Mem all made up.
Old, chubby, young, lesbian,
or gay, everybody had fun.
Pui cracked up when it
was her turn to strut
her stuff on the catwalk.Today, I was up and out of bed at 6:00 a.m. with a lord-of-the-apes type yell, sat right down and got straight to work. By noontime, I had done a full day's work.
Pui and Mem have been taking a makeup course at one of the local colleges, and today was graduation, which meant getting all dressed up and having a little fashion show. I decided to go and watch.
Thai people put a lot of emphasis on finishing things, crossing landmarks of time, and making a pagaent out of even the not-so-important events. Therefore, after everybody was made up, there was an hour of nervous-but-proud school girls, housewives, and even a drag queen walking up and down the center aisle (with a little turn and twirl halfway down), and then awards and bouquets were handed out, the local news station shot some footage, the president of the college stopped by to offer congratulations and make a speech, and all of the students were feeling quite proud of themselves.
Then of course, food was served. There is always food served.
By then, it was late afternoon, so we went home, picked Pot up from school, got a quick shower in, and then it was over to Stan's house for cocktails before going out to dinner at A La Turka restaurant. Then, home to bed.
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