It doesn’t feel as though I’ve been here for 2 weeks already. I had Thai on Monday and Tuesday with two different teachers. Monday’s teacher, Khun Nui, is more like a slow grade school teacher following the book and catching my every pronunciation. Wednesday’s Khun Nhauy is more conversational and started me on reading. I listened to some students at a lower level and I am glad I have progressed beyond very basic on my own. I hope the script and reading comes back to me quickly after not studying this last school semester…I get myself up to go to class, but by the time the two hours are through I don’t feel like much else for the day. Still, if I could consistently study 2 hours of Thai a day, every day, I might get somewhere.
Our apartment is setup for me to be productive with Internet access in the room. On one side of the sky train station, Ari, are traditional Thai street vendors with 30 baht meals and a 7-11 store. We can buy flowers, fruit rice, kanom, fish, soup, newspapers, pirated CD’s, and trinkets. On the other side of the sky train station is a new “farang”-style market place with an air-conditioned supermarket specializing in imported foods, pricey restaurants, ice-cream, Starbucks, and a gym. This weekend we sat and listened to a jazz band in the square. Two worlds – all convenient. It might be difficult to get me back to living in the forest with the rats of Khao Yai.
Our apartment is setup for me to be productive with Internet access in the room. On one side of the sky train station, Ari, are traditional Thai street vendors with 30 baht meals and a 7-11 store. We can buy flowers, fruit rice, kanom, fish, soup, newspapers, pirated CD’s, and trinkets. On the other side of the sky train station is a new “farang”-style market place with an air-conditioned supermarket specializing in imported foods, pricey restaurants, ice-cream, Starbucks, and a gym. This weekend we sat and listened to a jazz band in the square. Two worlds – all convenient. It might be difficult to get me back to living in the forest with the rats of Khao Yai.
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