Workin' for the Weekend

Spent the weekend at Doi Suthep National Park.  Played in Mok Fah waterfall.  Ate lots of farang (which, hilariously, is both "foreigner" and a type of fruit).

Learned a lot of V. IMPORTANT STUFF re: rescuing people and performing the ABC safety check on them.  Example: "If you try to rescue your friend, THEY WILL DIE." -Ajaan Mark

sustained unbelievable amounts of mosquito bites.

Also, split into two teams and launched rescue scenarios out in the wilderness.  My group had to carry a person on a hammock across a terrifying stream, down two overgrown stone staircases, across a stretch of rocky path, and on a vertical, ultra-skinny riverbank.  I have never sweated so much.  NEVER.  Told a joke to the patient to keep her morale up.

"A grasshopper goes into a bar.  The bartender says, 'hey, we have a drink named after you!'  The grasshopper says, 'Why would you name a drink fred?'"  HAHAHA

The patient gave a groan of fake laughter.

Then we stumbled back to the waterfall (this was Saturday) and then stumbled back to our cabins.  Then Ajaan Mark split us into teams AGAIN and had us play ultimate frisbee with medicine balls.  Decided that NOW have never sweated so much.