No not that one, fortunately that has already been taken care of. Alright, so I was going to write to you about my marketing event I just hosted. 150 plus guests, I was the MC, very professional, I did well, yadda yadda yadda. LAME! What happened today, actually 10 minutes ago, is worth talking about.
I was casually talking to my co-worker in my office, when behind her, outside I could see a small snake crawli
ng on the cement track where students play. How cute, it looks like my sister’s pet garden snake (when my sister was younger she had a garden snake for a few weeks. we still don’t understand her fixation with this pet, alas it died because all the worms we fed it crawled under the fake grass, causing the snake to die of hunger. tear tear). Anyway, I go out to investigate. The snake is crawling into the grass. Now my co-worker is out there, along with another front office worker, Aek. My co-worker Rung is calling to the security guard to kill this snake, I’m telling her it’s no problem, just a little garden snake. I run in to get my camera for some pictures, this is my first encounter with a snake in Thailand. I come back out to see Aek going after the snake with a long stick. As I come out, he flings the snake from the grass back onto the cement. AHHHH!!!!! THIS IS NO GARDEN SNAKE!!! As soon as the snake hits the cement, the snake’s hood flared out! THIS WAS A FREAKING COBRA!!! Now I’m giddy with excitement and absolutely terrified! However, I am not scared enough not to take pictures. I have to document this event, otherwise I’m afraid my readers may think it’s a farce from a dork typing in his parent’s basement. There are three Thai men surrounding the snake, just tea
sing it with their elongated sticks. I’m busy snapping pictures, trying to get close enough for a good shot, but not getting close enough for this thing to end me. My heart is racing, I can’t believe I am face to face with a real live cobra! (to be fair, it was only a baby, but still a freaking cobra!) Then the security guard starts to beat it like it stole something. One of his lashings causes the snake to take flight and head in my direction! I run away like a little school girl. OOOOHHHH!!!!! Everyone is now laughing, since the cobra is dead and harmless and I am still frightened. I am still shaking, even as I type this. Now I’ve been told I should eat this snake, because it’s believed eating a snake is great for sex. I am confident enough in my skills (sorry mom) to avoid having to eat a snake.
ng on the cement track where students play. How cute, it looks like my sister’s pet garden snake (when my sister was younger she had a garden snake for a few weeks. we still don’t understand her fixation with this pet, alas it died because all the worms we fed it crawled under the fake grass, causing the snake to die of hunger. tear tear). Anyway, I go out to investigate. The snake is crawling into the grass. Now my co-worker is out there, along with another front office worker, Aek. My co-worker Rung is calling to the security guard to kill this snake, I’m telling her it’s no problem, just a little garden snake. I run in to get my camera for some pictures, this is my first encounter with a snake in Thailand. I come back out to see Aek going after the snake with a long stick. As I come out, he flings the snake from the grass back onto the cement. AHHHH!!!!! THIS IS NO GARDEN SNAKE!!! As soon as the snake hits the cement, the snake’s hood flared out! THIS WAS A FREAKING COBRA!!! Now I’m giddy with excitement and absolutely terrified! However, I am not scared enough not to take pictures. I have to document this event, otherwise I’m afraid my readers may think it’s a farce from a dork typing in his parent’s basement. There are three Thai men surrounding the snake, just teasing it with their elongated sticks. I’m busy snapping pictures, trying to get close enough for a good shot, but not getting close enough for this thing to end me. My heart is racing, I can’t believe I am face to face with a real live cobra! (to be fair, it was only a baby, but still a freaking cobra!) Then the security guard starts to beat it like it stole something. One of his lashings causes the snake to take flight and head in my direction! I run away like a little school girl. OOOOHHHH!!!!! Everyone is now laughing, since the cobra is dead and harmless and I am still frightened. I am still shaking, even as I type this. Now I’ve been told I should eat this snake, because it’s believed eating a snake is great for sex. I am confident enough in my skills (sorry mom) to avoid having to eat a snake.
It’s not every day you get to blog that you had an encounter with a cobra. You gotta love Thailand. Now I just have to avoid running into the mother of father cobra. Just in case I DO find the mommy or daddy before my next blog. I love you all and thank you for reading my blog, it was a pleasure 
