THE WEEKEND

Finally we thought we got to rest and hang out...false. Marit and I went and went all day. It was really fun but I am really tired and today hopefully we get to rest a bit.
Yesterday we got up and I worked on my oral Thai midterm before we got in the car to head to Tiger Kingdom. Tiger Kingdom is such a touristy place but it really nice. We had lunch on the patio eating fresh fruit watching the tigers play with the people in the water. These tigers are bred in captivity so they are very tame and love humans. They act almost like dogs and are taken care of very well. They each get a pond to play in and they are constantly being given attention by all the workers who play with them.
We didn't go in the cage with them because it was pretty pricey but we got some great pictures of the big beasts and the little ones too. Many white people were in the cages taking funny pictures with the tigers. They wanted to lay on the tigers and take pictures like that. Marit and I were laughing the whole time watching this happen. It was almost more fun to watch the farang (foreigners).
We then got to see some snakes at this snake zoo and some monkeys at a monkey zoo. The snakes were creepy because they bit soome of the guides but it was fun to see the cobra snakes. The monkeys were not as fun because they are pretty crazed. Also because monkeys are not my favorite animals.
We got to study a little bit before dinner and then my host mom took us to one of the walking street as they call them here. It is like one skinny street with vendors on each side and people shuffling in between them looking at the goods. The market was mostly Thai people which is much different then the other walking street that we are supposedly going to tonight. We found some great gifts for people, mostly for friends.
Marit and I are super tired and both very nervous for this Thai oral test. We have to speak Thai for four whole minutes to a group of four professors. They look for pronounciation and fluidity. I am in the process of calling all my Thai buddies and requesting their services haha.
This morning when we were working on some homework my kun mee (host mom) was washing her little kids hair and wanted to wash ours. She has a whole beauty salon set up with lounge chair and all. She washed our hair and gave us both head massages...it was so relaxing. Hopefully there will be more of these to come or maybe a sunday routine?
I am not sure what we will end up doing the rest of the day but hopefully I can ask them (in Thai) to wait to go to the hot springs until next weekend when we can spend the whole day there...sounds fun! Marit and I want to go to the Airport Plaza which is the mall here but really unlike most malls in the US. Hard to explain why but it just is. We both need some basics like tank tops to wear under our uniforms so hopefully we can find them there.
Thanks for replying to my last post...keep the questions coming and I will answer!!!!
Aubs