2 weeks left?! eeek!

okay wow. i need to catch up on my blog writing. let's see....

one weekend i went with a couple of my english teacher friends to play in an ultimate frisbee hat tournament. we played from 9am until 4pm basically non-stop in the heat of the day. the only breaks we had were a lunch break and then a break when it started storming. they were intense ultimate frisbee players and it was a good mix of people: thai and farang, teachers and travelers, pros and first-timers. i scored 3 goals and was proud of that, they were very good players and i felt very rusty with my frisbee skills. we had a lot of fun, but it was SO hot! i was very surprised to see so many thai women playing because you dont see a lot of thai women that will go outside and workout especially if the sun is out, and they were really good at ultimate frisbee also.

that sunday me and my friend lindsey took a thai cooking class and i learned to cook 10 different dishes including curries, soups, pad thai, desserts, som tam, etc. and i bought some spices/sauces and cookbooks so i can make some tasty food when i get back to the states.

this last weekend i took a "sick day" or a "mental health day" (i needed a break and hadnt taken a day off of work yet) so i started my weekend on friday morning, it was nice and much needed. i took the free buses to thammasat university area and was first in line for thai boxing, then i did some shopping around my old apartment area.

saturday i went to the huge chatuchak weekend market for the last time and bought some things. i went with my friend Nig and spent the whole day with her- she got really tired. apparently i have a lot of energy. we then went to thammasat and did thai boxing for my last time :( the coach gave me his address and gave me a big hug saying that he will miss me a lot. he's so much fun. then me and Nig and another thammasat thai boxer went on a journey to the Lumpini Thai Boxing stadium to see an evening thai boxing match. (it wasnt as exciting or intense as we had thought, its a long story though). then we went shopping at the nearby night market and also saw a thai heavy metal concert which was pretty fun to watch.

then sunday i went with Nig to Koh Kret, an island on the chao phraya river by my town. we basically just walked around and shopped, saw their cool pottery that they do on the island, and bought a bunch (heavy for in my luggage!) we also ate the island dish of fried flowers and plants... it was interesting and sweet. it was a really hot day. then we got back to our town and they were having the end of the month sunday market, which is HUGE! so i did more shopping and bought more stuff! i hope i have room in my luggage for it all!

i now have 1.5 more weeks of teaching left, its crazy how fast it went. but i feel a little burned out with it. luckily monday is a buddhist holiday, so no school. this weekend i will run a mini marathon in hua hin. it should be fun. the winner wins 3000 baht, which would be very nice to have.

then the rest of my time here is a holiday, songkran, thai new years, and i will be going to my friend Nig's hometown in southern thailand. it should be fun, and interesting for sure.