Ants, Lizards and Motorcycles

So Fiona was right when she said, there were little ants everywhere. There are. As I am typing this they are crawling in and out of my keyboard. I just put bug spray around the bottom of my bed and dresser in attempt to discourage them. Another thing they have lots of here, Lizards, little, tiny lizards. They creep and crawl in every corner of the house. Last night after dinner I walked in my room and spotted two on my wall, they crawled behind a four foot wide beam and disappeared. Where to? With my luck, they will find their way to my bed.

                Another interesting thing about my house is the fact that at night it is nearly impossible to sleep. It is just too loud. For example, the dogs bark all night long. In Thailand, everyone has a dog and not just one either, it is like a few. For example, my family has 5 German Sheppard’s, if you get those going plus all the neighbourhood dogs it is impossible to sleep. Then we have the neighbour rooster, who failed to get the memo saying you wake everyone up at the crack of dawn not in the middle of the night. Then you hear people chanting, gongs, oh and the occasional vehicle with its music on very loud. That is all just in one night. To say the least the night is one of my favourite and least favourite times of the day.

                 Thailand is notorious, for its crazy insane motorcyclists. They are everywhere and anywhere. To make it even safer, I am not sure if there is even a minimum age to drive them. Everyone at my school drives them and my school is grades 7-12. Traffic in Thailand is a little insane. You just drive where there is room and giving other driver's space, is optional. In Thailand pedestrians, DO NOT have the right of way. So walking anywhere near traffic is basically a death wish. I couldn’t even imagine learning how to drive here.

                My school days are very long and boring. Basically I have no idea what anyone is saying yet they are always talking to me or about me.  I have about 6-7 girls that like to show me around, do my hair and practise French with me. We are going to the movies on Saturday, if I can find a ride.

                 My school is very beautiful; we have an assembly every morning in this giant hall thingy. It’s very silly because no one listens and the teachers don’t care.  I still don’t really understand school because; I am in my host brother’s class even though he is in a grade 12 languages program.  Yet I never know if they are being taught a class or if it’s free time. The students just wander around, play guitar, talk, anything really but I never see them work. Different culture, I guess. Anyways this makes school very difficult because it is boring and seems to go on forever. I am happily awaiting my year’s end.

                Not that I don’t like Thailand, I just find it very different. I think it would be a good place to visit, but not to live. It is just not home. I am counting down the days till I leave, about 305. That is not to long right? I am just finding it very difficult from the lack of privacy and communication. I am not getting much help learning Thai and all my decisions are being made for me without my say. Plus, my first invitation to go to the movies, my mother was like, “oh well they must pick you up and drop you off.” This made me feel very uncomfortable because we live out of town and I don’t even really know these people.  You can see if you were in the same situation you wouldn’t be happy either.

                Thai food, is a reoccurring problem for me because, it is not my favourite to say the least. I miss home style food, whatever home style food may be. People constantly try to give me food, but I can only take so much. On another note, school lunch is very cheap 18 baht, which is less than a dollar. And a bottle of water is 18 cents Canadian.

                 I have not really connected to my family yet. My host brother is always gone, busy with extra English classes.  My mother and father are just busy and awkward. Maybe time will help, maybe not. We shall see.

                So that is it, a care package would be greatly appreciated with earplugs MOM, and thank you for reading my blog.

Xoxo

Chantel <3