between the KS4 Boys teams – Nehru and Keller.
Pat – the goalkeeper for Keller.
Por – the goalkeeper for Nehru. The results for the day were as followed for each game…
KS3 GIRLS – Keller VS Sonakul – Winner: KELLER
KS3 BOYS – Byron VS Nehru – Winner: BYRON
KS4 GIRLS – Suriyothai VS Churchill – Winner: SURIYOTHAI
KS4 BOYS – Nehru VS Keller – Winner: NEHRU
World Trade with the RISians
On Thursday, I decided to go out with some of my fellow RISians at World Trade (Now known as “Central World Plaza“). The original plan was to have Pim, Tanya, Tent, Ice, Jirayuth, Kevin P., and Me to go out. However, Jirayuth said that he had some symptoms of pneumonia while Kevin P. had to get braces for his lower jaw. So it was down to Pim, Tanya, Tent, Ice, and Me. We met up in front of CD Warehouse then we went on to the Ice Skating Rink. At first it was empty because it was a school day and it was around 11 AM. But later, around noon, elementary school students came swarming in with their teachers followed by students from Thai schools. Well, Tent, Tanya, and Ice didn’t have any trouble skating… But Pim and I did – we were struggling. I don’t know why but my legs wouldn’t even move – I had to end up pulling myself along the side and slide my legs through the ice. It looked really sad since all these little kids were skating past me as if they were pros and I was holding on to the rail and moving very, very slowly. Well, after some skating, we left the ice skating area and headed for the restaurant we built a very well reputation with – MK. The last time I went out with them to MK, we were, um, should I say, loud? Noisy, loud, followed by several curses, and well, you probably get the idea. But that MK was at MBK, this time, we’re at World Trade – so it won’t be as bad. Oh wait, but this MK was much quieter than the one at MBK – so that means we must be quiet too. So, after ordering four of each at the beginning of our order, we found ourselves overloaded with all these food around us. The pile of food for the suki was as high as the Empire State! Like last time, we all had a battle for the food we wanted to eat. You see, there were five of us and they usually brought 6 of each food. So we would get one each and for the last piece, we would fight over it. Wait, actually, more like Pim, Tent, and Ice fighting over it. Tanya and I didn’t interfere with them because they were searching for the shrimp (this is an example) all over the suki pot while it was boiling and splashing all the soup everywhere. When one person gets it, the other two will use their chopsticks and pull it out. Sigh, and we call ourselves 15 year-olds… After the battle in MK, we went down to Swenson’s and had a few ice-creams. Later, we made a last-minute change to do Bowling instead of wandering around. Well, Tanya and I didn’t bowl because Tanya wasn’t allowed to and I ran out of money (because I didn’t know that we had to end up spending 250 Baht for our lunch – each – and I didn’t know that we were going to go bowling. So I didn’t bring extra cash.) So, after watching Tent, Pim, and Ice bowling for an hour, we went to Kinokuniya’s and began acting nerdy as we went through the books. Tent had to buy Romeo and Juliet for his English class and the girls were trying to decide which Chicklit they should buy – either the Shopaholics, Can You Keep A Secret (which they all borrowed from the library), Jemima J, I Don’t Know How She Does It, P.S. I Love You, etc, etc, etc, and many more books. I was just walking around the store and by the time we were done browsing the store, it was time to go. It was fun getting to come out with my fellow RISians again. Next time, Jirayuth and Kevin P., make sure you guys can come because it’s been a blast hanging out with these four and I bet it would be even more fun with you two, too! Here are some pics of the day…
Tent skating around.
Ice trying to become a pro at ice skating.
The ice skating arena. I know, it looks oddly yellow but this time, it isn’t my camera’s fault, it was already yellow like that. I guess the light makes it yellow? Because even the rest of us were looking sort of yellow – too yellow, actually.
Some more of the ice skating arena.
Tanya and Ice trying to skate backwards.
Tent. He said that his sweat was turning into ice!
Pim took a hard fall climbing into the skating area through the wall.
A very blurred pic of Ice.
Tanya – Our shooter!
Taking a quick break.
A last bit of the arena before we leave.
Looking eight stories down…
Ice, Tanya, and Pim ordering their dishes.
Lovely veggies for our bodies.
Just the plate, glass, chopsticks, and pot.
Ice, Tanya, and Pim – Full and Happy! (Right?)
Banana Boat… Thank you very much for taking the cherry and cracker, Ice and Pim…
Pim throwing her bowling ball. The poor ball, everytime it goes down, there’s a loud BANG to it.
Ice throwing the ball professionally.
Tent throwing his ball – everytime he’s going to throw it, he bends really low and then throws it.
The bowling alley.
More of the bowling alley.
This looks like in the Thai Horror flick, “Shutter”… No, it’s not a ghost, it was just Ice’s reflection!
The bowling master taking a break.
The three contestants taking a look at their scores.
First place – TENT, Second place – ICE, Third place – PIM.
Tanya as she sits and relaxes while the others play.
Last view of the bowling alley.
Tanya and Ice skimming through Chicklits in Kinokuniya.
Tent taking a look at the kids’ section.
One last pic of them before we leave. We were going to take some more but then the guard came and told us that we can’t take pictures in there…
Getting Christmassy for the Christmas Holidays…
Just on the way out – Exactly everything that Bangkok is here in this pic – Filled with traffic, pollution, noise, and a sense of feeling home.
A last peep of World Trade (or Central World Plaza).
Oh, recently, Chris moved homes and guess what? His new house is now right across the lake from my house! What an odd coincidence is that? Well, hope you don’t mind, Chris, but here’s a pic of your house…
Nice house you’ve got there, dude.
Well, got to go and sleep now – it’s 1:10 AM! See you later…
Currently Listening: Open Your Eyes by Alter Bridge
Currently Watching: House of Flying Daggers starring Ziyi Zhang, Takeshi Kaneshiro, and Andy Lau.
