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| Thursday, March 08, 2007 |
Since my last post, I've been settling into Bangkok. I've had my first week of classes and my head is swirling with new Thai phrases. Pom mi Puat Hua!! (I have a headache!) But, I'm getting the tones down even though MAA said 5 different ways still sounds the same to me. Say one word the wrong way and you insult someone. Speaking of which, I know how to call people ugly, stupid, and tell them to fuck off. I'm picking the language up and that is cool. I have class all this month and by the end, I hope to have a good enough base to be able to understand and say most things. Since I'll be here for awhile, I'll get practice.
I found myself a guesthouse in a predominetly Thai area. Incidently enough, the hotel I stayed at 2 yrs ago on my first trip to Thailand is down the block. I guess everything comes full circle. It's cheap enough but I wish it had A/C.
I joined an awesome gym. I take nice hot showers there. It's way better than the gym back home and I've been going everyday. I'm determined to get bulk back. It feels good to be back in the gym. I also bought an IPOD, a laptop, and have a cell phone now. It's nice to be having a settled life for awhile. I wake up go to class, go the gym, run some errands, study, and as of now, get my pictures sorted. Soon, I'll do more sightseeing of the city. Check out the 100s of malls. There is a mall for everything here. See the places and temples I haven't bothered seeing. Check the parks. I'll be living in "the real world" or as I like to think of it "the boring world." Though since I'm expat living, it is still more exciting than the 9-5 life back home.
My life is going to get more regular even soon. Why? I just took a job teaching English. Yeah you read that right. I have a job. A teaching job. My parents told me to use my degree so, instead of using the Masters they implied, I'm using the BA. Same same but different. I'm now going to be living in Bangkok until the end of the year. It's a pretty good job and I'll be able to save between 8 and 10 thousand dollars depends on how many hours I decide to work and how thrifty I am. (English teachers can get paid a lot here if they have any sort of qualifications, qualifications I apprently have. Of course now, I need to go buy some proper work clothes- T-shirts and flip flops don't cut it!)
Next month, I am going to move into a posh apartment though because I'm not living through the monsoon season without A/C. 110 plus humidity is not my idea of a good time. That will be my only real expense...that and my French classes. I decided I want to learn french as well as Thai...be quadlingual. It will help when I go back to Europe.
Yup, I'm going back to Europe too. Since Bangkok is all about working to travel, I will both work a loy and be thrifty. This way I can go to all the other places on my list, put Japan back on said list, and then go to India and Nepal (hike Mt. Everest), and go back to Europe next summer in time for the European soccer cup. I'm going to go to France, England, Ireland, Scotland, Germany, Eastern Europe, and some countries I've already been too. Probably Sweden too.
So at this rate, all of you back home will see me in September 2008. All of you in OZ/NZ,will have to wait until the beginning of next year. My European friends will see me again next year too.
BUT if you are ever in Thailand, anyone here has a free place to stay in Bangkok and I'll host any of your friends too. It's only right I return the goodwill I've gotten on the road to others.
That is my story for now. I'll post regular updates on life in bangkok. Good things to see, resturants, bars, etc.
-Matt
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