fer fooks saik
about once every three months since i have been here i have had a day that makes me want to pack it all in and say "fook it." a day when there are so many obstacles and everything seems to be a battle. (please note that i do blame thailand in an unfair way. i am aware of this.)
for example:
-teachers need to do photocopying. i go to the same place every freaking week. the boys in there always help me, and they know me by name. yesterday i walked in, to a STRICTLY photocopy shop, what do they say? "what do you want?" all sitting down, grins on their faces, stupidity in their eyes. fer fooks saik, i want some copies!!!!
-7-11 has a big big market here. they have many products you can get in the west, this seems to be their basis. making the whole 'kwik-e mart' become a reality. but for some damn reason, the newest and nicest 7-11 has products that only have thai script. jesus. every other little mom and pop store has things written in english, but 7-11 can't manage to sell some conditioner with a little something written in english (note, this is probably the most ignorant comment i will ever make. or not. but this was after i spent half an hour in there, opening every freaking container to see if i could tell if it was conditioner or not.)
-tampons. fer fooks saik. i am not sure how a society can survive without tampons. same 7-11. i know they are not as common here, and many places don't have them. i didn't even expect to find them there. however, when i simply asked a woman working there, in thai, i said i didn't know what they were called in thai, and so she proceeds hunch her back and show me where it would do, using thrusting motions...infront of a line of people. then shouting "mai mii!" (don't have.) almost tops my condom story from montreal
-motorbikes. i drove to samkong last night, usually about a 10 minute ride from my place. i was supposed to meet a friend, and i was already 30 minutes late. because i was late he thought it would really help if he called me every three minutes to see where i was. and then proceed to tell me that is it very busy on the road and to be careful. of course. people weaving in and out of traffic, going from 0-60-0 in three seconds. five kids on a motorbike fooking eerooound........fer fooks saik. motorbikes on sidewalks, motorbikes stopping to take phone calls. motorbikes going 60 the wrong way down the street in oncoming traffic. motorbikes driven by people who shouldn't have motorbikes, and cards driven by people who should.
-hsbc. to make a long and fooking painful story short, i had money in my american account i was counting on using, yesterday. i went to use my card, because my thai account doesn't work between the hours of 12am and 2am, hoo the fook knows why...and when i went there in a hurry? oh look, my card expired 10/04. sweet. no money, no card...a nearly empty thai account. my bank knows i am living here, the manager is a good friend of my parents. so...wouldn't i receive a replacement card, or hear something about it? fer fooks saik.
-lastly, who the fook thinks it is okay to start work at 730 am? every day? i dont start teaching until 920, but every day my alarm goes off at 6am, then again at 6:30, and then again at 6:45, 6:50, 6:55, 7:00, and sometime around 7:05 i let out a bloodcurdling scream and slither into the shower. 7:30 is not a welcome hour. there are so many other hours in the day...why start at this one? i would happily finish at 5:00 if it meant i didn't have to start until 8:30.
oye vey.
silver lining: i went to a traditional thai dance performance last night on an island right next to phuket, i was backstage as smiles was performing. it was so damn beautiful. things like this can make you change your view on all the "blah" shit. it was amazing. completely amazing.
for example:
-teachers need to do photocopying. i go to the same place every freaking week. the boys in there always help me, and they know me by name. yesterday i walked in, to a STRICTLY photocopy shop, what do they say? "what do you want?" all sitting down, grins on their faces, stupidity in their eyes. fer fooks saik, i want some copies!!!!
-7-11 has a big big market here. they have many products you can get in the west, this seems to be their basis. making the whole 'kwik-e mart' become a reality. but for some damn reason, the newest and nicest 7-11 has products that only have thai script. jesus. every other little mom and pop store has things written in english, but 7-11 can't manage to sell some conditioner with a little something written in english (note, this is probably the most ignorant comment i will ever make. or not. but this was after i spent half an hour in there, opening every freaking container to see if i could tell if it was conditioner or not.)
-tampons. fer fooks saik. i am not sure how a society can survive without tampons. same 7-11. i know they are not as common here, and many places don't have them. i didn't even expect to find them there. however, when i simply asked a woman working there, in thai, i said i didn't know what they were called in thai, and so she proceeds hunch her back and show me where it would do, using thrusting motions...infront of a line of people. then shouting "mai mii!" (don't have.) almost tops my condom story from montreal
-motorbikes. i drove to samkong last night, usually about a 10 minute ride from my place. i was supposed to meet a friend, and i was already 30 minutes late. because i was late he thought it would really help if he called me every three minutes to see where i was. and then proceed to tell me that is it very busy on the road and to be careful. of course. people weaving in and out of traffic, going from 0-60-0 in three seconds. five kids on a motorbike fooking eerooound........fer fooks saik. motorbikes on sidewalks, motorbikes stopping to take phone calls. motorbikes going 60 the wrong way down the street in oncoming traffic. motorbikes driven by people who shouldn't have motorbikes, and cards driven by people who should.
-hsbc. to make a long and fooking painful story short, i had money in my american account i was counting on using, yesterday. i went to use my card, because my thai account doesn't work between the hours of 12am and 2am, hoo the fook knows why...and when i went there in a hurry? oh look, my card expired 10/04. sweet. no money, no card...a nearly empty thai account. my bank knows i am living here, the manager is a good friend of my parents. so...wouldn't i receive a replacement card, or hear something about it? fer fooks saik.
-lastly, who the fook thinks it is okay to start work at 730 am? every day? i dont start teaching until 920, but every day my alarm goes off at 6am, then again at 6:30, and then again at 6:45, 6:50, 6:55, 7:00, and sometime around 7:05 i let out a bloodcurdling scream and slither into the shower. 7:30 is not a welcome hour. there are so many other hours in the day...why start at this one? i would happily finish at 5:00 if it meant i didn't have to start until 8:30.
oye vey.
silver lining: i went to a traditional thai dance performance last night on an island right next to phuket, i was backstage as smiles was performing. it was so damn beautiful. things like this can make you change your view on all the "blah" shit. it was amazing. completely amazing.
posted by isobella at 8:42 AM
1 Comments:
having a bad week eh? i know the feeling...been there meself many, many times. well, keep in mind that living in thailand is a never-ending roller coaster ride, and that the highs do end up balancing out the lows. chin up! pos attitude! you'll always feel an outsider but, hey, you'll never be bored!
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