I thought I would tell you guys about my birthday today even though it’s a while back I thought I would catch up because it really was an awesome day. So the day before my birthday I was really super bummed out and sad because I am so far away from my family. Yes I have spent many birthdays away from my family but then I would be with my best friends. It just felt different knowing I was so far away from my family and I wouldn’t get phone calls from my family members as usual or stay up until midnight with my best friend just so that she could be the first one to say happy birthday. Eventually I just went to bed and let it go because I knew things would be different on exchange there is no point being sad about it. At midnight I got a call from Juvan and trust me I was not expecting that. After that I went to bed pretty happy because if that could happen who knows what else could happen on my birthday. I woke up to an amazing message from my best friend  and then my mom and biebie called me and sang happy birthday to me even though it was 2 Am in South Africa so that was so amazing. Then I went to school and got to see my friends and have everybody say happy birthday to me. My host grandmother gave me money to buy me and all my friends’ pizza and have it delivered to school. It’s amazing how anybody can change into a super spy when you are trying to hide pizza from all the food stealing people in your class. They found us anyway and ate all of our pizza but hey it’s okay they bought me a cake and surprised me so that was really nice. I got home and Skyped with my mom and biebie and my dad and my sister so it was really nice. Then I had dinner with the whole family and I really loved it. My host grandmother made me traditional super long Chinese noodles to represent a long life and she also made me a great chocolate cake. My host mom made sure I was happy all day and got me the greatest gifts I asked for. My host uncle and aunt got me an amazing ice cream cake and a really pretty shirt. The best part of the day was just having dinner with all of the people from my host family, talking and laughing and just having a really good day when I felt like it would have been a horrible day I had a really great time!

The day after my birthday my host mom took me to Bangkok to see the new Transformers movie. We went shopping and I bought myself some presents. The movie was so great and I was laughing so much! Then we had really great dinner and went home and I love love spending days with my host mom. We always have things to talk about and laugh about and spending days with her always makes me feel like I am in-between family.

It’s weird how small things can make such a big difference in your life. How great days can cancel the other bad days out and make it feel like nothing is really that bad. I only have about 3 months left in Thailand and now I feel for the first time like I am really going to miss Thailand and the people in it! I am starting to feel at home