Some People Should Not be Allowed to Hold the Conch...

Here's one of my journal entries from this weekend. It was a lot of fun...really!:)
Friday Nov 16, 2007:
"Some people should not be allowed to hold the conch! I'm on a bus right now with a bunch of Thai teachers going for a weekend outing...I have a feeling this is going to be one of the longest weekends of my life. Who does karaoke on a bus...at 4:30 in the morning?! And whoever decided it was a good idea to put microphones on a bus in Thailand was crazy! Someone has been talking or singing on the mic non-stop since we got on the bus...I know I'll look back on this experience later and laugh...didn't these people wake up at 3am like I did?! I'm praying for patience:)"
"...it is now 7:00am. Karaoke is still going strong:)...the microphone chiefs have quieted down and passed the conch to a few other people who want to try their hand at karaoke. I have decided on two new rules for the microphone: 1. If your normal speaking voice is already louder than the microphone, you are not allowed to use it; 2. If you yell into the mic, you will be thrown from the bus..."
"...it is now 3:30pm. Believe it or not, yes, we are still on the bus, and yes, karaoke is still teh entertainment of choice. How much of this can a person take before they go bonkers?! WE did have two brief breaks, one for breakfast, and one for lunch..."
"Well after approximately 12 hours of karaoke, we've arrived at our destination..."
So, the weekend was actually really fun. We stoped stopped at a famous art school where a world famous artist teaches, went to a vineyard, got fresh oranges at an orange grove, visited a famous Buddhist temple, "climbed" at mountain to watch the sunrise over an Bhuddha shrine, did more karaoke, went to a place called Kuen Ming that reminds me a little bit of the mountains in southern China, and definitely didn't get enough sleep...oh, the memories:)