bluefalang

To all the good friends that I've known, My experience in Thailand lately has not been remarkable. Phetchaburi, the city I live in, is the center of a large farming area. My university has one 9-story building and if you go the top of it, you look out on a view of rice-farms and palm trees for as far as the eye can see.

This morning, I woke up around noon to the song of a gecko outside my window. After showering, dressing, and taking a handful of vtamins and herbal supplements, I was off to the Phetchamnung, "the first diamond," to have breakfast. The propietor is an old woman with wrinkled but vital skin, still full of fight. She's an important ally of mine because she had an English menu made for me and also serves the best food in the area of the school where I teach. When I arrived here, I was feeling quite down and her rowdy, cheerful manner helped me.