Today I sat on the floor of the temple all day and folded banana leaves that were then put together for mini floats to be handed to one of 100 boys who will become a monk this weekend. School was closed today to get ready for the festival and all the teachers were there making banana leaf floats too. We just sat and chatted and laughed all day. It was a nice example of how relaxed and layed back Thais are. And it felt wonderful that I was just another thai person there, nothing special. It was even no big deal to me when my shoes went missing. I wasn't wearing my shoes because you don't wear shoes inside a temple, so I left them at the door, with all the other shoes. And at about 2 PM when I went to go outside they were no where to be seen. I never found them, but no big deal. 'Mai Pen Rai' as the Thais say 30 times a day, which means 'no worries.'
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