China Town...

Few days back I was working in the staffroom and we heard this huge crash. Looked out the window and there was this big china cabinet laying smashed on the sidewalk. Apparantly it had fallen out of the back of a truck. Yesterday was another busy day of orientation. In the afternoon we practice taught one another. In the evening I went to Big C to send some mail. They had me fill out a form, then stood around for awhile and told me to come back in half an hour. This afternoon they sent us across the street to Nonthaburi Christian Academy (also owned by Ajahn Sahat)to observe for 15 mins. I went to a grade 5 class with about 9 students. I went to the back to start taking notes but then the teacher left. I guess she thought I was gonna teach. I hung out with them for a bit, played a game of hangman (which lasted about 20 seconds) then a different teacher came and they all left and went to Christian ethics (which was in Thai). The kids thought I was very tall and wondered if I played basketball. When I was asking their names one of the kids would spell each name out. After lunch, when I was entering our apartment, there was a snake hanging for our door bell. It slithered away pretty quickly but gave me quite a startle. Right after that I opened a refrigerator and the gecko which hangs out by our fridge jumped in. Nathan took it out so it wouldn't die, but then it started crawling up his leg. This afternoon I opened a bank account at the bank across the street. I spent the first part of the evening working on my Grade 8 math year plan, and then found out that a van of people (Ajahn Sahat and his family as well as some teachers) were leaving for China Town so I went with them. China town was spectacular. Lots of activity and lots of lights. We ate at a Chinese restaurant there. Had noodles with duck. My first time ever eating duck I think, pretty good. They drove us around downtown Bangkok and saw some awesome sights: Grand Palace, the "Pentagon", the temple on a hill that used to be the highest point in Bangkok, the center of Bangkok, various wats, both the old and new parliament buildings, the supreme court, a university. Pretty sweet.