For the Love of Food!

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Hello!

So reason #4892834 why Thailand is such an amazing place to study abroad via UCEAP โ€“ I am confident that we have one of the best on-site advisors! Every month, he takes the group of us out to some of the fanciest restaurants and hotel buffets โ€“ and it is something that we all look forward to, because he has this uncanny knack of being able to constantly out-do himself with each new place! Seriously, I donโ€™t know how he can top five-star restaurant after five-star restaurant, but he manages to do it, and it is absolutely fantastic!

Month #8, and these dinners are really starting to help satisfy my cravings for home food, or at least, something other than Thai food. Donโ€™t get me wrong, Thai food is amazing and I love it, but sometimes, thereโ€™s nothing quite like good seafood or Italian. And Iโ€™m starting to miss the simple things that I used to enjoy back home โ€“ a cup of coffee at my favorite downtown coffee shop, driving through my town at night with my friends, etc. My craving of home food just amplifies those feelings. Itโ€™s crazy.

But with that being said, I am definitely not ready to go back just yet. I am very much excited for the upcoming trip I have planned for Chiang Mai / Pai / Nan / the North. The last time I was up in the Chiang Mai-Chiang Rai area, I was there for the lantern festival, which meant that we didnโ€™t really have a chance to really explore the area. But I have heard so much good things about the food that they have up there, and I am excited to compare the culinary nuances of Northern Thailand dishes!

Best,

Jae

Jae Yu

<i>Hello in your host country language</i>: เธชเธงเธฑเธชเธ”เธต (Sawatdee kaap) <i>University</i>: University of California Santa Barbara <i>Expected graduation year</i>: 2019 <i>Destination</i>: Bangkok, Thailand <i>Program Provider</i>: UC Education Abroad Program <i>Major / minor</i>: Political Science <i>Demographic background</i>: Asian-American <i>Future career aspirations</i>: Film director and producer <i>Top 3 goals for study abroad</i>: shoot a documentary; speak conversational Thai, try every Thai dish