Feb. 21 2009

The flight was awful. I basically traveled for 48 hours. I am so tired. I did watch movies and play video games on my personal tv but it was terrible, so much worse than driving to california. Japan and Taiwan's airport smelled terrible. I'm just glad it's over....
We got picked up at the airport at 2 a.m. local time and went back to Shaun's apartment. We dropped off our stuff and went to eat some food of the street. I think it was wanton soup; it was ok but i really didn't like it. There were tons of people on the street selling food and all kinds of stuff. People were selling frog legs, locusts, and fried scorpion. It's kinda like mexico but it has a vibe where you feel safe. I think you have to be here to know how it feels.....
We then went to check out some of Bangkok. We road the skytrain. Bangkok is really wierd. There is tons and tons of shopping, mall after mall, but not many people by stuff. You feel like your in America. There are all the shops we have plus like market type vendors where you can negotiate prices. We went and played video games for like an hour for a couple of dollars. Then I hate at Mcdonalds and it's just as good as back home. Then we went to get a thai massage, 1 hour for $6. It was my first massage. Some stuff was cool and some hurt bad. They stretched me out though and were making fun of us cause we were to tight....
We went to the interview and it's in a very shady place. But the guy was really nice and had alot of good information. He basically offered us our pick of 3 teaching jobs. I will make $1000 a month with housing paid for. I will only need around 600 a month to live here comfortably. I can also make money tutoring and working english camps on weekends. When we came back from the interview we got an apartment for 3 months. It cost $500 for all 3 months split between me and Joey. We then went and saw a movie. It is just like an american movie theater except it was $6 for a movie ticket and popcorn and drink. At the beginning of the movie there king had a video and everyone stood when it was showed til the end which was about 3 minutes. Then we just came back and arranged our room which is like a college dorm room. 2 beds, bathroom and a couple of dressers. It's small but all we need...
Today we went and played some basketball at the outdoor courts with a bunch of americans and then all went to subway. It was very hot and i got sunburnt. We then went to Khao San Road. It was a cool expierence. People from all over the world all in one area eating, drinking, shopping and hanging out together And alot of thais offering us alot of "shows and services". We came back late and ordered Mcdonald's 24 hour delivery, absoultley amazing...
Bangkok is such a cool city. The people here like americans and like to try out there english. They are also very non confrontational. Everything is so relaxed, but they are very unorganized. There is tons of public transportation and people everywhere at all times of the day. There are no sidewalks really so there are all kinds of taxis and bikes coming all the time that you have to watch for. Everyone is on the grind. Not alot of beggers, but alot of people living in poor housing and selling anything they can on the street. Very safe, police are everywhere and not much crime or drugs. It's so hard to explain the vibe here but it's awesome. It's very sureal cause I don't comprehend that I'm in Asia. Being a minority and having people always stare is different, but kind of fun. So far it's an incredible experience.