Day 13: July 3, 2008

Today was a very exciting day for me-- I officially found a home for my kitten!  But to rewind...I woke up late (answered the phone for my alarm and was unable to actually wake up- dream about us using the moon to somehow capture solar power from the moon because the power went out and I got scared because I thought the moon would fall out of the sky because that's not natural, then it did and hit a street lamp near me, that's when I woke up...I know, weird!).  So I got dressed fast and ran down to breakfast, then I went to a hospital with Julie to help her do an interview for her story.  The interview was with a  5 year old burmese child and we had trouble getting him to sit still, but I think in the end we ended up getting enough stuff to work for what she needed.  Then I rode on my first soong tao ("two bench"), which is basically a bus in thailand.  It's a truck with 2 benches and an overlay on the back (I have a picture Julie took of me on it- so I'll get it up eventually).  So we rode on our soong tao for only 50 baht (about a dollar) back to our hotel.  When we got back I went to my room to check on my kitten, and ended up taking a nap with him (he was so cute- he cuddled up under my chin the entire time!).  Then Charissa, Phil, and I went into town for dinner.  On the way they dropped/picked up laundry and we dropped the kitten off with is new owner.  He's this swedish guy I had previously met.  His name is Per Oolaaf and he is a retired swedish doctor military person who now lives here in Khao Lak with his Thai girlfriend who owns a coffee shop.  He named the kitten "Baghera" from the Jungle Book and was really nice!  He said I can come back and visit the kitten whenever I want!  Then we ran some errands, got pizza for dinner (we were all craving cheese and non-thai food!), then headed back to the hotel.  Grace and I had a beer before the meeting, then went to the meeting, then did some work afterwards.  Bed soon after to prepare for an early morning!