Piraporn & Tosiporn’s dad came tonight. I don’t think I’ve mentioned these boys yet, which is odd. Because they are so darn cute. Their mom says they’re twins (13 yrs old), but they’re these two tiny boys that don’t look like twins.
And Piraporn is my little boyfriend. Hands down the cutest. I hug him every day. And when the kids don’t believe me when I say I don’t have a boyfriend, I say, “Okay, fine! It’s Piraporn.” And I make a heart shape with my hands. Then the girls go chase after him, squealing.
Tanit is the second cutest kiddo. He always wears something on his head. I think he’s embarrassed by his hair cut (it’s the shortest out of all the boys, but oh so adorable). So my goal is to make him take off those hats, hoods, etc before I leave here. He actually took the hood off of a jacket and just wears it. Like, he puts the hood on and buttons the buttons under his chin. So whenever I see him, I say, “Tuh law.”
“You’re handsome.”
Hehe. I also take at least one picture of Piraporn and Tanit every day, and when I miss the kids while they’re at school, all I have to do is turn on my camera.
So anyway, Piraporn & Tosiporn’s dad came to dinner (Karen culture: you can just show up whenever, and you’re always welcome, which happens a lot here!). He drove 11 hours on his motorbike. He has 12 kids. And the family is really, really poor. He had to bring us some school papers and personal information about the boys. We just opened the package up, and the papers are wrapped in a flimsy, ripped plastic bag. After sorting through the papers, we unearthed little pictures of each boy. I got one of each, and I’m going to keep them in the pocket of my Moleskine.
This just totally made my day.
I’ve been serving meals as much as I can. The kids can come up for more food if they want, and whenever Piraporn comes up, his plate is spotless. Not a grain of rice left. WOW. And we think some of these kids were malnourished when brought to the center, so I always give HUGE scoops of rice. Haha.
“Cow mai??” = “More rice??”
I woke up today realizing that today’s the day of the PURSUE Pro-Am. I hope it went well.
3 comments:
haha the spotless plate could be related to something my grandpa used to tell me, "If you don't clean your plate, your wife will be ugly... look what happened to me." he said it right in front of my grandma... hehe -.-;
maybe your "boyfriend" is trying to keep you as his wife
haha Kevin that's hilarious!
Aww I can't wait to see more pictures (I'm banned from facebook...until after the mcat.)
LUB YOUU <3
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