We started classes this week, and it's very strange. The first thing is that we all wear uniforms, so when you walk through the school everyone looks the same (except the foreigners who stick out like crazy, even with the uniforms). It also doesn't feel so much like "home" the way Mac does. I go to class, and then I come back home to the house. I'm taking Thai language (very difficult, but very important to be able to order food and direct taxis), cross-cultural psychology (pretty awesome so far, and I really like the prof), archaeology (haven't had it yet, it got postponed) and macroeconomics (has no pre-rec here, but the prof expects us to know calc, which I don't, so it's ridiculously hard. I had to call my Dad to help me with the first day's homework, and he couldn't remember how to do it! Luckily one of my friends from high school studies math, and he taught me the rules and stuff.)
Anyway, so classes are classes, and some are more fun and others are more awkward, but that's life. Socially, things are getting better but I still feel like it's difficult to make conversation with a lot of the students whose first language isn't English. Last night was a bit of a breakthrough on the social front though - we had a party, which was okay, and then a bunch of girls went out to the foreigner party street in Bangkok. We went to a couple bars and clubs, and danced until about 3am and it was great. Also, I got a great compliment from a Dutch guy who was surprised when I told him I was from the US. He said he throught I was from South America because, apparently, I dance like a Latina. =D Of course, he was Dutch, so maybe he doesn't know what he's talking about.
It's also weird to think that people back at Mac are getting ready for finals and graduation (!) and most of you who are studying abroad are also nearing the end of your terms. I feel like I have been here for a while, but also like it's been no time at all even though it's been almost a month now.
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