30 minutes

I'm at school and I just finished with my 7th class of the day, phew. I kind of had to wing it because the copy machine decided to stop working, and well... i had procrastinated lesson planning for the After School Club, but i'm getting better at winging stuff- that's what makes a good teacher i think- being able to make up activities on the spot and keep the kids busy. :) Mondays are long days. This last 30 minutes that I have to be at school always lasts the longest. It's like, I don't know why I have to stay until 4:30, when I'm done at 4, sometimes I'm done at 2, but I still have to stay til 4:30. AND the clock that we clock in and out of at school is SLOW- so I really leave here at 4:45pm every day. The post office closes at 5pm, and that is the reason I am slow to send out postcards, because it's nearly impossible to get there in time.

Today is the Chinese New Year, which they celebrate here because there are a lot of Chinese and half-chinese half-thai people living here. Last chinese new year i spent with my thai friend Kwang at her parents house and did the family thing which was really cool. this year i stayed at my town and they had a HUGE market with all kinds of foods, produce, cooked foods, bakery food, and all sorts of products from clothes to plants to dinnerware to perfume. I bought quite a bit of stuff. something really cool for dad! they didnt do anything at night though, there were some fireworks during the day. but from what i have heard and read, this chinese new year was really lame. not as many celebrations and stuff because of the economy being bad.

K time to head home!