buddhism and cloth weaving..

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spent the last 2 days in school well from 9 - 2.30 anyway.. lessons going really well. did the "Angels" routine today the kids in the class loved it as did kids from neighbouring classes who massed outside to see what was going on. yesterday PM visited a Thai cloth weaving place (we're talking cottage industry here). the women turn out beautifully coloured and patterned cloth on these seemingly antiquated foot and hand driven looms that on the face of it looks like it could go wrong at any second. its all in the timing apparently, a reel of cotton is fired backwards and forwards between umpteen strands of cloth by the pulling of a string. a millisecond out and it all goes pear shaped.
i bought a lurid green silk shirt from these people that I feel I may only wear in Thailand. had a lovely meal in a very nice thai restaurant.
in school today i was walking past a group of teenage girls when i heard "i missed you"............. so funny, these kids speak more English than you think sometimes...
this PM we were honoured to have the Head Monk of a large temple in Trang visit us and introduced us (via an interpretor) to Buddhism. a very serene looking 32 year old man who was happy to answer anny of our questions.
my gems were:

how old are you - 32
do you interact with other religions? - i read about all things in order to gain knowledge
who is your best friend? - none there is only me.

interesting stuff - showed us how to meditate - think i'll give it a shot my mind is so full of bullshit most of the time. if i could clear it out it would be marvellous

out for dinner again tonight - 2 more of the Volunteers are leaving, and 2 others are going with them to Phuket for the weekend. didnt fancy that so im not sure what im doing....

no work tomorrow so can relax............. working in the heat in strdies and shoes is draining..