7.11.12

Although there are 7-11s in abundance in Thailand, it did not occur to me to have a Slurpee today. And since they write the date as 11-7-55, I don’t think it would have been free anyhow. Oh well.

The toilets worked all day. Small blessings.

My birthday is coming up in August. We happen to have a 4-day weekend the 2nd-5th. Which would encompass my birthday. However, I think it is just our school, so any other teacher-friends outside of HIC wouldn’t have that time off. BUT, the queen’s birthday is the following weekend, which in Thailand is referred to as Mother’s Day. And that is a 3-day weekend. Two long weekends in a row! Had been contemplating Phuket, but it is eight hours by mini bus and airlines don’t fly between Hat Yai airport and Phuket airport. I know, it doesn’t make sense to me either. Phuket is out of the question then. Had also thought of going to Krabi. Five hours by bus. Then Teacher Da told me about Koh Lipe. Continue reading →