I've been rather obsessed with the sky lately.

On the way back from Pi Aim and Beth's wedding, we took a road by Pi Boon's village. Everything was so green and fresh looking so we rolled down the windows and let our hair blow around and smack our faces... all this while listening to reggae.

The sky. It seems like it's able to reflect every kind of human emotion. It's always there above us yet it never stays the same. It's always moving, always reflecting something. It dares express the things I am too ashamed to show. It is huge and when I looked at it the other day it seemed to have a thousand dimensions- if that even makes sense. It's kind of like a person with so many shifting moods. Amazing.

I've been having P'Dtum come over to read the Thai bible over with me and explain words I'm not familiar with. So far... I love it. There seems to be such a richness in Thai that I seem to miss while reading the English bible.
And then there's all the vocabulary used for royalty. In English, Jesus' hand is just his hand. But in Thai it's .... ah, nevermind. This keyboard does't have Thai symbols. It would be something like 'pra haht'. It's pretty neat to see such a level of respect given to Jesus... respect that I usually don't give.
And I'm realizing how hard English is if you haven't grown up speaking it. Several people have told me their frustration with English... it's hard!

be a winner

I'm home alone and I haven't even thought of turning the tv on. That's encouraging. I was watching some a few nights ago... but the cable started screwing up around 9:30 pm. So, all that was left was Benny Hinn and JCTV (Jesus Christ TV). A bible trivia game was on JCTV so I watched it to see if I could get any of the answers right. Then they announced the prizes that the winners would get... and... well... I thought they were ridiculous.
"Be the first on your block to wear these Christian shoes and show everyone that you are blessed by God." As a pair of white tennis shoes are shown with the world 'blessed' written on the side in gold lettering. And then gold praying hands on the flap.
"Be a witness to others by wearing these Christian T-shirts..."
"Christian bags..."
"Christian pants..."
"Christian boardgames..."
Christian, Christian, Christian.

" That right there is American Christianity," my dad says.

... is it?