So I've now had just over a week in Thailand, and it has been amazing! I already feel like I've known some of these people for much longer than I actually have, and I continue to meet dozens more each day. Every day I say that it's been the best day of my life, and every day continues to get better and better. It really feels like I'm doing freshman year over again, or at least frosh week, because there's tons of people to meet, events to go to, and things to do! It's been an incredible week to say the least. Every night I've been meaning to do a little update about my day but by the time I get home I'm always just too tired. So I'll give a quick recap of my first ten days in Thailand.
I've been to several temples now, yet only one in Bangkok. My first day three of us went to Wat Pho Temple to do some sightseeing and to get Thai massages. Then last weekend I planned on going to Chatuchak Market with some people but instead spontaneously hoped aboard a train to Ayutthaya. It's a small city located two hours north of Bangkok, and it was beautiful. A group of seven of us went so it was a great opportunity to really get to know each other and see some amazing temples. That day might actually be one of my favourite days so far.
I've also done lots of partying during my first week, which made it feel very much like frosh week again. I love that the majority of exchange students live in the same building. I actually miss living in residence and this is exactly that. It's great being able to run to someones room, or easily meet up in the garage for supper. And the pool is probably the best part! There's always a crowd of people at the pool, either after classes during the week, or all day long when we have days off. I absolutely love it. And the water feels great after wearing a tight and uncomfortable uniform all day.
School has officially started now, but so far it's good. I actually haven't had all my classes yet because we had a holiday on our second day. But by the end of this week I will have attended all my first lectures and will need to finalize my course schedule. I'm not super happy about some of the courses I had to take, but at least it's a pass/fail so if I really truly hate my two finance courses, then I probably won't spend hours a day trying to learn it just to get an A. But so far I love both my Entrepreneurship class and International Marketing. The way the courses seem to be constructed, and also the professors, just make me want to learn everything I can about the topics. I'm sure this enthusiasm will pass when I actually have to get down to it and do some homework/projects, but for now it seems great.
I still can't believe that I'm in Thailand, and that this is my life. But somehow I got fortunate enough to have this experience. I can't wait to see what the next five months have in store for me, and I already know that I will have to come back here. There's something so magical about this place to me. The city is such chaos, but it's almost like an instrumented chaos. Like I thought driving in cities like Toronto was hard with all the traffic, but TO has nothing on Bangkok traffic. But people don't honk, they don't get road rage. They accept it, and they respect all the other drivers on the road. And seeing people selling everything imaginable on the streets at 3 or 4am after all the clubs have closed makes me have so much respect for them. A lot of people here definitely live off tourists, but they don't seem to mind. Thai people may be the most kind-hearted people I've ever met. They are all so willing to help a lost foreigner out whenever. Everything here just amazes me.
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