A much better day

Yesterday was our first day visiting the school (Bangkok Christian College) which really isn't a college. It is an all boys school grades 1-12 with 5,500 students in the middle of the big city of Bangkok. The facilities are amazing and there are alot more teachers from overseas (america, GB, new zealand..etc) than I expected. They have over 70 native English speaking teachers here...and thankfully a few of them are good looking men my age :) It was crazy one of the guys I met was from Roswell, Ga...and attractive, hey-o. But back to why I am here lol, I fell in love with the kids the moment we got here, they are so freaking precious!! We are staying on the 15th floor of this huge school building for the week (that is a picture of the view form our window!!), and on the way up the 6 of us hear a loud group of boys, of course we stop on their floor and ATLEAST 15 hop on with us!!

It was quite the first impression of the kids. One thing that is much different than the states is the classrooms are very loud and seem unorganized but they really aren't. The thai culture is very laid back but the kids seem to be respectful, our american kids would be a nightmare in this classroom setting but these boys are very good. The school is gated so the kids run alllllll over the place all day, and because they are allowed to get their energy out they are very well behaved in the classroom. Besides seeing the kids and falling in love with them yesterday...we went to lunch with some of the head directors of this huge school, and it was awful. I was stuck in the middle of two conversations so I was just bouncing back and forth and then I got the nervous giggles and couldn't stop. So here I am sitting DIRECTLY IN FRONT of the second highest director hysterically laughing for no reason...besides she kept insisting that I try some of the food on the table when I clearly was not interested lol. Then they taught us to say "not spicy" in thai is pronounced..."may pet" (mai pet). I leaned over to christin and said...lets just hope they don't think we're speaking english and serve us dog or cat. Then we both got so tickled we couldn't swallow our food and it was just embarrassing. We laughed on and off obnoxiously and honestly couldn't stop. THEN, they tell us you have to be careful cause "mai" could mean NO or DOG!! So then we were tickled because if we didn't use the right TONE we would order spicy dog instead of saying NOT SPICY. Needless to say we left the table wanting to throw up we had eaten so much, cause the Thai culture wants you to feel welcomed so they continually offer you food and its rude to not accept it (even if you want to throw up at the sight and smell of it...trust me). But the main meal we ordered was actually pretty good. We got an hour and half long aromatherapy massage which made up for EVERYTHING, then for dinner we went to the Blue Elephant which is the equivalent of the Bistro--very elegant. We had cocktails (non-alcoholic...thank you lee university) and I got chicken and pinapple in half of a pineapple shell, DELICIOUS. Yesterdays food (except for the FORCED appetizers) gave me up for my health on this trip. Today we woke up and had lunch with the Board advisors and had a little orientation. Our main lady is named Kosum and she's so amazing, we'll have tons of fun with her. We are leaving here shortly for another massage and then shopping at River City. Tomorrow is our first day in the classroom :( Wish me luck...(or in thai "kor hai chok dee"=good luck!)