The past week has not been particularly eventful.

Last Sunday was Rianna's birthday. Mama Sea took a few of us to dinner at the same place as my birthday party. This time, instead of eating bad curry, Rianna actually got to order what we ate, and it was delicious. Good Thai food is so good.

Some time in the past few weeks a new exchange student came to Korat, from South Africa. Her name is Jessie, and she seems very nice. It's also nice to have somebody new around, so that's good. Yesterday a bunch of us, including her, hung out and played cards (heavily disapproved of in public places here :[ ) at Mario's house. We've now expanded our game playing repertoire to include Texas hold'em.

In other news, as of Monday I've been here 6 MONTHS. That is a full HALF OF A YEAR. It's hard to believe, actually. It still feels like being here is so temporary, and like I've only been here for a short while. And yet, I feel like I have spent a lot of time here, I do have that 6 months of experience, and 6 months have indeed passed. Maybe it's because of the slight monotony of living here? Either way, it's pretty weird.