The last few days there has been a lot of conversation about how this school reminds us of a mix of Harry Potter campus meets Gossip Girl fashion....all with some Thai spice added in. The students uniforms are jazzed up with just about anything you can think of. The boys are in skinny jeans with Justin
Bieber haircuts,
fohawks,
mohawks...and whatever other kind of hawk you can have on your head. The girls have some of the highest heels I have ever seen...bless their hearts, the sidewalks are all uneven and there are stairs for their stairs here. The ladies also like to take pictures of themselves at all times on their phones making some of just the strangest faces...I think they are sending them to their boyfriends...who knows. Kids these days.
The Harry Potter side....the campus is huge....I have found all these crazy stairwells and doors. Sometimes the doors are open with coffee brewing inside and somtimes they are locked...I am waiting for the massive staircases to start moving around... I call them hidden. It is probably because I have just never seen them...but if you were here you would be thinking a magic broom stick was going to be handed to you at any minute too.... :)
So I was wrong, yesterday was my basic of basic English classes. Lot of deer in headlight looks yesterday morning and afternoon...we all made it through...and looks like the same class rules go from my basic English classes to my English one classes. ( told them they could help me...but they left it in my hands...)
Rules and Regulations of Ajarn Rachel's Class
1. If you get caught on your cell phone during class Ajarn Rachel calls her mom and dad in America to say hello.**
2. If you get caught speaking Thai or your Native Language in Ajarn Rachel's class you have 2 choices.
A) Pay Ajarn Rachel 10 BAHT
B)Get in front of class and sing You are My Sunshine OR Twinkle Twinkle Little Star***
** If anyone would like to be added to this list please let me know, I do have clases late at night your time and early moring but we can leave you a message
*** I told them if they do not know the words I will make sure to have them printed out....I could tell some of them knew these songs and others had not a clue what the hell I was talking about. However, the reactions from their friends scared the dickans out of them....muhahah
Food Update:
I have grown fond of a few things..I know some of you may have been worried I would be wasted away in a month from not eating but I found some things I fancy.
-The smoothie shop...they also sell just the fruit so I have been having an apple a day!
- Ham sammie from a cafe on campus..the bread is so fresh and it has some kind of sauce on it that tastes great!
-Any and all coffee I have found here, iced, large....saves a girls life sometimes
- Some spicey chicken dishes
-A place off campus last night we had old school grilled chicken( when I get a camera I will take a picture to show you how they grill the chicken)...Thai family style with soups, sticky rice, and some kind of salad. We ate this under a Tiki hut with cute little lizards running around and cold beer on ice.
