1/9/14
Today I woke up feeling well rested and ready to take on the day. We started our day off right by streaming the warriors game before class. When we got to class we were surprised to see that Nick was the only one in class. We sat there for about 15 minutes past the start of class when Moz came in and informed us that we were waiting on Jeff. He told us that Jeff had trouble with his landlord yesterday. He said he had a confrontation with his landlord and an electrician who came to his room to fix his water heater. Moz wasn't sure if Jeff's absence from class was related to this incident or from something else, but we were all a bit worried. He tried calling him multiple times but he didn't answer. We started with a movie.The movie was an outdated recording of a woman teaching a grammar lesson to a group of Thai students. After, we discussed the movie and wrote down the different steps to writing a lesson. Moz then gave us our next homework assignment, which was to create our own grammar lesson that we would present to the class on Monday. He dismissed us from class early. After class Ryan and I grabbed lunch from the Boomerang again. From here we went back to our apartment to grab the laptop and our lesson planning material,which we then brought to the bar that we went to on our first day; the one that played soja. The bartender remembered us and greeted us with a smile. I ordered myself a kiwi smoothie and Ryan got an iced latte. My smoothie was delicious. I think when I get tired of Thai food I will live off of smoothies, they are that good. We sat there enjoying our drinks, while I caught up on my blog writing and Ryan got started on his lesson plans. After about an hour of writing we decided to packed up and find a place to get a massage.We came across one at the end of the street that offered a pedicure service, so we walked inside. I got an hour long pedicure with a foot massage and Ryan got an hour back massage. My service was provided by an older Thai woman and Ryan's was by an older Thai man. Our services were in the same room but separated by a curtain. The Thai massage Ryan received was a mixture of massage and chiropractor. I could here laughs coming from Ryan's side of the curtain as the man twisted and stretched his limbs. Occasionally the man would open the curtain and look at me with a smile and say " here your boyfriend". I wasn't sure if he was doing this because he thought it was funny, or if he thought I was scared he was going to rape him. Either way it was funny. After our massage services we made our way back towards our apartment. Along the way we saw another Mexican restaurant and decided to check it out to compare it to Miguels. We ordered a chicken burrito, which we split. The food was really good, not necessarily better than Miguel's, but comparable in quality and price. After dinner we went up to the apartment and relaxed a bit before skyping Sue and Dave. Around 10pm we showered and got ready to head out to grab some drinks. We decided on checking out the Babylon bar which was in the same vicinity as the soja bar.As we approached the bar we could hear a montage of music blending in from all the bars, and a sea of people making their way in the same direction. When we reached the music and the crowd I was surprised by how many people there really were. There were 8 different bars all surrounding an open cobblestone square area. Each bar had music playing; some with a dj and some with a live band. The square was crowded .There was a blend of Thai people,white tourists, prostitutes, and transvestites. The prostitutes and transvestites were mostly gathered in the bars that played loud electronic music and had strobe lights; the perfect place to find wasted tourists. Across from the Bass booming bars were a few chiller spots like our favorite soja playing bar, which I still don't know the actual name of. Next to this bar was the Babylon bar and the Roots, Rock, Reggae bar, which had a live band. Naturally we followed the music and went into the Roots. Rock, Reggae bar. The inside was dimly lit with a large bar offering a variety of cheap cocktails and beer. There were small tables to the left and a decent size dance floor to the right. The tables were all full; mostly with your typical dread lock, hemp wearing, tanned skin, Birkenstock wearing, vagabond hippie, along with some local Thai people. We grabbed two beers and stood near the dance floor. The band was really good. They played a variety of hit songs, all the with a reggae style. They also played some of their own thai style reggae songs which were really fun to dance to. We danced and enjoyed the music, feeling completely happy and at home in our environment.Although we were having a blast we ended the night early. Ryan was starting to feel sick; catching the bad cold that I had a few days prior, so we called it a night and agreed upon making that our usual night out spot to go out.
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