onight was supposed to be Natasha and I having dinner with the twins.  We said Wednesday at 7:30 and they agreed.  However when we waited at the entrance at 7:30 they didn't come.  So we called and with our broken English/Thai they said they were working until 9 so we asked if we could have a beer later after work.  I love miscommunication.  At 9 they showed up, well one of the brothers and another guy on one motorbike.  they each had a beer.  So we asked if we could go anywhere and have a beer (as nice as drinking half a beer in the driveway is, we were looking for something ...different) So they took us to this party.  We had to take two trips to get everyone there which meant I went first and got dropped off, now I am alone at the party.  It was fun and as usual everyone was happy to see me, a farang, at the Thai party and they started feeding me whiskey.  I ended up talking to the mayor's wife (confusion from an earlier story, he is in fact the mayor) and having a grand old time.  Throughout the course of the night we talked about several things.  In the end I am not sure what all I committed to, but it was a number of things.  -31K bike race, announcing said race, teaching English to the staff at the local hotel and maybe something else I don't even know I said.  Crazy language barrier.  I am happy to announce the race and teach at least for a while.  It is nice to give back to the community.  At the end of the night Kay and Ken convinced us to go to dinner (at 11:30), which ended up being about 10 people including the mayor and his wife.  They were very nice hosts and the mayor's wife bought us dinner.  Well I feel like we are rubbing elbows with the elite!  What a night, not anything like what we planned, but very fun.  I love those nights. -Alice - Free