For those who don’t know, I recently started a new job working at a five star beach resort in Pattaya, Thailand. I work in the marketing communications department and I’m one of about fifty foreign employees and over 1,500 total workers that are employed by the resort. There’s more useful experience and opportunity for promotion here than at the international school I was working at prior, plus there are benefits like a free room in the hotel (probably the shittiest one they have, but an actual guestroom nonetheless) and food vouchers.
The working week is 6 days long and it equates to a 50+ hour work week and the pay isn’t any better than my prior job but I’ve been enjoying daily room cleaning service, ironed clothes, and 5-star eating! The food at the resort really is world-class, especially the desserts. I’m afraid I’ll become fat, so I’ve also started to swim again. Believe it or not tho, I’m actually getting tired of all this fancy eating and I find myself craving a street stall bowl of noodles or a plate of kat pow moo.