More Scary Stuff

I hate to be Debbie Downer, but since my visit to Pattaya, a serious of odd events have taken place.
The Serious Stuff:
- Four students at Pattarayan crammed on one motor scooter and had an accident. One M2/5 (eighth grade) student died, two are still in the hospital, and one is recovering at home.
- I've been hearing a bunch of sad news from home: a Rice student/Hanszenite went missing; another Rice student is in a coma; a Baylor med student died; bad car accidents in North Idaho (plus a man severing and microwaving his hand?!).
The Not-So-Serious Stuff:
- Over the weekend I went to Suphanburi with my friend Peach and her father Pirapong. We stayed at Peach's maternal grandmother's house, where Peach's family lived for about 20 years before they moved to their home in Nakhon Chaisi two years ago. It's quite common for extended family to live together, but I was surprised at how the four of them fit in one tiny room. Here's the strange part- we went to hell. Seriously (sorry, Mom, I know you hate that word), we went to a temple complex that had a beautiful temple, a HUGE Buddha, replicas of India temples, a yard filled with over a hundred Buddha statues, and HELL. If you don't believe me, see the picture above of just one of the gory scenes. It was totally gruesome, vulgar, and barbaric as demons mutilated people, vultures riped out their guts, and diseases infected their bodies. Ick.
- The Suphanburi market was filled with fish. All sorts of fish were flopping around in the streets waiting to be chosen, hacked up, and eaten for dinner. Other delicacies were available, too, like various insects and even rodent rotisserie.

Despite all the absurdity of the past week or so, life is good. I'm enjoying myself despite the occasional bout of homesickness and can't believe that I'll be home in only two months!