A 2000฿ deposit reserved me my new apartment today. I'll go back to sign the contract and move in on the 28th.

Moving is a lot of work and expensive too. I'll have to pay a two month deposit in addition to the first month's rent, 2000 baht charge for "wiring" in order to use the internet, and another 1000 baht? for Buddy Broadband's March special (a waved installation fee until March 30th). I'll also need to pack everything and move it across the road, and call the electrician to help remove and re-install my in-shower water heater. Call it a luxury, but that water heater is very nice in the winter and at 6am before Monday morning classes.

The new place is worth the trouble though. There's no karaoke bar downstairs to blast music at 3am, but there is a church band that practices down the hall in the afternoon. The room itself is twice as wide and three times as long as my current apartment. I've figured out that there will be enough room to setup my own mini photo studio, recording studio (the old practice studio by the uni is donating bags insulation foam), and office. Yes, office; the room has a desk. Electricity and water are only 66% of my current place, which makes up for the difference in price.

Yesterday, I completed the first stage of my article on the Dean of the international college for the May issue of the school newspaper. There's no April issue because of Summer break, so May is coming soon. The interview took about 20 minutes and was a lot of fun. Afterwards, we shot just over a hundred frames of environmental portraits in the BUIC building. Now comes the hard part: writing the article. I could do a question and answer style; easy to read for the majority of Thai students, or a bit more in-depth article.

The midterm break is over. Starting Monday, we'll have four weeks until the Songkran holiday week, then three weeks until final exams.

I need to finish my photography midterm project before next Saturday morning. The theme is Faith, Contradiction, or Release. Choose one topic and find it in two of four temples on a list. Last Wednesday, Shy, Mario, and I went to Wat Po and Wat Arun for the afternoon. Wat Arun was wonderful at sunset that day. This photo of Shy was one of only a few keepers. The lighting idea likely came from me reading the excellentStrobist.com so much. The project's topic is tough. I got one picture of two men who sit drinking in front of the temple everyday but nothing from Wat Po with "contradiction" in the photo really. Next week I may have to re-shoot.





Dany Dog, the dog with mange that I took a picture of two weeks ago, was rescued last Monday. I took the vet and catcher to the dog, and after several hours of searching, loosing it, getting the wrong dog, waiting for the rain showers to stop, and searching again, Dany was tranquilized and taken to the hospital. It's since been flown to the resort of animal hospitals on Koh Samui island.