Friday night we invited Josh’s Thai students from last semester over for food and games. They came and treated us to some Thai soup with rice and a Thai dessert. All four are pursuing graduate degrees
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engineering- or science-related fields before returning to Thailand. Lha (“lah,” yellow shirt) is working on a Ph.D. Dow (red striped shirt) is working on her Ph.D. and is married to a judge in Thailand. This year her mother and 21-month-old son came to Texas to be with her as she studies far away from home. Mook (“moke,” in shorts) is also working on her Ph.D, and Boat is working on his MA and plans to stay for Ph.D. work. Boat came to UTA after being an exchange work/travel student at Six Flags where he did “all sorts of things.”
After we ate and looked at wedding pictures, Josh asked for a short Thai lesson concerning the Thai tones. In short the “word” na can be said five different ways meaning five totally different words, depending on the relative pitch of the vowel. After the lesson, we played a lively game of Jenga. The loser had to scoop the ice cream.
I love that it’s a night of fun and games, and there is a pick with Josh, Book, Marker, and White Board. 😉 Must be “Texan Fun” Love you both.
Kha! (did they say that a lot? We said that a lot in THailand… or at least i did. ;).
Wonderful! Jenga was a fun choice!
And yummy thai food! Mmmm… i might have to come to one of these things… except you mentioned Thai dessert and i see…brownies?
looks like a good time – thanks for the updates
So glad you are able to have these opportunities.