Day 1719. Half a jingjing teacher in Thailand.

Update

Almost two years in Thailand and five years in Asia! I submitted my fourth assignment for my PGCE yesterday. Only four more to go then I'll be a real teacher - understanding such pyscho-babble as the zone of proximal development! I'm currently investigating the possibility of teaching HNC Electronics in Burma since my colleague used to do just that.

Photos

I managed to get my phone back in action and decided to share the following snapshot of life in Thailand:

Om at the massage shop. She crashed her bike pissed the other night.

View doing a Churchill in her bar.

An aggressive long blue fish trapped in a rock pool. It bit my finger.

Geordie Neil, myself, Lee and Phil in a bar in Chalong.

New Year's Eve in Patong. This is looking down the infamous Bangla Road. It looks like Wembley way on cup final day - mobbed.

Bueatiful - watching the hundreds of lanterns float to the stars.

I hear gas is getting pricey back home. You can buy it in bars here. This tasted like shite by the way.

Now who would live in a house like this? The way to the toilet down soi sip et in Phuket Town.

Nat perched on the edge of a bed about to start a monologue on the state of Burmese politics and how this is affecting the mood in Libya.

Da enjoying Khao Man Gai on a brief break as a masseuse in Phuket Town.

Chinese new year. I am reminded of my time in Taiwan.

Thai writing with a Chinese flavour.

Had an enthralling afternoon with Moon and Porn the other day. After three hours in a temple we studied Shakespeare.

This is Wan who lives in Phang Nga. She played softball for the Thai national team. She works as a teacher and invited me for dinner one night. It was a nice evening. I then headed to Ao Nang in Krabi before visiting the lads in Trang again. I managed to pay my bills and collect my bag that I left the previous time.

One of the Trang lads. This is what can happen if you get pissed and fall asleep in the sun - it looks horrible - like real burns.

Where we drink in Trang is right outside a beauty salon. All the students agreed to line up for this shot. Looking pretty good eh?

Little Nit and I at the Big Buddha on a special Buddha holiday.

Had a long weekend last week where I spent most of it in a drunken haze. It's Friday and I only have three more GCSE maths classes and then I'm done for the weekend. I'm in a good mood since I finished my assignment yesterday. I just have to decide where to go and get hammered and with who. Probably with Nit from Rawai who just SMSd.

Best wishes from Asia.

Lingo

Yang mai yoot soob buree - I still haven't stopped smoking