I’ve only blogged twice in the last two months, mostly due to a new job and more activities on the weekends. I am working at an International School in a marketing/PR/swim instructor/substitute teacher capacity. I’ve been busy learning my way around school and writing/submitting a ridiculous number of articles to the local English language newspapers. Surprisingly they’ve published everything I’ve sent; so it either tells you something about my writing ability or how desperate English freelance writers are in Thailand (I prefer to think the prior).
Otherwise I’ve been acquainted with “work life”…waking up early, being tired, and realizing how much I yearn for the coming weekend. I’m not sure it’s all worth it for the pennies I am paid, but it’s a learning experience nonetheless.
Although along with “work life” comes some nice perks. Mostly caused by the difficulty in spending my higher than a typical Thai wage locally. It simply would not be right to extract money out of such an underdeveloped country…so I’ve decided to spend 100% of my Thai paycheck purchasing local goods. In trickle down economics theory: when I buy Thai goods, it enables local merchants to profit and use their profits to purchase more locally manufactured items, effectively recycling my capital for the greater good of Thailand.
So what does all this really mean? I’ve been eating more, partying more, and upgrading my living space. Instead of living in a box, I’m now living in a box overlooking an ocean view with a gorgeous sunset…oh yah, and it has hot water and high speed internet access too!