Happy February!

Life feels kinda normal here. I feel like I am getting into a routine...still loving it. Happy. Have tons of things to look forward to.  Some updates from the week........

1. I gave my students an outside reading about the internet and then I had to quiz them on it and did not let them use the book. I made the questions very easy...so after some kids sat there for 20 min I said just hand it in, it is not worth many points if you don't know the answer now you will not know it in 20 min... especially if you did not read. One students writes..."teacher, before I start writing. I should tell you I did not have time finish book, sorry. (blah blah some BS she made up about what she learned about the book, which was not right...then ends it like...) I also just wanted to let you know I like how you changed your hair color. it is very pretty. :) :) :)


2. Thursday night we went to China Town...In Bangkok for the Chinese New Year. So long year of the Tiger and hello year of the Rabbit. We took a van, a taxi, the BTS (rail system) and a Tuk Tuk just to get there. NEVER AGAIN. SO MANY PEOPLE. You could not even enjoy the different things food/clothes/trinkets being sold because you could not move on the streets. It was fun for a bout 5 minutes...way to crowded. My students told me not to go...they said it would be to crowded and full of old people and nothing to do. Boy or boy were they right. We were there for about an hour got some soup then splurged on a Taxi home........

4. Watched Idiot Abroad the segment on India. Please find a way to watch this...www.letmewatchthis.com......or movie store(do those still exist?) Then I want you to picture me in that country for 17 days. It got me very excited and a tad bit nervous!

5.My Friday class brought in banana bread muffins....and it really hit the spot on a Friday afternoon when we were all feeling a little sleepy

6. Every Friday I have been getting picked up by vans to bring me to DT campus....today...just a car was waiting. I am not sure why they did not think of this sooner......the guy gave me a funny look when I hopped shotgun. Hey, I understand sitting in a back of a van. But when you're giving me a ride in a car(not like a towncar...I bet it was this guys personal car, he was just dressed in the van drivers uniform) you better believe I am sitting shotty. So after giving me a funny look he smiled and put on the international radio station.  We tried talking but we could not understand each other...so we laughed then made angry noises when we saw the BKK traffic that was up ahead....thats universal....the UHHH TRAFFFIICCC noise.

7. My amigo Brad booked his ticket to Bali to join the ladies on the beach for snorkel and possible scuba adventures. Oh and most importantly Erin's birthday! She gets to spend her b-day in Bali.....I better start planning for August so I can be somewhere sweeeeet too

8. I am acting like a hermit again because the week has worn me out so I am being what some people would call antisocial and hiding in my room on a Friday night with my book and the STAR MOVIE channel.  To my defense I just want as much $$ as possible for summer break, I can not stand being hungover here, nothing that exciting as happening downtown tonight, I have to keep my daily date with the treadmill since my student told me I was fat( I am trying to keep in mind if you are over 100 lbs here as a girl you are considered large...what a little shit) and since I am being a good girl tonight I will treat myself to a night on the town tomorrow night...maybe some night markets....

Soooo with that said....Happy Year of the Rabbit..have a wonderful weekend

Rachybabe