I didn't go to Chaing Rai. P'Tum called me at noon to tell me he didn't have to go anymore.

So, I spent the day fixing the water faucet with P'Noom, the mute apartment handyman/brother to the owner. After that was done we bleached my bathroom and patio to get rid of the soot stains that the air causes in this area. After that was done with I washed some clothes.

In the evening I decided to go take a look at other apartments. This apartment is pretty nice that I am in now. It's new. Food and supplies everywhere 24/7. Reasonably close to school. The downsides are the highish price and noise 24/7.

I went with one of the local motorcycle taxi drivers that is a friend of Momo's uncle. We checked out several places. Most were full.

The first available room I found was in a quite area not far from here. มีสุข Be Happy. Small building, maybe 20 rooms. The owner was very an old lady who was very cautious about who she let live there. She warned me about bringing lots of friends, booze, and smoking. The room was decent. No furniture, no big problem... thats cheap. The room had a high ceiling, big bathroom, porch, and sink! Good view, cheap price, quiet area. Possible drawback would be the long walk to buy things (ie. food) and the land lady seemed like she might take a while to fix things.

The second place was brand new. Not even finished with construction, really. I called and was told they had open rooms, decent price. The driver and I walked over to talk to the owners who were sitting across the road. The woman instantly tells the driver to translate that she doesn't accept my kind here. We were both shocked at what the hell that meant. He quickly spoke up for me, explaining that I was (lie) actually Thai, and could have my sister sign a contract (Momo). I explained that I was a student at BU and just needed a cheap room. No way. She says, looking straight at the driver, that I have to have a Thai wife. We both just looked at eachother. P'Ton says "Nong, you wouldn't want to live anywhere near this lady. Lets keep looking." Right on.

I don't know what to do. I'll just hope an answer comes to me. Everybody tells me that my current apartment is just too much money, for what I have available to spend in a month. I could move to Mee Sook, but it might be too quiet.

จะเป็นไรไหม ถ้าฉันจะนั่งตรงนี้ ใกล้ใกล้เธอ
ให้ฉันช่วยเธอ เผื่อมีอะไร
ก่อนคนนั้น ของเธอจะมา ให้ฉันนั่งเป็นเพื่อนไป
อย่างน้อยไม่เหงาใจ เมื่อไรเขามา…ฉันจะไป

อยากไปทะเลกับเพื่อนอะ

:P

Yesterday I hung with friends watching movies and eating quietly in my room. We're all pretty burnt out.

Today I went and had lunch at lan daeng, then went to watch Poseidon at Major Ekkamai with May and some 3rd year friends of ours. Poseidon was ok. I would go nuts trapped in the halls of in an upside down, sinking cruise ship. Particularly nuts if people told me there was a way out through the BOW THRUSTERS!? That killed it. Why would designers put a hatch opening from the inside of the boat, at the very bottom of the ship? That would be very similar to installing screen doors as excape hatches on Boeing 747s.

I did end up making it to the Uni that day. Just in time to catch one of the records deptartment staff, who gave a very BU answer. I could easily submit Jik's papers for her, as she was in the hospital, but Jik still needed two more "extra copies" (BU doesn't have copy machines!?) and a few signatures: 1 Doctor 2 Nurses 1 Me 2 Random people. Jik told me at her appointment with the office they told her they will announce whether she fails or re-takes tests, sometime within one month.

My water spout broke today, on my porch. I turned on the faucet, tured it off, and watched water still gushing out at full force. My porch was starting to flood. I took a ceilingtile out of the bathroom and reached around for the shutoff. Now I have to flood my balcony to take a shower. :P That gets fixed quick or I'm moving.

P'Tam called me up today, asking if I wanted to go to Chiang Rai tomorrow and come back Saturday. Sure. I don't have school until Wednesday. I have no idea what we'll be doing there, but I like roadtrips.

I need to pack.

FINALS ARE OVER! For me at least. Most friends still have a day or too left.

Today I did OK on Art Appriciation, and a pretty good on Jurisprudence, finishing up final exams. After Art Appriciation I found out Jik was in the hospital, with some sort of sudden illness. I jumped in a taxi with Golf, May, and Jan, and went for a visit before our 2pm Law exam. Jik stayed there over night and maybe be there one more night, with an IV drip and some drugs. She'll have to take her exams late I guess.

I did manage to watch the UEFA Champions League final between Arsenal and Barcelona, last night around 2am. Tiger and (the other) Golf came up asking to watch in my room. They brought food too, so I let them in.

Crap.. I just remembered I need to take Jik's hospital papers to the office. Crap. Motorcycle taxi...

My Modern Presentation final went pretty well. Yesterday's PR final was OK. Tomorrow is Jurisprudence and Art Appreciation.

Last night was good break from books and tests. May, Jik, Jan, and I went and looked around Siam together, then looked around the (hi)gh-(so)ciety Paragon with P'Ohm,P'Da, and P'Pup. Ohm looked at Hot Wheels cars, Pup and I looked at action figures, Da and my friends shared embarassing stories about me. At 7pm we watched AB Normal and Peacemaker play inside the Paragon's, really well done, preformance arena, on the 5th floor. I saw everybody off to go home, then went back to see (Pota)to and get a ride home. Good couple hours to laugh and have a bit of stress relief before going back to finish off final exams.

Which is what I am doing now. I have several months of slides to look over for Jurisprudence. This means pages of law I need to memorize. Finish off a report for the same class. I also need to memorize 6 pages of art and the names of the artists/builders. All before tomorrow morning! It might be a late night! I have Oishi Green Tea to keep me awake. Luckly I did get plenty of sleep today. I'm gonna go grab some food first.

I did send an email off for advice with switching majors. We'll see how that goes.

Props to my dear Aunt Connie for emailing me to see "Wat sup". "NM (not much)," I replied, in standard American teenage abreviation, "U?"

Let's just say I was busy...

I don't have any real reason for not writing in the last month, besides lazyness.

Now it's finals... tomorrow morning. Stressed. Hungry. Off to by some food at 11pm. One of the nice things about my neighborhood... food 20-24 hours a day.

I'll try to write more as finals progress.