Today I had my first final. Just like the midterm. Same proctors who pace around desperate to correct un-tucked shirts, kids with too many pencils, and final resting orientation of the papers themselves. Same confusing answer sheets as well I'm afraid. Similar to the graph paper I used in middle school, only it had question numbers on the x-axis and A-Z on the Y axis. Some questions on todays Intro to Communication test didn't even seem to be questions.
"Thats fine, sweetheart." was one of them I can remember. I'll give something of value to anyone who can answer this question. Remember, you must use the answers A-Z.
Tomorrow is Study Skills, which historicly hasn't been too challenging. Friday is Communicative English, followed by Economics Saturday, Christmas Eve. I just want to whine about hving finals on Chrismas Eve. Really it isn't a very big deal, I don't think I'd do much that day anyways. Fianlly I have Tuesday and Thursday next week, Intercultural Studies and Management, the two big ones. I bought the Management book today. There is no I.C.S book, the proffesor makes it up as we go. Sadly that is true. I'm pretty sure we have to write a 3 page essay on his ideas for the test itself.
Dreamworld with P'Tum andhis girlfriend the other day was really a lot of fun! It was just the three of us roaming round the park. We raced go-carts, May and I pined eachother to the far back of the track and had to be rescued while everyone watched. Went into the Horror House. That really scared the hell out of May, I kept my distance thinking she might wet herself at anytime. Tum and I were equally scared of the rollercoster, but went anyways. All three of us. I haven't ridden since the traumatizing ride back in the day, with my Dad. I rode with some large kid, a little younger than me, but much larger. All I can say is that the force of gravity and one very large body kept me firmly in-place throughout the loops and turns. Space Mountain was cool too. The whole park had a lot of, obviously un-licenced, Disney material going on, but apparently nobody at Disney really cares. Fun day, glad to see Tum again and outside of Grammy.
A mini Tesco superstore opened a branch on our soi. Pretty cool. Basicly a compact Wal-Mart or Costco packed into a gas station store sized room. It will be interesting to see who still shops at the family stores to buy laundry soap and goods, vs. the enemy.
I'll post a picture of some friends over the next few weeks. The English speaking group, left to right: John, a Beatles cover band guitar player, quite possibly the smartest person in our major. Zia, fierce party boy from Bangladash, loves Indian stereotype jokes and the female sex. Shy, from Napal, has to stop people mid-conversation everyday to explain that he doesn't speak a word of Thai even though he has dark skin. Karn, Thai world-class swimmer who missed Olympic qualifying by half a second but still competes on the national (non-olympic) team. Seppo, good friend, very calm like most Fins. Rein from the Netherlands deserves a mention and/or shout out as well.
