Yesterday I had a dessert-free day (I too was awe-struck, don’t worry, it will pass).
My new favorite thing: homemade muesli and yogurt with fruit at Bird’s Nest Cafe, and a latte. Apparently, the same 6 or so friends/workers (?) just hang around the small cafe (seemingly using up all the bandwidth on the free wifi) every day. One (the owner maybe?) spent yesterday playing chess with his left hand and, adding to the wall mural with his right (so impressed). I don’t really understand yet, but I like my muesli.
In the morning, we were sworn in as official volunteers for Care for Dogs. After orientation (petting 160 dogs, approximately), we took a few dogs for a walk along with James from Australia, another new volunteer. My favorite jumping dog (“Malago”) walked herself, escorting us through the woods to a small pond, disappearing at intervals to sprint around uninhibited.
We watched documentaries (esp. recommend “In The Middle of The Bridge: Burmese Monks in Foreign Lands”) and participated in a Q & A session with three Burmese monks (another Best Friend’s Library event). The monks ended by telling us a joke – I am sort of in love. We attended a lecture on democracy. We made friends with a retired-expat-amateur-Burmese-activist-who-loves-Hanoi. We attended lunch with more new friends, aka Team Chiang Mai, and completed our first translating job for Amnesty International (well, Im translated, I edited).
Not bad for 40 hours without dessert (but I am already planning kanum pang at Mont tomorrow).
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