I am in between classes...

Well as the title describes I have a fifteen minute break bewteen classes during the day. Today is my first art class and I am very excited. On fridays we take field trips to different art centers and wats to learn about the art of thailand and it's history.
Last night was sort of a situation to contend with. The thai people are very generous and I know that but sometimes it is over the top. My host father brought us to the mall and bought us snacks and also bought a bunch of movies for us that I can tell you were not cheap. We wanted to go to buy movies and snacks for ourselves but it ended up being the whole family. I am glad to have the snacks and movies but I feel guilty about them buying it all. I guess in Thailand gift giving happens all the time and so Marit and I need to reciprocate by taking them to dinner or buy them a great gift. I am not sure what yet...we will see.
I am very happy overall with my host family and my host mother is beginning to open up more to me and talk more in english. It is nice for her to speak more english but I really want to practice my Thai as well.
This weekend I think we are going to Tiger Kingdom which is a place where you can hang out with tigers and hold the babies etc. Should be a really fun experience. Hopefully we can head to the mall this weekend too because it would be nice to get some cheap clothes that I can go out with friends in. I failed to bring anything but uniform and wilderness attire. O well...a shopping we will go!
Aubrey