Life in Rayong
What a difference a dozen kids make.. ;)
Just four boys here and all 17 and older, quite something else then 19 kids around ages 10-15. They do everything themselves, they don't ask for attention every single minute of the day.. It's like I'm living with four roommates, or five if you count Dada. :)
I love it, it's not like in Sangklaburi that I'm living in a home for boys; no, here I'm just living in a nice little town in Thailand with some friends, a few minutes drive from the beach. The sun is shining almost all day, except for a thunderstorm here and there.
We've got a car, an old pickup truck and I get to drive around in it, which is quite fun :) although Thai traffic can be a bit scary at times, there don't seem to be many rules, just drive as fast as you can. Actually the only thing the traffic police seems to do is to encourage everyone to just keep moving along swiftly. I hadn't really expected that I could get to drive a car here in Thailand, I completely forgot to get the necessary international driving permit, but apparently that is not an obstacle at all, licenses don't seem to be important. :)
As for work, I try to teach the guys English twice a day, in the morning and the afternoon.
Next week I will be teaching computer skills to a doctor who helps out with the kids, a lady in her fifties.
And they want me to start teaching yoga in the local fitness center, there is already a yoga class every evening, but the teacher is female so of course the Thai men can't go to her class.. :)
The solution is to get a man to teach, and that happens to be me, the only problem is that I don't know any yoga and I'm quite stiff limbed.. so I've been going to yoga class all last week now, trying to get into it.. It all seems quite funny to the teacher and the ladies who go to the class, first of course because I'm a Farang trying to join in with the Thai (that seems to be funny in any situation where there's a lot of Thai) and secondly because I can not make half of the postures. ;)
But I'll keep trying, even if it was just for the exercise. And about exercise when it's 30 degrees... pffff, I'm already hot and sweaty just when I walk slowly, can you imagine how bad it gets when I start doing exercises? But for the Thai it's no problem at all, they just as easily do an hour of aerobics!
But I'm not complaining, I really love it here and although I miss the kids in Sangklaburi a little bit, I think it's really quite a bit easier here and also more varied and I'm getting really involved in this community, meeting new people..
And all that just in my first week!
Who knows what the future is going to bring.
Just four boys here and all 17 and older, quite something else then 19 kids around ages 10-15. They do everything themselves, they don't ask for attention every single minute of the day.. It's like I'm living with four roommates, or five if you count Dada. :)
I love it, it's not like in Sangklaburi that I'm living in a home for boys; no, here I'm just living in a nice little town in Thailand with some friends, a few minutes drive from the beach. The sun is shining almost all day, except for a thunderstorm here and there.
We've got a car, an old pickup truck and I get to drive around in it, which is quite fun :) although Thai traffic can be a bit scary at times, there don't seem to be many rules, just drive as fast as you can. Actually the only thing the traffic police seems to do is to encourage everyone to just keep moving along swiftly. I hadn't really expected that I could get to drive a car here in Thailand, I completely forgot to get the necessary international driving permit, but apparently that is not an obstacle at all, licenses don't seem to be important. :)
As for work, I try to teach the guys English twice a day, in the morning and the afternoon.
Next week I will be teaching computer skills to a doctor who helps out with the kids, a lady in her fifties.
And they want me to start teaching yoga in the local fitness center, there is already a yoga class every evening, but the teacher is female so of course the Thai men can't go to her class.. :)
The solution is to get a man to teach, and that happens to be me, the only problem is that I don't know any yoga and I'm quite stiff limbed.. so I've been going to yoga class all last week now, trying to get into it.. It all seems quite funny to the teacher and the ladies who go to the class, first of course because I'm a Farang trying to join in with the Thai (that seems to be funny in any situation where there's a lot of Thai) and secondly because I can not make half of the postures. ;)
But I'll keep trying, even if it was just for the exercise. And about exercise when it's 30 degrees... pffff, I'm already hot and sweaty just when I walk slowly, can you imagine how bad it gets when I start doing exercises? But for the Thai it's no problem at all, they just as easily do an hour of aerobics!
But I'm not complaining, I really love it here and although I miss the kids in Sangklaburi a little bit, I think it's really quite a bit easier here and also more varied and I'm getting really involved in this community, meeting new people..
And all that just in my first week!
Who knows what the future is going to bring.
posted by Richard | 18:37
2 Comments:
Hey RiRi that’s Fascinating.. hmm but I have to admit imagining you teach yoga which you already don’t know is a little bit funny :P .
Yasmeen
Hey Richard its me Terence. Interesting weblog but uuh... now after this Earthquake it all seem not so nice anymore there. Many people here in the Netherlands of course wonder how YOU are doing there. I hope you will find a chance to let 'us' know how you are doing there. You must have felt the shocks but if you have seen the 100 meter high waves...
Take very good care,
Terence. ( iCQ@GMX.NET www.xiii.tk )
Post a Comment
<< Home