I’ve felt rather uninspired to write in my blog lately (that fact my blog toolbar is still in Thai and it’s a pain in the ass to navigate the site may have something to do with it). Still lacking inspiration to bestow another masterpiece upon you, I’ve come up with this lackluster, half assed, attempt (reminiscent of my college study habits) to make an entry. Enjoy!

If you haven’t already heard, I’m doing a wonderful job at fooling my employers that I am a valuable employee. They’ve asked me to stay longer, until the end of the school year in December. In a moment of weakness and panic about my future I agreed to stay. It is to be determined if this was a foolish move or not. I will end work mid December and come home in January, giving myself time to travel Southeast Asia. I am no longer living at the school because of this extended stay. I have my own apartment in a condo complex called Champs Ellysee. Yes, it is a lame replication of Paris, except the various buildings are modeled after Rome, Egypt, and Versailles. I don’t know who designed it, but it’s a nice place to live, WITH NO STRAY DOGS! Perhaps I will post pictures of the place online because I feel compelled to share with everyone my living accommodations abroad. So that’s that, I’ll see you all in January.

At my job, like I said, I’m pulling of a marvelous Copperfield impersonation and fooling everyone. My job has expanded from marketing the school to doing all that is possible to saving the school. By showing a hint of competence in my marketing work, both administration and teachers alike are handing me work by the boatloads. Have a problem? Talk to Jesse! I even substitute taught year 7 math. Naturally I excelled at this task and now students are telling their parents they like me as a math teacher (if you know me and my academic background, I bet you are smiling at the irony) and the parents are telling the administration they think I should teach math. It ain’t easy being so gosh darn good at everything.

I am currently experiencing my first rainy season. Boy does this suck a fat one. I never desired to move to Seattle because of the constant dampness and rain. Well, I feel like I’m in Seattle. Not only is it always wet, but when it rains, it freaking rains; down pouring, monsoon like rain comes down. Buildings in Thailand are not built perfectly and leak water, a lot of water. Streets flood and become muddy, ruining any new kicks you may be wearing. Life has been slow because I stay inside a lot because I don’t want to get wet. Probably another factor why I haven’t blogged lately, no one wants to hear about how I sat in my room and watched a movie or read a book as the rain poured and seeped through the cracks in the ceiling.

Parting tid bits of information.

I recently won an AIESEC bowling competition. I have a nice trophy with a guy bowling on top. Who would have ever thought I’d be the owner of a bowling trophy?

I was stupid enough to buy 5 neckties. That’s not actually stupid, what’s stupid is I could have fed a Thai family of four for a month with what I paid for these ties. Now that is stupid.

I sometimes eat with first graders at lunch. It’s a coin flip in determining who makes the bigger mess.