Time to say, goodbye…
GOT IT!!! It took me waiting in queue for 6 hours, rushing to an internet cafe, getting last minute documents typed up, faxed work permit pages, and a bit of begging with puppy dog eyes. BUT, I GOT IT! The ever evasive Chinese visa PINK slip.. check! Just have to come all the way back to Bangkok tomorrow to pick up my passport with the Chinese visa in it. Fingers crossed, they don’t misspell my name.
Monica and I went to Lopburi aka Monkey City. It is Thailand’s Planet of the Apes. The monkeys were Everywhere. One even did a sneak attack and jumped on me, but I wasn’t able to snap a picture fast enough.
Lopburi - Monkey City (cont’d)
Random thought
So, today I’ve decided to post some awesome Travel Quotes for you that I have found laying around on the web. Lets begin:
1. “A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.”
2. “Never make your home in a place. Make a home for yourself inside your own head. You’ll find what you need to furnish it – memory, friends you can trust, love of learning, and other such things. That way it will go with you wherever you journey.”
3. “Death isn’t sad. The sad thing is: most people don’t live at all.”
4. “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.”
5. “Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear. The brave may not live forever, but the cautious do not live at all. From now on you’ll be traveling the road between who you think you are and who you can be. The key is to allow yourself to make the journey.”
6. “I don’t know where I’m going, but I’m on my way.”
7. “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.”
I hope you enjoyed, I took the quotes from the website ‘QuotesParade.com’ you are more than welcome to see more quotes there and share them. Have a good day.
Wrapping things up.
Only have a couple weeks left of teaching. I will be testing my 2nd graders with finals next week, and the following week will be full of grading, report cards, and fareawells.
But right at this moment, I have A LOT to wrap up before these two weeks are up. Tomorrow night, I will be performing with beautiful Areena at an Indian friend’s wedding. On Friday, I need to run over to the US Embassy and get more visa pages for my passport, because I am just about out. Then off to Khao Yai National Park for the weekend, to see some wild elephants, barking deer, millions of bats, giant hornbills, and who knows what else. In the next couple weeks, I also need to get everything situated and packed up. Obtain my Chinese visa, get my Cambodian visa, plan my Vietnam trip, and get my Australian entry documents. Also sign up for my advanced open water certification in Koh Tao for the weekend of the 15th, in the hopes to see a whale shark and do some night diving. I thought it would be a great way to celebrate the end of a teaching adventure, before I jump over to Vietnam, Cambodia, and maybe Laos.
Faculty NYE party
Great night! I was confronted at 1 in the afternoon on Friday to dance at the party that night, and after debating it for 10 min on whether it was a good idea or not, I agreed to it. After 6 months of down time, I was able to pull something off quite well. It was a whirlwind of nervousness and trying to throw something together, but everyone loved it, so… Yay! Other than this, it was a fun time hanging out with the other English, Chinese, Filipino, and Thai teachers and having some good laughs.
Faculty NYE party (con’t.)
The seven levels of Erawan WaterFalls in Kanchanaburi. (1 of 3)
The seven levels of Erawan WaterFalls in Kanchanaburi. (2 of 3)
