February went by quicker than I can ever explain it’s like when you just want to close your eyes for 5 min and wake up 4 hours later! I “finished” the 11^th grade, renewed my visa, saw a super-hot guy at the embassy, ate a lot of pizza, watched tons of movies and went to a few weddings. I have officially decided I want a Thai style wedding reception they are just amazing! Thai wedding receptions are so big and so beautiful, and they always have this cute movie of everything leading up to the wedding and a little message from the bride and groom and the most amazing pictures and I think it is so so cute to have something like that for everybody to watch. Also I won’t mind all the gifts they get #justsaying :p I always meet Momo at weddings and we also sit at the back and eat and eat and have a great time so I don’t mind the huge amount of weddings I go to, also I get to dress up and feel pretty for a night and that’s always a bonus. My Rotary clubs president’s daughter got married on the 28^th of February and my YEO got me the most beautiful dress made out of Thai Silk and I felt like a queen in that dress I am so lucky.

On the 3^rd of March I hit my 3 month mark and changed host families on the 4th! I now live with P’earn and her family they have the most beautiful house (honestly my dream house) and they are such nice people so I think I will be very happy here. On the 6^th of March I and 10 other woman from my Rotary club flew to Surat Thani in the South of Thailand for the Rotary International District 3330 Conference. We got there a day before everybody else so we spent the day eating amazing seafood and watching English Tv (a very rare thing believe me). The next day people started showing up and the fun started! I initially shared a room with my Rotary counsellor until my room become Youth Exchange headquarters because we needed somewhere cold to practise our performance for the next day. 22 exchange students cramped into 1 small room and we had so much fun!! I and 3 of the other exchange students Becca, Brandon and Etienne had solo pieces we needed to sing and we decided that the place to practise would be in the bathroom, the acoustics were great the heat not so much. In the afternoon everybody started going back to their own hotels to get ready for the award night and I went to get my hair done with our stylists that my Rotary club flew in from Bangkok to make sure my club looked their best!! The Award night started and everyone looked their best, we all sat at the back and cheered every time one of our clubs got a prise naturally I and Frederik made a competition of it witch kind of failed when he fell asleep on my lap but my club still won and got the 2^nd most awards of the night –Proud Pra Pathom Chedie Member- . After that most people went back to their hotels but me Noemie, Brandon, Etienne and David walked over to 7 eleven and bought chips and coke and sweets and chicken and juice and sat on the floor of the hotel and had a midnight pick nick. I ended up sharing my room with Noemie and Taylor and had to make beds on the floor but we had fun. We woke up very early the next morning to practise one more time and then it was time for our performance to start and we did the Waka Waka song and dance and I had so much fun being the only African dancing on the song for South Africa!! The performance went well except for me forgetting one of my lines out of pure nervousness but thank goodness Becca stepped right in and saved me and I don’t think anybody even noticed. The rest of the day we had off and we went back to the Hotel room and slept for a few hours before starting to get ready for the country theme night, I was the only exchange student dancing with their club so I got all dressed up and got my hair and makeup done and my counsellor kept on taking pictures feeling like I was her daughter going to prom 😀 they went out of their way to make me feel special and I don’t even have words to say how much I appreciate it! The other exchange students didn’t need to come because they didn’t have to do anything but they all showed up to support me and got on stage to dance with me at the end and once again it amazed me that we could all be that close, I love them so much! After that we went out and walked around at the night market for a hour. Then we all went to Brandon’s room and played games, listened to music and made jokes. After a few hours most people had to go back to their hotels and we went to take a shower. Later that night we went back to Brandon’s room and the 6 of us continued the party, me and Noemie made Brandon and David walk to 7 eleven to buy us food because we were too lazy! The next morning we had to say goodbye and all go back to our cities and everything was fine until I was almost home and realized all the Rotarians are going back to their families and I’m not. That’s when the homesickness hit me hard, they say the 3 month mark is hard and now I know what they mean. You just start to feel comfortable but then you start wondering if you want to be here, if it’s worth it, if you’re missing too much back home, if people are forgetting you,  if the culture is not to different, if your strong enough to do it. It’s like a huge wave of emotion hits you out of nowhere at the most unexpected time and a million things go through your mind and no matter what you do you can’t stop the tears.

I really miss my family and I could do with a proper hug. But I know I’m having a life in a year and every day is special even if they aren’t easy. Stay strong and push through because it is SOOO worth it !!