Day 22: Non-Stop.

So today was ridiculous. Guess how many breaks I got at school today? ZERO! But I mean, I did it to myself, so that's about all the complaining I can do. I picked up every class I could to make up for being sick this week. I'm an OCD schedule person, so I'm all about trying to stay on schedule so I'll be completely finished with my 100 teaching hours by February 5th. I'm tryin' to go to a nice beach for a few days before we peace outta Bangkok! It's crazy how my teaching time here is already half-over. That's so depressing! Time is flying by and I don't want it to! Sorry guys, but I don't really want to come home in a month. I wish this were a semester-long trip, so I could stay until May. That would be unreal. But anyway, I know that's not at all what you all want to hear. Haha.

So I taught ASTRONOMY today!!!!!!! Go on and say it...I'm a geek. But I don't even care! It. Was. Awesome. Anyone who knows me, knows that I can talk about astronomy for hours and hours, but let me tell you how fun it was to try to keep the attention of 30 sixth graders for 2 hours. TUH! That's gotta be a joke. But it was still a blast! It's so hard "dumbing it down" though. Because the material makes sense in my 22-year-old mind, but to a 11-year-old it's difficult to understand. But, on the bright side...surely if I can teach to 6th graders, teaching college students will be a breeze. (AKA: In May! Ahh...can't wait.) Oh...I also ATTEMPTED to teach my Thai kids how to play basketball today in PE. HAHAHA. That really was a joke. Stick to football (soccer) boys...there's no hope in basketball in Thailand. However, I will give props to the Thai kid from Atlanta...he knew what's up and helped me try to explain how to dribble and shoot to the others. Oh, and just for a mental picture...I was in a pencil skirt (again) teaching and playing. Ha. It was ridiculous really.

So anyway, tonight Allison and I went out to dinner and ended up meeting some Russian guys. Awful accents to understand, but they were cool. We also met a lot of local Thai people, so that was a lot of fun. I still feel like Bangkok isn't really the cultural experience I was expecting because a big city is just a big city. I'm looking forward to our trips to Chaing Rai and Chaing Mai to really get a feel for the Thai culture on the real. So, hilarious experience: we caught two lady boys in the women's bathroom! It was too funny! So, clearly we took a picture with them. I'm not gonna lie, I don't think I'll ever get used to that mess. Oh...and sorry Daddy-O, but I keep gettin' my butt whipped in pool. First by the Aussies, and now by the Russians. I'm 0 for 2. So, we're going to have to practice more when I get home, so next time I meet random people from random countries, I can hustle them. :)

I know this picture on the left is random, but I think it's funny. I really want to make it my profile picture on Facebook, but I don't wanna be "that girl" who changes her profile picture like, everyday. Haha. Allison took the picture when I clearly wasn't ready, but I love it! I would also like to point out how straight my hair is. P.S. It AIR dried this way! Love my new hair! Yay! And also, of course I'm wearing my sunglasses for a picture...inside...at night. At the beginning of our trip, Allison said she was going to get me to break my "white trash" habit of wearing my sunglasses on my head 24/7 (even at night lol)...so yeah. Take that Allison! Not only do I still wear them on my head...I even put them on for pictures at night! Haha. Ok...that was the most random tangent I've ever done in a blog. Sorry...I just wasted like a minute of your life with that. Haha!

In other news, Allison and I are feeling much better today. The medicine must have kicked in...along with the 27454103.2 hours of sleep we've gotten in the past few days. Hopefully all that mess is over. I heard the swine flu is going around at BCC, and I am NOT even tryin' to get that again! Heck no! "Not me no way." Well, I'm gonna cut this one short because we have to get up early to go to the Grand Palace and twenty billion other touristy places tomorrow. Gosh I hate tourist spots, I really do. I'm not really looking forward to it, but hey...I'll be optimistic and hope it doesn't suck too bad. I've heard that the Grand Palace is a "must see" when you're in Bangkok, so it better be legit.

I'm out.
Cwalk.