The wait is over.

Before you say anything, I already know; it's been far too long since I've updated. The reason I haven't updated is because I don't feel like there's much for me to tell you. I haven't travelled since my last post, mainly because I haven't had time. For 4 out of the past 6 weeks, I've had a midterm over the weekend (either Saturday or Sunday). So instead of telling you of any exciting ventures into foreign countries, I'll tell you about school.

Finance is this nasty little class that seems to enjoy feasting on my social life. Things I've learned from this finance class:
1) Everything makes sense and calculates correctly with the professor in class, but nothing works right when I'm on my own.
2) Reading the book and doing the practice problems are "optional", but not really. Opting out of either of those will result in failure.
3) Three hours is not enough time to finish a finance test by Ajarn Chatuporn.

That being said, the rest of my classes are relatively easy. I've got a project in Humanities where, with a group, we have to make a 12-minute video about ancient temples in Thailand. My project in Marketing is - in my honest opinion - ridiculous. My partner and I have to raise money for a charity and a group promoting social entrepreneurship across the globe... and our grade depends on how much we raise relative to the rest of the class. This is no easy task, especially since:
a) most of the local students are very well off, financially. Rumor has it that some of their parents are just donating large lump sums for their grades.
b) raising money in Thailand is no easy task for farang (foreigners). I'm not fluent in Thai, and most of them think Americans are rich already, so they won't donate money to me.

On the upside of life, I found some decent fajitas here in Thailand! A few weeks ago, we went out for one of the exchange students' birthday. She's half-Thai and has visited Thailand before, so she knows of some good eats here in Bangkok. Anyway, we went to this little restaurant called Bourbon Street Restaurant, which sells (you guessed it!) mostly cajun food along with some Mexican dishes. I heard the fajitas were pretty decent, so I decided to try them... and surprise! They were actually pretty good. Maybe it's because the owner is American - we got to meet him when he came by to ask how our meal was. The guacamole was good too, though the salsa could have used some work. And they don't know what queso is. Too bad.

Speaking of meeting people, I didn't go out last night to Bed Supperclub (a very popular club in Bangkok), but some of the other exchange students did, and guess who they meet? Seth Green. You know, the guy who does the voice of Chris from Family Guy, created the show Robot Chicken, was Dr. Evil's son on Austin Powers, played Oz from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, was the bane of Eric Forman's existence as Mitch on That 70's Show... the list goes on. Who would've thought you'd meet an American TV star in Bangkok?

Anyway, I don't have much else exciting to tell you. Oh, but I can post my travel schedule for the rest of March and April!

March 26-29: Vietnam
April 2-6: Cambodia
April 10-16: Chiang Mai for Songkran, the Thai new year and a huge water festival
April 16-20: possibly Indonesia, specifically Jakarta and Bali
April 23-27: possibly Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

My finals are scheduled for mid-May (14th-17th), so I'm planning on travelling during the first half of May too. I plan on at least going to Kanchanaburi, Lopburi, and Ko Phangan in Thailand. Plus, I still need to make a trip to Laos.

:D