All Buses Equal Hazard!

Yesterday I went with Cherry, another teacher at my school, to teach children at a Muslim school.  It was a very exciting experience.  There were so many kids, and they all wore the same little cute outfits, boys were blue and the girls wore pink.  

First we sang songs with lots of hand motions.  The kids really liked it, their voices were like an explosion when we sang the loud songs.  I wondered how so much noise could come from things so cute and little!  Then, I read them a story, and they really liked it!  They were really attentive and wide eyed as I told them the story.  Finally, Cherry and I taught them some basic English.  They all understood it so well. I helped them write their Ts by guiding their hands in the simple strokes.  I wanted to adopt all of them!!

On the way back, I rode in another bus, this time it was the Green 40.  It was smaller than the Blue 40.  As soon as I got in, I knew it was another awful ride.  It wasn't nearly as crowded, but I don't know how many more people the little bus could hold.  The bus sounded like it was going to fall apart, the engine was so loud I couldn't even hear peoples' conversations going on around me.  Also, the poor man sitting right next to me.  Thai buses are made for Thai people.  A girl like me is about twice the size of Thai girls, so when I take a seat on a bus, my butt is overfills into the next seat... I'm pretty sure the guy was wondering what was wrong with me.  

It didn't help that the entire bus was rattling.  I felt like I was mowing grass back home in the field, I was constantly shaking!  This caused me to keep bumping into the man next to me, he must have been really annoyed with me!!  All I could do was look down, which wasn't a good thing either.  I could see the street under me as we drove over it!  The tiny boards under my feet were so little and frail, I wondered if I was going to fall through.  I swear half the bus was covered in tin foil, the seat in front of me was coming apart, I'm sure mine was too with my American size body...

When I got off, I didn't expect it to stop for me, as I had before.  I knew better.  Maybe it would be best if I didn't a bus at all, but they sure do make for an interesting trip!