This weekend we went to Kanchunaburi for a team building opportunity for all of the teaching staff at Lertlah School. The resort was BEAUTIFUL and the party was well organized as a whole, but I could not believe that I was actually a part of reality, and if I was in fact still in "real life" I truly began to wait for candid camera to pop out from the bushes.
The day began with 300 teachers, both foreign and Thai, in a room, sitting in the circle. We, the foreigners, smiled at the MC, which of course was all in Thai, so we had no idea what it was that we found so "funny". We moved from sitting on chairs to sitting on the floor for a couple of hours. The reason this was also so funny to me was because there is no way that this would ever happen in Canada. The day progressed as we were all placed into teams and had to walk around the grounds (the team remaining in a giant circle of yarn), moving from station to station. The stations included everything from rolling in fridge boxes to jumping along on crazy carpets. We were also led through army ant hills and were again asked to sit on the grass, which resulted in hives for us crazy white folk.
The candid camera crew totally lucked out in the evening when we hit up karaoke and dancing. CRAZY!!! I of course did my share (I will Survive) but Anthony stomped us all with "Sex Bomb". Amazing really. Karaoke is also taken quite seriously. We were rewarded with beer and booze for our team efforts from the afternoon and then joined in on the dancing. This was also crazy. At one point a few of us simply began yelling "loud noises, loud noises". Nothing is fazed. Cranberries "Zombie" is also another favorite around here, so that too was simply crazy. Everything is crazy and I sometimes feel that there is little need to even try and explain.
Good times, good times! The adventures continue...
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