Shocks and stuff...

Went to church this morning again at the Thai church. Ajarn Sahat gave the message based on the book of Ruth. Stayed for lunch after church. Had some fried rice, some cabbagy stuff with some sort of meat, and some kind of soup that I thought was potato soup but was some sort of near-tasteless cucumber soup. After church I walked over to Big C and got a few things. Bought a door handle with a lock and and pair of yellow shorts (i bought identical red shorts previously). I tried to buy a white undershirt so I got an employee to show me which one would fit me (extra large), but it didn't have a barcode so they couldn't scan it at the checkout so I ended up not getting it. I figured it was worth spending 4 bucks on the door know and screwdriver to install the doorknob as our house was broken into 3 times last year apparently. Spent awhile installing the doorknob on my room - I was drenched in sweat after. Who thought that installing a door knob could be such a workout? After that I cleaned the bathroom and listened to a sweet trance cd my housemate Nathan got at the night market for like 3 bucks. Pretty much all the music and movies you find here is pirated. But they do a good job of making a nice colour copy of the cover and stuff. After that, spent pretty much the rest of the day working. Tomorrow's the first full day of school! I have this weird feeling that I'm gonna be working till midnight every night for the rest of the year, hopefully I'm wrong. Anyways, my classroom is pretty sweet (you should come check it out) and I am Mr. Sammy. I don't think it's sunk in yet that I am no longer a student. I am a teacher. But I am still learning. One is always learning. So I guess I'm a teacher and a perpetual student. After experiencing this recent role reversal I have much more respect for all the teachers I have encountered during my 22 and a bit years on this beautiful planet. Spent 20 minutes ironing a shirt. And it still didn't look all that great. Load of laundry is in the drier now. Guess I should get that. Then I have to photocopy the first chapter of the grade 9 textbook because i'm 1 short for my class. My grade 6 and 7 math textbooks are still not here. Oh well, mai pen rai. Mai pen rai means nevermind. Many people use that phrase when describing the people of Thailand. Whoops, the lights just went out. Happens every night at this time. Speaking of dryers, Thailand seems to be the land of shocks. I touch the play and stop buttons on the dvd player and fell tingling in my fingers. Same thing happens with the volume control on the speakers. And the back of one of the computers here. And I got a couple of shocks from the washing machine. I didn't really like those.