My birthday was pretty laid back. Nammon didn't have enough money for bus fare and had a cousin coming to visit, and all of my friends seemed to have disappeared for the holidays. I just stayed in my room, slept and talked on the phone for most of the day. In the end my birthday was a good reminder that I'm not a little kid anymore. If I want to do things in life I need to be the one who makes it happen.

Songkran was more exciting, but not much more. I stayed in my room and slept during the three day holiday. Most of my friends were on family trips or afraid to leave the house in fear of getting squirt guns and baby powder shoved in their face all day. I gave in the second night and went out with P'Ek. Ek picked me up wearing a tank of water with a gun attached. I hopped on the back of the bike and we went on a tour of Bangkok's hot spots for water fights. First we went to Silom and watched Ek's younger brother play music with his friends, then we went to Kao San road. Kao San have already "closed" so the only people left over were there to drink or buy expensive touristy goods. Next we went back to Silom and fought our way through the crowds to park. We walked down one side of the road, faces white with powder girls and gays would gently smear on our faces, then walked back the other side of Silom Road getting buckets of ice water poured down our necks. Back on the bike and headed to RCA. RCA plaza had the normal scene of scantly dressed twenty year olds hopping between expensively priced bars, but also had a huge plastic tent that ran the length of the road. Inside the tent machines shot out foam bubbles which were chest deep. Ek and I had fun walking around, saw some friend's of P'ek and ate food. I missed Nammon a lot. She couldn't leave home and I had to tag along with P'ek alone.

Worked out ok thought. After Songkran we took Nammon's cousin Punch to Big C and sung karaoke together. Then went to eat at a barbecue buffet. Lots and Lots of food. The girls fought each other in order to get all the bigger shrimp heads, I was happy just eating shrimp. Afterwards, we bought ice cream at 7-11 then took a taxi back to the house. We looked at some old pictures then went to buy more food. Just hanging out at the house was a good end to the holiday. That was about it for Songkran. Laid back, easy, fun.

The university prom is coming up next month on the 5th. This means band practice at least twice a week. 30 songs.

Wish me luck. This month has been stressful already and I we're just now getting close to finals = twice as stressed. I need all the luck I can get.