Tomorrow When The School Began

Hello again,

I haven't been writing here for a while now, but nothing special has been going on anyway. Last week's friday I met up with a few other students, Antti and Sampsa and we had a great night out around Sukhumvit. It's funny, especially in the mentioned area, how the completely depraved faces off with glam on the other side of the street and in turn around the corner you can sit around with a few easy-going aussie expats and have a burger.

It's all so confusing, weird and still at the same time very amazing. Someone said Bangkok, the city of angels as the Thai people say it, is a mix of Bladerunner, Emmanuelle and something else in a very unique mix. It's very much true. At first, it might be scary and very unsettling but you just have to jump into the beat and you will enjoy your time. I don't mean you should lose all sense of your surroundings, but have fun with a level headed perspective and this place offers you anything.

Other than Friday our weekend went in a very easy going manner, on Saturday we met up some more students and just hung out around Phahon Yothin. Movies, eating, sitting around, it's all good around here. On Saturday evening I even saw a german guy at my apartment building, who said he works at the University, pretty cool.

Today I plan on taking it slow as classes indeed start tomorrow. I went to the university today and chatted up the information center and the international coordinator, Mae, who was very nice and helpful. Apparently this week will still be pretty slow and centered around orientation and getting to know the campus area. Real classes, starting with everyday Thai conversation, begin on next Monday.

Over and out!