Well I made it to Thailand in one piece. The trip was looong, but having three seats to yourself on the plane makes it more tolerable. Let’s see where to start. I speak no Thai whatsoever, but I have this odd urge to speak spanish to the Thai people. I think it’s because that is the only foreign language I know. Anyway, it’s a ‘cool’ 75 degrees here. I find it quite comfortable but many people find it too chilly for their tastes. My room here at the school is really nice, just built, but the bed is like concrete. All the bathrooms in Thailand are a combo of shower (only cold water) and toilet all in one open room. I could conceivably shower while dropping a duece. Don’t worry that won’t happen. As far as my job is concerned, I have a lot of work ahead of me. First of all, the day I arrived the Marketing Dirctor was fired. Does this make me the head honcho? I guess I am the marketing department now? There are currently like 40 students at this school, there needs to be 200 in order to break even. This is why I was hired. Do they know I have never taken a marketing course in my life????? Tomorrow I have to be at a fair all day marketing this school to parents, but I don’t know how this will work since I can’t even say hello in Thai. In reference to my title, eating has been a culture shock so far. Yesterday I ate a former AIESEC student’s house. For breakfast there were around 6 dishes, all dinner foods (as we would refer them as). Everyone just eats out of these bowls as if they were their own personal dish. Double dipping is allowed. Spoons and forks are used to eat, but the fork is used to push food on the spoon. I have eaten three meals here and cannot tell you half the food items that I have consumed. I am too polite to reject any kind of food. It’s a struggle to get some of the stuff down. The only thing I have secretly thrown away is a very small tuna fish sandwhich. I don’t view that as a cultural experience. Um, this is getting long so I’ll wrap it up. bye