Mozzies

Everyone in Thailand calls mosquitoes 'mozzies.' I have no idea where it comes from but I have picked it up, mostly to just seem cool. A few of them got in my room the other day and waged war on me in the middle of the night. It turns out that I am severely allergic to the mosquitoes here and I look like I got in a fight... that I lost. My left ear lobe is really swollen, I have a huge bump on the back of my neck and no right ankle due to the swelling from almost 10 massive bites. I am self-medicating with benadryl and hydrocortizone so I have been groggy as hell to boot. But, I have managed to pull through and am still on top of my course-work and am starting to have some fun teaching. I just hope my body gets used to the mozzies soon! (Just so you know- I don't have a fever and I'm not sick so there is no dengue fever or malaria to report, as of yet.)

The course is quite challenging and carries a high work load but I imagine part of the difficulty is because I'm coming of a 2 month holiday where I didn't have to do much of anything... Except have fun, and that's easy! It's hard but I'm learning a lot and I'm so glad that I'm doing it. Going into a teaching job completely unprepared would be miserable because I would have no idea what I was doing. I'm slowly picking up techniques and gaining confidence which makes me happy!

I am lucky enough to have a girl in my class that has been in Chiang Mai for 18 months. She took us out on Friday night to two really cool places! One was called 'Fabrique' and it had outdoor tables on grass with bean bags and two dance floors- one with dance music, the other with hip hop (where I heard some JT!)- and it was a lot of fun. I didn't get to bed until 5 am and my personal opinion is that not closing clubs at 2 am is criminal. We're all drunk anyway and nothing good happens after 2 am!

There is a lady in my course that swears she has never been drunk... Little does she know that we are now all on a mission to change that! I also don't believe anyone that claims to have never been drunk at some point in their life. I think that they just weren't as drunk as everyone else!

Life is a bit boring here but I am settling into my daily routine... I am working out regularly and eating quite well. It is also nice to sleep in the same bed every night. I am looking forward to my move to Bangkok which happens in 3 weeks. I am excited to explore the city more and to really settle down for a while. Also, the weather is starting to cool down which has been welcomed on my part. Even though I have now been in tropical weather for months, I still have no tan to show for it. I guess it's official- I only have two colors and it's white and red. :)