Christmastime in Lampang
Well I have to admit that I'm pretty surprised by the amount of Christmas decorations I've seen around. Most of them are actually for New Years because the Thais really go all out for the holiday, but it's still nice to see so many lights around. And I've been hearing snatches of Christmas music here and there. This weekend I stayed in Lampang and just got ready for Christmas. It will be my first one away from home and I'm getting a bit whistful already.
On Friday night, our friend Joe showed up at the bar dressed in a Santa costume. He is an old guy from Brooklyn...real thick New York accent and a long grey ponytail. He had just finished participating in his school's Christmas show in which he rode up on a motorcycle dressed as Santa. The funny thing was that he didn't even realize he had the costume on backwards so he looked even sillier. When he walked into More TAO, the band immediately started playing Jingle Bells.
Saturday, I spent the day alone because Hilary went to Chiang Mai. I got lost in a sort of labyrinth of an indoor market that had very few exits and little light. I was highly aware that I was the only foreigner in the place because it's not the sort of place that mos foreigners would venture. It was behind all the stores on the street and there were stalls that went on for miles and miles. It's weird to think that there are such hidden places like that...must've walked by it a hundred times but never even knew it existed.
I bought some Christmas decorations and went home and watched the Grinch and Polar Express. Maybe it was the fact that I was alone in a foreign country putting up Christmas decorations but somehow that Polar Express movie really got me crying. I'm such a wimp! It's not even that great of a movie but i think it's going to be a bit of a difficult Christmas for me. Sigh.
Saturday night I went with Nadine and La to the ceramic fair again. It was the second-to-last day open so everything was discounted. I was planning to buy lots of stuff for christmas gifts but unfortunately most of the good stuff had already sold. We still had a good time looking around and then went out to dinner with friends at the Riverside.
Sunday I made Christmas cookies with Chan since she has an oven. I made these Thumbprint cookies that I've always loved. What an ordeal to get the ingredients! I couldn't find shortening or pecans. I ended up substiuting almost everything...thank god they turned out alright! We had so much fun that we're going to bake more on Tuesday. We also went shopping at the Chinese weekend market and I found quite a few nice gifts.
We're getting our Christmas plans in order. My school's Christmas show is on Friday. Christmas eve is a potluck at Karen's house. Actually we are also making a pinata and having a gift exchange. Then Christmas day we are eating at Nadine and La's.
Hope you all are enjoying the holidays. I'm thinking about everyone and sending you my best Christmas wishes!
On Friday night, our friend Joe showed up at the bar dressed in a Santa costume. He is an old guy from Brooklyn...real thick New York accent and a long grey ponytail. He had just finished participating in his school's Christmas show in which he rode up on a motorcycle dressed as Santa. The funny thing was that he didn't even realize he had the costume on backwards so he looked even sillier. When he walked into More TAO, the band immediately started playing Jingle Bells.
Saturday, I spent the day alone because Hilary went to Chiang Mai. I got lost in a sort of labyrinth of an indoor market that had very few exits and little light. I was highly aware that I was the only foreigner in the place because it's not the sort of place that mos foreigners would venture. It was behind all the stores on the street and there were stalls that went on for miles and miles. It's weird to think that there are such hidden places like that...must've walked by it a hundred times but never even knew it existed.
I bought some Christmas decorations and went home and watched the Grinch and Polar Express. Maybe it was the fact that I was alone in a foreign country putting up Christmas decorations but somehow that Polar Express movie really got me crying. I'm such a wimp! It's not even that great of a movie but i think it's going to be a bit of a difficult Christmas for me. Sigh.
Saturday night I went with Nadine and La to the ceramic fair again. It was the second-to-last day open so everything was discounted. I was planning to buy lots of stuff for christmas gifts but unfortunately most of the good stuff had already sold. We still had a good time looking around and then went out to dinner with friends at the Riverside.
Sunday I made Christmas cookies with Chan since she has an oven. I made these Thumbprint cookies that I've always loved. What an ordeal to get the ingredients! I couldn't find shortening or pecans. I ended up substiuting almost everything...thank god they turned out alright! We had so much fun that we're going to bake more on Tuesday. We also went shopping at the Chinese weekend market and I found quite a few nice gifts.
We're getting our Christmas plans in order. My school's Christmas show is on Friday. Christmas eve is a potluck at Karen's house. Actually we are also making a pinata and having a gift exchange. Then Christmas day we are eating at Nadine and La's.
Hope you all are enjoying the holidays. I'm thinking about everyone and sending you my best Christmas wishes!
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