We woke up to our bottom level of the house caked in dry mud. Lovely. School was still in session like it was nothing. It seemed as though it didn’t phase them at all. Thank goodness we live on campus because I think the vice director (we have 4 – one for academics, another for behavior, the other for budget, and for sport) realized how unfamiliar we were to the situation and got the janitor, who is so kind and nice, to help us clean while we taught.
I found out that last night was the hardest its rained all season. Just our luck we ran out of the house to use the internet because if we didn’t I’m sure I would have freaked as the house was filled with water below.
The kids were much better today. They listened and were actually interactive. Maybe it was because it was Friday, or maybe I somehow did something differently from the day before? I mean I had them all make name tags, pair up to introduce one another, compete to name the most sports or colours…nothing different. I guess it’s just one of those things.
After teaching all my classes, I left U-Thong to go to Suphanburi. I took the air-conditioned van for 40B with the others, and took a tuk-tuk to the Yuu Dee Mee Suk apartments. Each of those rides were fast. The van didn’t stay in the line, swerved in and out of cars, and honked for a majority of the time. While I did take a nap for about 15 minutes due to the lull of the honk and Thai variety show on TV, I woke to the site of the car entering Suphanburi. We left the bus terminal and took a tuk-tuk, squeezing 3 in with bags for the weekend.
Yeee! Excited to see my good friends Liz and Ciana. Maybe it was just the thrill to see familiar faces, being in an actual city, or experiencing something beyond U-Thong made me giddy.
They along with Andrew stay in this palace of an apartment. When the tuk-tuk pulled up I was jealous. I mean I thought my accommodations were nice, but wow. Nevermind…I’m grateful for the escape they provide.
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