Paisley Firefly: Just another week in Rangsit.

Sawadeeka!

Tristan and I decided to start getting fit again and go for a run one sunny Thursday afternoon after work. Our first and, possibly last, run in Thailand was an awful realisation of just how unfit we both were. We ran for 6 minutes and almost died. The heat doesn’t make running any easier. We haven’t run since then, but fingers crossed we get into it again soon, I love running.

I was very excited for to watch Suicide Squad; the trailer was a really good teaser. On Saturday Tristan and I had to head to Future Park to open a new bank account for Tristan, which took about 2 hours. We later planned to meet up with 2 guys from the course for lunch and a movie. It was nice to get out and to catch up with them. Plus, we went back to the easy ribs and wings place and got some delicious ribs!

After a long, long wait, Pokemon Go was finally released in Thailand. So, that very night, Tristan and I downloaded the app. Tristan wasn’t as excited as I was in the beginning, but after coaxing him to go hunt Pokemon at 10:30pm, he was almost as addicted as me. Our excitement didn’t last all that long, our closest Pokestop was a 15/20 - minute walk away and all the cool Pokemon were in Bangkok. But we still played it for a couple more weeks.

The sunset from my closest Pokestop

Sports day

Sports day in Thailand (or at least at the school I was at) was more of a fashion parade than anything else. There wasn’t much in terms of ‘sports’ that day and the marching around the school was awful as the temperature was very high and the students were really battling. It was nice to interact with my students’ parents and watch the students have fun.