You can't see it very well, but this sign says Thanon Kraizi....as in Kraizi Street...it's mine

 

Well I’m coming up to week 8 of life in Bangkok. So far, so good. I’ve now got four jobs: columnist for BangkokDiary.com (watch for my interviews, which should be posted shortly!), blogger for Agoda.com, English teacher (very much part-time), and of course, writing for ISEdb.com, which I’ve been doing for a while now.

Suffice it to say that I don’t get a lot of time off. But actually, I thrive in this kind of environment. It’s when I’m busy that I do my best work. I haven’t had a day off in like three weeks, and I love it. I love my writing jobs so much. 

BangkokDiary is a start-up online magazine (actually just today we were sitting around the office looking on Thesaurus.com, trying to figure out a great way to describe it) that will, as I came up with, be the contemporary hotbed of Bangkok information and current events. I also came up with these gems: the marrow of the bones that make up Bangkok, and the axis of information for Bangkok's metropolitan lifestyle. We left it at “eyes and ears of Bangkok,” though that wasn’t as verbose as I’d hoped.

My boss, Anuwat, or “Wat”, is great. He speaks excellent English and he is my biggest fan. Wat is extremely well-connected in Bangkok, and I can tell that this site is going to take off in no time. I’m pretty excited to get to be a part of it. Wat is going to see what he can do about getting me that elusive work visa, and there are some pretty exciting things in the pipeline. 

This week, I get to cover the midnight flower market (which, incidentally, starts in the afternoon). It may sound boring, but apparently you can buy a whole armload of orchids for like $3!! I also get to cover the Bangkok International Dance Festival, which I am very, very excited about.

My job at Agoda is less involved. I’m basically writing about “chick travel” around Southeast Asia. Ummm…I think I know a thing or two about that!! (see BlondeTraveler.com). On Monday, it was my job, neigh, my duty, to spend the entire day at a shopping mall, and work out a girl’s guide to the best finds and deals there. Oh what a tough life.

Teaching English is, well, teaching English. The kids are adorable, but I am slightly frustrated with their unwillingness to speak anything above a whisper. I am reminded of my Japan experience all over again. But it’s nice to have a change in pace one day a week (unfortunately that day is Saturday!). 

This Sunday will be my first day off in a long time, but even better than that, the weekend after, I have booked Saturday off, and the Wolfpack has plans to go to Koh Samet to celebrate two March birthdays. I haven’t been to a beach in so long it seems!! I can’t wait.

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