Happy Anniversary!

Dear Readers,

So April 2nd marks my anniversary … anniversary of leaving HK and moving to Bangkok……It’s been 12 years!
I still remember March 31st was my last day of school, and my friend Arun asking me, “Stacy, is this all some really sick April Fool’s Day joke?”

Aww…and Grace and Arun came to the airport to say goodbye to me, can’t believe what babies we were then!

12 years later, I’m alone… my parents most likely have moved back to Hong Kong, and there is honestly nothing really holding me to this place – except for Gizmo and Perdy.

So when I moved back here from Singapore? I realised that I had to find happiness here, and since my source of happiness is to be around my parents and family…they love Bangkok…they live in Bangkok…thus I accepted Bangkok.
When they left Bangkok, and I was faced with living here indefinitely? I became super proactive, started doing things I liked to do, and I would say made something out of my time here.

There are lots of things to love about Thailand, the people are so wonderfully nice (to a fault), everything is affordable…food is good, shopping is great…weather is fabulous….and then there are things to hate about Thailand…for example….TRAFFIC.  And my life is really nice and comfortable here, I drive a nice car, live in a nice apartment, I have a bff here, perdy and gizmo are here….life is good and happy!

Alvin told me that he thinks I live in “Canada” because my life isn’t a Thai life at all. But i think that makes sense, I make the most of my time here, I enjoy staying at home, and just chilling with my darlings, and staying in my bubble.

So wow, Happy Anniversary Bangkok. I think our romance has been off and on, love and hate, a lot of indifference, and now, you are just one fabulously comfortable city.

Finally I’m comfortable,
Stacy

A day in the life…

Dear Readers ,

I woke up with a mission this morning – beat the traffic, submit my yearly income tax EARLY – as in be one of the first to submit. (2nd last day to submit)

And…my car wouldn’t start.

My battery collapsed
The battery!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This happened to me 2 weeks ago…on a tuesday too, maybe it’s a tuesday curse kinda thing. And the same nice man, who lives 4 floors below me helped me again! He is a pro because he owns some auto-tuning shop…and he found someone who was willing to help me (so nice!) to jump start my car, and when the car was running he took hammers, wrenchs and what nots and was hammering, and tightening bolts.

And the taxi cabbie who helped me jumpstart the car? I offered him money and he declined!

On days like these, I really have to acknowledge and give props to the kind nature of Thai people. Such nice wonderful people!!! 

I made my way to my class at Goodwill.  (1.8 hour drive….12KM!!!) And I have to say, I love my ladies!

Today, Chapter 4 was titled : Do you like Rap?
So we went through all the different music genres, they didn’t know the difference between Country and Folk, so I whipped out my iPhone and played Kenny Roger’s The Gambler, and Joni Mitchell’s Case of you to illustrate the difference. And they didn’t know the Beatles and I wanted to faint. Haha, but it turns out that in Thailand, the Beatles are known as *thai name for Beatles*, and once we established that connection, we spoke about John Lennon, how he was married to a Japanese Lady (Yoko) and how he was murdered. They knew all these random details! amazing!

And, I dont know about this Chapter 4…it was a really interesting chapter, because basically, Tom asks Jennifer…Do you like Rap? And they get to know eachother, she doesn’t like rap…thinks Enimem is a pianist…and prefers Celine Dion. And in the next class exercise we have a Dating Game show where Linda chooses between Bachelor 1, Bachelor 2, and Bachelor 3….(She chooses Tony.)

And then the final conversation was Dave asking Susan for a soccer-match-watching-date. And usually, I’ll give them some background, and share a bit of this ‘western’ type of culture. You know, as in, Okay, well for us, if a man is interested in a woman, he’ll just ask for a dinner date, or some date…directly, no need to go through this whole group date…friends-first sort of business.

And to prompt this discussion, I asked them, “so do Thai men do what Dave just did? outright ask women out on dates?”

To my surprise, all my students replied, “YES!”….”Yes they do, they usually ask for dinner, or a movie.”

………….

WHAT? 

They do? Damn…why am I getting short-changed here!

And there you have it Ladies and Gents, I am just too optimistic for my own good. Instead of facing the fact that I’m not being asked out for dinner, a movie, or anything social – because simply, there’s no love. (:() I just misinterpretted this whole lack-of-initiative as shyness! No wait, correction, lack-of-INTEREST = shyness.

Shame on me. Another huge and painful wakeup call.

And when we were going through this whole dialogue, honestly speaking? It really isn’t difficult to ask someone out.
Dave: Hey, I have tickets for a soccer-match on Friday night, would you like to go?
Susan: I’d love to, Thanks, what time is the match?
Dave: 8pm
Susan: Oh, so shall we meet at 6pm for dinner? (I LOVE SUSAN, POWER TO HER!)
Dave: I’d like to, but I have to work late…

so simple yet so difficult at the same time.

…

After class, I went for lunch with some of my students, which was really nice. A quick lunch and a rush to the revenue department. Which…wasn’t a bad experience at all, everyone is all smiles and I was out of there within 30 minutes.

Tennis and Gym Encounter
I think my tennis is improving, it now takes me 20 minutes to finish rallying one basket of tennis balls. But the sun was glaring down on me, and I felt like I was going to collapse so I finished tennis 15 minutes earlier than normal. Decided to use these 15 minutes to stretch upstairs at the fitness dome….saw Sebastien…wasn’t in the mood to chat or entertain him, just smiled and went straight to this private area, at the back of the gym to do stretches….

Right into my cat pose…lo and behold…..the stunned trainer approaches me. And he BOMBARDS me with questions! Oh my goodness….so stressful!

Trainer: Oh wow great to see you here…*beaming smile*…what are you doing? oooh that’s your tennis racket right there? Great, how was your playing today? how long did you play for? do you only play tennis? Oh you have two water bottles…ahaha……

Stacy: yup… and er..–

Trainer:  – So you dont teach today? what is your schedule tomorrow, do you teach tomorrow? what do you do? Oh when will be the next time you come to the gym? Do you come often? do you only play tennis? do you play weights? do you this ? do you that? do you do you do you….?????
ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

I was really patient for the first 3 minutes, and trying to do my stretches as he was badgering me, but I was coming down with a headache, and I figured I needed a powernap before I drove home, and his questions just kept coming and coming and coming, I felt so overwhelmed!

Gagh! I had to apologise and ask if i could finish my stretches, and he apologised profusely and wai-ed and bowed out.

I felt bad for 2 seconds, and then I just enjoyed my peace and quiet.

I know I am such a fussy person, complain when I get no attention, and when I’m bombarded with attention I feel like crawling back into my shell and hiding.

Home is where the Heart is
I have to say that, when I got home at 6ish, I was feeling so incredibly drained and spent. But when I saw my two best friends, and they showered me with love and affection, all that angst and stress just melted away!

I am just so happy to stay here with them in this condo forever, and I think …at least tomorrow, that is EXACTLY what I’m going to do.

Thanks for listening to my rant, what a tiring day!
Stacy

P.S. Thanks for listening to my rant, what a tiring day!

Dieting

Dear Readers,

My monday started off so very nice and fresh as Day 1 of the GM Diet. Tuesday was great too…

Wednesday I cheated a bit and met Anne for coffee, and Aubrey for dinner and a movie. Wednesday was all about fruits and vegetables. At the movie theatre, Aubrey asked if I wanted pop corn, and I figured, Yes why not, popcorn = corn anyways right? It’s simply…popped corn? so I’m not really cheating there, and I asked for the lightly salted ones only…

Thursday, I picked up Greg from school took him to dinner and shopping. And that’s when I all let it go. Friday? I suppose I stuck to most of my diet plan, but today Saturday…totally let go, had icecream TWICE and lots of starch…damn…

And I’m starting to see that, when I’m by myself – Monday to Thursday, it is so easy to really keep to diets? But when I’m responsible for Greg, it is so difficult to stay true to dieting. How can I, when I have meals to prepare?

It’s very difficult.

I just came back from snacks with Dianna and Mark, my first time snacking in a long time, and I have to say, I honestly feel sick! I don’t like supper anymore! my body can’t take it. I feel full bloated and really grossed out with myself. Tomorrow morning I’m going to make myself a nice fresh glass of watermelon juice, and hopefully start being healthy from there.

I’ve got 1 week ’til I hit HK, and 2 weeks until Jay and I hit New York! and 2Kgs to go! I hope I’ll be more disciplined next week.

If you have strong discipline, and want to see weight loss results fast, I recommend you try to GM diet. It feels great and healthy and I’m seriously considering changing my eating lifestyle to strictly fruits and vegetables!

Disappointed with my diet disobedience,
Stacy

Compliments!

Dear Readers,

So I’m not sure whether it’s my horoscope, or just pure concidence, but i think that the March – May time period is usually the period of above-normal ‘love’ occurences. Ugh, I take that back, not love…not love, more like…some ab-normal activity in my very non-existent love life.

Like say last year March? I realised that I am definitely not the type to do flings. I hate being used like a tissue, I’m not one for fast attachment followed by extremely fast detachment. As I complained to my ever-so patient friends, “I was flung like a used Tissue!!! TISSUE I TELL YOU!!!!” grr…

Yup, I kinda wish I was the fling type? But I know I’m not. My personality, character – just not meant for it. And the most worrying thing – and I think the reason why I’ve been single all these years is because people think I’m too nice. (And I say this with all my humbleness and honesty) To which I feel extremely ….!!!! about! I’m not asking to get married, all I’m asking is for a simple ‘get – to - know – you’ outing. *sigh* Dammnit, I’m apparently the marrying type, not the dating type, and thus here is a vicious cycle, If I never get to date, how will I ever get married?

Gagh!

Anyways, I think one of my very lovely friends shared with me the BEST COMPLIMENT of the year, and I remember telling said person, “wow, that’s like the best compliment EVER!!!!” and I have to generalise here, but I think that the bulk of women really….love compliments!

they make us blush! (at least they make me blush)

So the other day, someone completely random(not so random, ….maybe the term should be…new.) told me he missed me. I hate when people do that! I hate when men say “I miss you” when they don’t even know you! How qualified can that statement be?

So the conversation went something like this…

Stacy: okay…
Guy: I just told you I missed you.
Stacy: um, okay but you don’t know me?
Guy: I know you, I know that everytime you go out you have a warm smile on your face, and you look like a powerful business woman but deep down inside you are a sweet and sensitive romantic person….(*Goodness I am blushing as I’m typing, damn compliments!*) And I know that in the future I’ll make relationship with you.

Wow. make relationship with me eh? Powerful and yet very creepy words. I would say something got lost in translation there.

Anyways, I think I kinda caved to possibly in the future we’d have dinner. And there are 2 different opinions on this, on one camp, my friends are telling me, why not! give it a shot..you never know! don’t limit yourself! And on another camp, my friends are telling me, don’t waste your time, if you don’t think there is anything there, don’t just date for the sake of it.

Ugh, I don’t just want to date for the sake of it, waste of my time. And I’m slowly realising, that there is a high chance that I am those types of people who are incapable of casual dating several people at the same time. dammnit. dammnit.

Why is it always the case the one you are interested in doesn’t even know you exist? I was contemplating recently about this current particular person, really wonderful warm person, and I think the words, “He’s just not into you” really sums it all up. Sooo…on that note, I concede. He just isn’t into me. boo!!!!

And just when I was losing all faith in the gutsy-ness of Thai men…I experienced a mini-episode today…

*open scene 1*

Setting 1: I was happily chatting with Dianna at my fitness club’s ground floor, waiting for a messenger to come and pick up documents. Minding my own business, but I have to say, I am usually very happy and chirpy when I’m chatting to my bff. xoxo!!!

*close scene 1*

*open to scene 2*

Setting 2: Just finished tennis,  holding my purse, gym bag, tennis racket, and accounting documents, juggling all of them, and this new fitness trainer helps me press the elevator button.

Stacy: Thank you!
Trainer: No problem.As the elevator doors opens to the ground floor….they open to reveal the same fitness trainer standing in front of them!

Stacy: !? oh, oops. sorry *ushers away to the side*
Trainer: Oh Hi. I saw you chatting on the telephone earlier this afternoon. And I was thinking, who is that person with such a nice voice? It’s like from a cartoon?
Stacy: haaa…okay…:)
Trainer:  I just heard your voice, and saw you sitting there…and you were just so…stunning!
Stacy: *stunned*!! *pause* Thank you for your compliment!
Trainer: The way you speak is so nice and clear… and May I have the honour of walking you to your car?
Stacy: Sure…
Trainer: So, where are you from?
Stacy: Canada
Trainer: Oh wow, Canadian…I don’t think I’ve met one before
Stacy: There are alot at the Club!
Trainer: Have you seen the movie, South Park?
Stacy: No, I don’t like it, but why..? The Canadian references?
( I actually can’t remember what he said at this point, oops)
Trainer: Thank you so much for letting me walk you to your car, do you think I will have the pleasure of seeing you again?
Stacy: Yup, I gym often…well…not so often…but I do gym
Trainer: Oh great. Say, do you think it’s possible if I could have your number? I won’t harass you or anything…

Alright so…if you were in my shoes…what would you do……

dammnit. I gave my card.

It’s this networking business instinct. Dammnit!!! dammnit!!! (wow I’m swearing alot in this blog post, sorry if I’m offending anyone)

Trainer: Oh you are a tutor? English tutor?
Stacy: Yup, English tutor
Trainer: And math tutor?
Stacy: Yup, English, math, science the whole works.
Trainer: Math right? Great, the whole nine yards! <<–at this point, I have to say I am fairly impressed by his english and the use of the idiom – “the whole nine yards”
Stacy: Well, thank you so much for walking me to my car, and thank you for your compliment
Trainer:  Please don’t thank me, it’s not a compliment, it’s the truth, you are really stunning! the way you were sitting there on the couch, and the setting, you really looked like a princess
Stacy: *stunned* haha..okay goodbye!

 

*end scene 2*

So, there you have it, I am stunning.

You know what? I am also very flattered! I don’t think I’ve ever been called stunning before.  Very nice words to hear on a quite discouraging week!

So…some Thai men are actually ballsy! This trainer used to work at California Fitness, so maybe he’s soliciting business too?  haha, no no no, I won’t give him my business, all my loyalty belongs to my friend and trainer. (cant say his name)

It makes so much of a difference when the person you like compliments you, or pays any attention to you, those types of compliments will just linger and leave you to reminsce on throughout your day…and weeks….

*sigh*
Staring outwards and daydreaming,
Stacy

And finally…sometime to myself…

Dear Readers,
I have had a craving to blog for the longest time, but never MADE time to blog…until today.

So, in the past month – Huge Achievement = JAMIE MADE IT TO THE TOP 20 FINALIST OF IT’S:MY:TIME!!!

Meaning that, she will be a United Colors of Benetton Model for – Fall/Winter 2010!!! Exciting exciting exciting!

She is a sweetie pie, and chose me to go along with her to New York!  So… New York New York! Here we come!

You know what, this win was such a morale booster for me. I really helped Jamie 20000%. We are such a good tag team, working around the clock, campaigning, nagging my friends to vote, monitoring the votes (who voted, who didn’t, who to nag, who to thank..)  Some of my friends were worried about me, “Stacy, don’t spread yourself out too thin…” or “wow, Stacy you are working really hard on this…take a break”

Yes – worked blood sweat and tears, but the whole It’s:My:Time campaign became my obsession. Something that I could turn to, work hard at, and see actual results from. 

So, the lesson from this is, know what you want, visualise it, and with hard work, you can achieve it.

The only problem for me is that I don’t know what I want, and I don’t know if I can even ask or demand for it….

Let the soul-searching begin,
Stacy

Bangkok Warning: Locations to Avoid + Avoid taxi drivers who wear red shirts

Dear Readers,

Yes sorry haven’t written for a while. The UDD protests start today! I’m posting these locations and keeping everyone updated with most recent political stuff. Am just about to head to the mall, but will write more when I get back.

Total locations to avoid – 33 locations!! THIRTY THREE! How ridiculous is this!

Here are the locations to avoid – from March 12th to….indefinite (Hopefully by next week it will all be over).

List of Locations to Avoid
1. Supreme Court of Thailand
2. Criminal Court
3. Bangkok Bank Silom
4. Bangkok Bank Nana
5. Kasikorn Thai Bank Nana
6. Siam Commercial Bank Headquarters
7. Grand Palace
8. Siriraj Hospital
9. Major Cineplex Rachayothin
10. BigC Rachaboonrana
11. Central World
12. Central Ladprao
13. Prannok Market
14. Minburi Market
15. Daokanong Market
16. Pattawikorn Market
17. Arun Amarin Intersection
18. Rom Klao Intersection (Near Ramkhamhaeng)
19. Kaset Nawamin Intersection
20. Kaset Nawamin Market
21. Kaset Nawamin at Wat Praditmanutum
22. Nawamin Intersection
23. Narathiwat Intersection at Silom
24. Silom Intersection at Rama 4 (Chulalongkorn Hospital)
25. Saparn Kwai Intersection (Ladprao)
26. Klongtoey Intersection
27. Ramkhamhaeng Rd.
28. Ram Intra Rd.
29. Tee Wa Karn Bangkok
30. Suan Luum
31. Pratumwan Princess
32. Pratumwan
33. Utantawai

Warning 2: Avoid taxi drivers who wear red shirts….
because….they might take you hostage! (!!!)

Gotta run,

please heed my warnings!
Stay safe,
Stacy

United Colors of Benetton – It’s My Time – Global Casting Call

Dear Readers,

United Colors of Benetton has launched this really interesting campaign called It’s My Time, it’s a global casting call. The top 100 entries (determined by popular vote) will be published in a book, and from this pool of people, the judges will select 20 to be models in their 2010 catalog!!

It’s exciting really.

I saw it and right away asked for my sister Elizbeth to sign up, because she is really talented. Just graduated and is about to start her career in modelling. I thought, hey this will really give her a headstart in the industry.

The thing about this competition, is that each voter/contestant has 20 votes daily, and we can only vote for contestants ONCE per day. The logic is, if you get 100 votes today, tomorrow you should have 200 votes because the 100 people from yesterday would vote again. But, it is really difficult to find daily voters!

Not complaining at all, I understand people are really busy, have their own lives, I’m not angry. It just means we have to work double hard to get votes. Some contestants have 3000 votes already!?!? how is that possible! It must be their loyal fan base, 300 base, tomorrow you get 600 votes, next day 900 votes. So that’s what we are working really hard for right now.

Elizabeth’s profile is right here:
http://casting.benetton.com/users/257250-elizabeth

I’m such a proud sister! For anyone who found my blog by googling,  maybe you are a contestant, or maybe you are a supporter/voter for your friend, whichever the case, you have 19 extra votes at your disposal!! Please please vote for my sister!

Thank you for all your love and support!
Elizabeth’s Campaign Manager,
Stacy

Here is how to vote:
***
Sign up an account at:
casting.benetton.com/signup

The website will send you a veritifcation email, please click the link, and then you are ready to go! … See more

Please go to Elizabeth’s profile:
http://casting.benetton.com/users/257250-elizabeth

On your top right corner there will be a green button with a heart that says VOTE.

Living in the 1920s

Dear Readers, 

So this year, Dianna had the most interesting birthday theme – 1920s! Really vague, speak easy, gangsta style. 

Anyhoo, was very wishy washy abou the whole thing because I was feeling like a hue-mong-go (sp? please?) cow, and not in the mood to really shop, but after checking out styles – I was super happy…because 1920s = flapper style. 

Flapper – something loose, feminist, lots of makeup, associated with promiscuity. Great! Loose clothing! I was thinking of wearing a poofy ballerina skirt (hmm..) but mom called and gave me such fabulous ideas! I went ‘shopping’ in her closet and pulled out a beautiful sleeveless long wrap dress.
I called Pantea, and she told me to go on YouTube! to see tutorials, and voila! 

 

This was my first attempted at the “Faux Fingerwave Curl”

<—-early morning, tried this on, no makeup. 

Just before I headed out! Yes I know lots of makeup but that was the 1920s style!

When driving to Dianna’s place, I really had to listen to Cole Porter and Ella Fitzgerald (although…she was more of a 1930s-1950s artist). It was really nice, especially singing along to my favourite song “Someone To Watch Over Me”

I completely fell in love with that song when Heather performed it to us in the common room (as a practice run for her what was it…a casting call or something?)

Anyways, before I left my house, I looked in the mirror, and thought to myself, WOW. This looks quite right! As in, I often wonder if I really belong in this time? because all the books I read are rather…old (20th early century books), I like to listen to more Big Band classic music, and hmm, I’m not being very articulate at the moment, but I had a brief moment where I thought, wow I really belong in the 1920s!

Then…I think it was either Mom or Andrea who said, “You wouldn’t like the 1920s, the WASHROOMS were different”

Ohhh right…..I love the comfort of modern technology!! hee hee, right away I’m back in reality and appreciate the era in which I exist in. haha

Dianna’s gathering was quite nice. I met the same people who attended her gathering last year, so got to chat with them again which was nice.  But at the same time, I had my night totally ruined by this immature party attendee who completely berated me over something so miniscule. I realised two things that night:

1. I am very patient and VERY unconfrontational.
and
2. I really feel like I want to crawl back to my nunnery/nest (whatever you choose to call it) and just stay there.

I’m really at this point in my life where I am very content with myself, and would very much rather be in the comfort of my own home than be mingling and putting myself in a position where I meet incredible losers.

Call me judgemental on this one I don’t care, this guy was a SUPER JERK! No manners and not a gentleman! Oh and one of my major petpeeves = people who curse alot. I mean, is it really necessary? Oh and loud people. Geez.

The night winded down at 2am, but Greg wanted to go to GAZEBO (do you remember that place! I wrote about it last year when Jeab and I went for her birthday, G-H-E-T-T-O!!!) So we decided to go there for the afterparty. The two guys who came with us had no idea what they were getting into…which was quite amusing actually. It is always great to see shocks of horror on decent people’s faces when they enter gazebo…

Mainly because there are alot of prostitutes, wild tourist and people who are REALLY FORWARD! Some guy pat my back, and I thought it was Greg, I turned around, it was this african guy (I’m not racist, im just describing the situation please!) and hes like “Hey….what’s up…..?” and I just turned around, saw his face, and I THINK my face just had this sheer look of horror, that he completely backed away. ahahahahahahaha so funny. I think the party-Stacy would had grabbed his hand and flung it off her shoulder. Wow, I’m way out of practice.

And then, we danced in the corner of the room, which I thought was perfect because it was just a huge bunch of us 10 ppl? and we were with girls Greg’s age…so around 19-20 maybe? so I was quite protective, thankful we were in the corner. Then after the girls left, it was just Greg, Jay, PJ and I, Dianna and her 2 friends. Then Jay has this idea to dance near the fans or something? I THOUGHT we were leaving or something, Jay says, “Let’s move here Stace.”

She drags me to a place right near the entrance, in front of huge industrial-looking fans…right away I’m like….why…are…we….here…

Look left there is this ghetto guy in a white wife-beater shirt with tattoos. Lots of small sweaty white men dancing  around us. Look right there are ladies in leather mini skirts swinging their hair around and doing body rolls….

Wonderful! But yes it wasn’t hot and stuffy there, so it was better. But basically the move was from “safe-no-creepy-crawler-environment” to…”creepy-crawler-environment”!!!

I was so thankful when we left, so very very very thankful.

Overall, life is never boring with Miss Dianna Lee. Especially when we parked the car outside her friend’s Restaurant, and had to walk through piss-smelling dark alleys to get to Gazebo……

I really hope Greg and Jay won’t drag me there for my birthday……

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Stacy

A great start to a busy week

Dear Readers,
Look at me! I’m blogging while I’m stuck in traffic!! Wonderful
Just came from Goodwill Foundation and I start to teach feb 2nd!

How exciting!

To be honest I was a bit apprehensive about volunteering for this organisation.
In the morning, I google searched for its address and came across this one forum post warning teachers not to volunteer. The author of that post said that we volunteers are training Thai women English so they can leech on to farang(Thai word for foreigners)

Argh I don’t want to do that, I don’t want some unsuspecting farang to be tricked by a gold digger….

At the foundation, I asked the programme organiser about her students, she told me that they were mainly disadvantages women trying to have a chance for a better life. A huge sigh of relief on my part. And I felt even better when she upfront honestly told me that some of her students want to speak English so they can get a farang boyfriend. She doesn’t condone these actions but she quite rightly told me that even if this is the case, these women need English skills to make sure they aren’t cheated or taken advantage of. Which, is a valid point, and I’m choosing to see the positive side of this issue. She said, “you know, not all farang are rich, and some can do bad things to these women.”
Hmmm….

Anyways I’m observing a class tomorrow and I’m starting to teach next week

On another note, Wednesday is the book club meeting and I can’t find *Tender is the Night* anywhere!!! I’m now heading to UTCC to check out their library and to pick up jay. I found the weirdest book at the bookstore, Check out the photo below.

I think i’m going to start to love Bangkok soon!

Excited and positive,
Stacy

Being Proactive!

Dear Readers,

Just as I clicked, “publish” for my previous post, I thought to myself, wouldn’t it be lovely if there was some book club in Bangkok? In Canada there are so many book clubs (other places too) my friends tell me that they go, and share their experience, and I always wish that there was something like that in thailand. (Especially, if there was something like the Jane Austen’s Book club…did you watch that movie!!)

Guess what, I found it! The Bangkok International Book Club! And the most fabulous thing is that the next meeting is next wednesday, and the book is Tender is the Night! I’ve read it eyons ago, so I’ll have to dig through our home library to find it, and if not, I’ll buy it at the book store tomorrow!

Quite exciting! Will let share with you how it goes.
I love being proactive!
Stacy