On friday, we had our graduation from the school of massage. We receive beginner’s level 1 certificate which certifies us to give massages to friends and family, to actually be able to give massages to clients you will need a lot more studying as you can imagine.   Michael(coordinator) planned  a nice ond day tour filled with different activities before we go to Bangkok for the second half of our summer selective. It was a nice tour. we had the opportunity to ride on an elephant, bamboo rafting, white water rafting (i opted out of this one) and trekking to a fountain.  this was the first time i had ever done something like this before so I was excited.  we also got a chance earlier int he day to to see an orchid farm and butterfly farm. (those should be self explanatory).  It was a long day, and I was very tired by the end of it.  Janelle and I returned to the hotel, took our showers, grab something to eat and packed for our trip this morning.

We are now in Bangkok and things are certainly a lot more different than they are in Chaing Mai.

I have completely lost count of how many hours I have been traveling. After collecting our baggages at Bangkok airport, we had a good 6 hours to wait to purchase our ticket to Chang Mai. During the six hours Janelle and I talked, made attempts to contact home which we were eventually successful at. We stopped at a restaurant to eat something, I looked through the menu and I figured ordering Fried rice with shrimp was a safe bet. Boy, was I wrong when the waiter brought the food there was a sudden smell of urine in the air. yea.. that smell was coming from the food on my plate. I am very big on the smell of anything I eat. I won’t even use pancake syrup because I can’t stand the smell of maple. Back to the urine, it tasted like what I imagined urine would taste like. You know how they say when you’re hungry everything tastes good.. that a BIG lie because this wasn’t tasting good at all. i tried to eat just some of the steamed rice but it was still hard to do. Thank God Janelle got some sour cream and onion pringles because that was what I ended up eating. We are now ending to Thai air terminal, my phone just started to work. I hope it continues to work in Chaing Mai.

Stay Blessed

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This is the longest trip I have been on so far and get this I still haven’t reached my final destination. I will be spending the night in Bangkok and take the first flight out Chaing Mai. It’s nice to have company, my friend Janelle and I met at the airport in Tokyo and will be continuing the journey together. I will also be sharing a room with her during the entire trip.

I am extremely tired and should be able to fall asleep once I arrive in Bangkok. Unfortunately, my phone doesn’t work in Tokyo and not likely to work in Bangkok. I guess just having a phone with a SIM card is not all that’s required. It also has to be able to work under the country’s frequency and mine didn’t Oh well… I’ll figure something out when I get to my final destination.

Stay Blessed!

10:15pm in Bangkok, 10:15am in Minneapolis (yea.. a full 12 hour difference) my jet lag is going to be really bad.

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I am now on flight 2040 departing Minneapolis/St.Paul airport. It is the first leg of my trip and also the shortest leg. I asked to be seated in first class (u know… free upgrade) but I was denied due to something about purchasing a discounted ticket shoo… I am a full-time student can’t afford to purchase a full price ticket yet. The lady at the AA desk told me the full price ticket from Minneapolis to Chicago Ohare was $650.00, why would anyone pay that for an hour flight. When I boarded the plane, I realized that first class was completely occupied anyway. I will ask for a free upgrade when I get to Chicago and prepare to board for my second flight. It doesn’t hurt to ask and there are only 2 options possible… so it’s cool. I got a neck pillow at the airport; I hope that will make me more comfy. I also have linen pants and leg warmers on because I always seem to get cold on the airplane.

To all those that said goodbye, good luck, and have a safe trip, may God bless you abundantly.

You think you know but you really don’t this is a post from Naijamd while on one of the significant trips she will ever take.

Stay Blessed!

We’re jammin to Jill Scott (Living my life… like its golden) as we prepare to lift off. I truly feel that’s how I am living right now. Ok… I didn’t bother to ask about the free upgrade, I will be fine I have my usual window seat and there seems to be ample leg space. I am so glad I decided to take this trip, although I am not excited about the amount of hours I will be spending on the plane (too long). I am going to deal with it. I am going to stop here for now as we lift off onto the second leg of my trip; Chi-town to Tokyo.

Stay Blessed!