Now I remember clearly what it is like to be sick. I had cramps, soreness, and lack of appetite until sometime tonight. The fatigue has yet to fade, unfortunately. Minutes ago I pad-locked my door and set-off in search for food, catching myself at the staircase shoe-less. That was the second time today I forgot I needed shoes. I'm not really sick-sick. Just half sick, half exhausted, from yesterday's Samut Prakan trip as an upperclassman / chaperone for the freshman orientation trip.

We went to Borahn City, an impressively large mock-up of Thailand. An amusement park that isn't terribly amusing. Pretty, informative, but more amusing. Most of the kids were dying of boredom and riding around in a trolley in the mid-day heat. Borahn City may well be the hottest place in Thailand, the trolley driver told me that.

Outside of freshman stuff, which is scoring big points with my dean, school is good. I am taking a Communication Research class. At the beginning of the course we observed commercials and PR plans but the second half has been and exact repeat of Statistics for Social Sciences which was a joke. Minutes ago, when I went outside shoe-less, I was going to meet a fourth year student who is in my research group. Ben brought 30 questionnaire surveys for me to translate and do something else with before Monday.

Tomorrow's plan: rest, drink electrolyte-enriched water slowly, and stay in my room.

Bangkok University won the Thailand Premier League this year. Not an intercollegiate cup, but the proffesional league. The equivalent of the Ohio State Buckeyes winning the Super Bowl I suppose. The trophy is now sitting in the middle of the campus on a card table. Students are free to lift it up, throw it around, and take pictures holding it with friends. Pretty cool. I'm now practicing with school team, but only the football team for my facualty, not the Premier League champs.