Luke, one of the strangers I met during my trekking weekend, turned out to be good for more than just a few crocodile photos and some fire twirling. He told me about the flying chicken restaurant (win!) and invited me to volunteer with his crew at a kids day in Bangkok. His crew, Karma Klique, hosted a boat party, complete with food, drinks, dancing and a dj. All of the proceeds from the party went to a low income thai school in the Khlongtoey slums. Karma Klique decided not just to donate the money, but to also throw a huge party for the kids. There were magicians, musicians, dancers, face painters and a balloon animal making clown. On the day of the event, 25 of us volunteered to run the stations and interact with the kids. I was able to meet some really awesome individuals (most of whom weren't teachers, but just wanted to do something nice for the kids!) I also got to make some friends who worked as translators because they spoke both thai and english (one even spoke german too!) Have I mentioned yet how embarrassed I am to be monolingual? I'm trying to learn, really I am. Anyway, the kids absolutely loved it! I got to play musical chairs and run relay races with them (we only managed to break 10 eggs with 100 kids-- not bad!) In between activities, the kids sipped on "green drink" which is the equivalent of a cup of simple syrup died green--- it was thick, pure liquid sugar; the kids loved it. I on the other hand could only manage a few sips before I could feel my teeth rotting out of my head :) But the craziest, most ridiculous, out of this world part, came when I met my game station partner--- he not only was from the states, he was from Chicago, we not only knew each other, he happened to date my cousin for five years. What're the odds in a city of 8.5 million people to run into someone like that? Maybe Bangkok isn't so big after all.
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