I love lists. Check lists, to-do lists, shopping lists, packing lists, lists of my goals and dreams - I have an entire journal dedicated to lists! So it seems only fitting that I should make a bucket list of my what I want to do and see next year.
1. Be fluent, or at least conversational in Thai. This could be hard since Thai is a tonal language without a Romanized alphabet, but I will try nonetheless.
2. Complete my senior year so I can walk with the rest of my homeschool class next spring when I get back!
3. Eat some Thai street food (haha, don't tell anyone!)
4. Visit Chiang Mai. I've heard that that AFS Thailand does a mid-year camp in Chiang Mai, so I want to see the city and the beautiful mountains and temples in it!
5. Visit a Buddhist temple
6. Visit an Islamic mosque. This may be hard since Thailand's Muslims are mainly in the south and I may not get to go there, but I want to try!
7. Get a traditional Thai massage! Or, better yet, become certified in Thai massage.
8. Do lots of volunteering in my community, hopefully with children.
9. Go to the beach. And therefore, swim.
10. Travel in a tuk-tuk, the traditional Thai "taxi." And not get scammed by my driver!
11. Be on a sports team at school (hopefully soccer!)
12. Participate in Songkran (Thai New Year) festival.
13. Take Muay Thai (Thai Boxing) lessons.
14. Do a project photographing and cataloguing the temples of Thailand. This is a possible capstone project!
15. Help someone here at home apply for YES Abroad!
16. Touch/ride an elephant. A girl can dream!
17. Cook American food for my host family.
18. Keep this blog updated!
That's all for now, but it's already kind of long! I might add some things later, but I think that's a good place to start, don't you?
Emily
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