Sweet Hope Warrior,

I think I am homesick for heaven. Sometimes I just yearn to leave where I am, I usually think that turning to America, Walla Walla or Hoquiam would do. But even there I would be homesick for something. I never reckoned before that it could be heaven but then one of my friends mentioned heaven.

I am still so "American" I love it and yet at the same time resent this part of me. I struggle with realizing that a collectivistic culture and attitude it possible, acceptable and a reality for so many. Sometimes I truly miss individualism and other times I wish it wouldn't be so obvious in my own being. This morning my friend (Ma'am) Shelly had to tell her class we couldn't go on a field trip because the students weren't wearing their school uniform. Apparently it misrepresents Thai people, the Senior class and Ekamai International School. My thought is do businesses really look at whether a group of kids are in uniform or not? I don't know. It would totally mind boogle some people here if our school was even more 'Americanized' and didn't have uniforms... that would definetely be the day.