Family meeting [Thailand 2011-2012]

For those who do not know, I am 100% Thai and I have many relatives from both sides of my family. What I am going to share with you in this entry is the meeting between me and my family from my father's side.

My parents got divorced since I was 2 years old, so I basically grew up with my mom. But my mom and some of the relatives from my father's side have been keeping contact since then and I am lucky to know them too. Even though I grew up having no father, I am glad enough that I could keep these people who love me.

I am very close to my cousin, who is born the same year as me. She is just some couple of months younger than me, so we have know each other since we were babies. I used to travel to her place in every holiday and we used to play, fight, eat and sleep together. I can tell that we are like sisters, and we used to be like twins when we were younger and our parents wanted us to wear the same clothes or made the same matching hair. As far as I can remember she has always been taller than me, so I usually get clothes from her and this still happens with me. Yes, she is taller than me and I get clothes from her... Since I moved to Norway we did not see each other as often as before. For a while I felt that we have grown from each other, but going back and meet her this time has proved that we are still close. She gave me a Tony Molly lipstick with the coolest packaging I have ever seen. I really miss her!

We dropped in a café to eat lunch(toasts with ice-cream)

We made an appointment to meet at a mall near her place. It was my first day to travel alone in Bangkok and I was really nervous that I would get lost, which I did not. I planed everything before hand and I knew where to go, because I obviously could understand the signs... But I also tried to hide that I was nervous that day. After we met and went though some shops(without really buying anything) we went to her house, where her parents(my uncle and aunt) were waiting for me. Obviously they have been missing me a lot, because they gave me many hugs and sniff-kisses. Then we went through the closet to see if there is anything fits me. On the return I got two bags with clothes... Thank you, thank you and thank you for the clothes.

Later we met my other cousins and their children, and we went for dinner. I met one of their children last time when I was in Thailand, back then she was a little child and now she has grown bigger than me! Well, it is easy to be bigger and taller than me, but I was so shocked, because I remembered her as a little girl... You know you have been gone for a long time, when people are taller than you comparing to the last time you saw them. Anyways, the dinner was delicious, all seafood, which is kind of luxurious in Thailand.

Thank you for taking your time to see me, I am not going to forget those moments. I love and miss you all!

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Hope you enjoyed this entry. Sorry for having been gone for a couple of days. Next time I will share with you those days I met my best friend again. If you are interested, then please stay tune!

-Patch