Matt’s Travel Blog

In more than one way no less.

I am actually sick.. still waiting on how bad its going to be.. you never really know overhere. You could just be a little sick from food, or just being in Thailand. Or.. you could have a horrible disease that will riddle your life with pain… I’m hopeing for the first one. Probably gonna end up somewhere inbetween.

The other thing that makes me sick.. issss….. Canada.
Don’t get me wrong I love my country and I miss it.. but this whole election thing .. god.. the Canadain government is such a fiasco. It feels like they’ve been fillabustering for about 12 years now. As far as i can tell the government is only good at buying crappy military equipment from Britan…

So i will miss the vote.. oh well.. i suppose one vote doesnt matter… right? But that being said, if Stephen Harper wins I will want to come home even less. The Right wing makes me want to die on the inside. I mean we’ve already wasted time… what do we want to do, go backwards now? If he gets elected I’m pretty sure parlament will be tied up with things like : Changing the legal gay marraige law… ugh. And the whole Quebec seperating issue.. seriously. Do you actually think that would work? Its such a short sighted plan. (sweet queen is playing in the background.. i think its defeating my sickness with rock!)

This all being said.. the Liberals are craptacular.. the only hope for happiness is NDP, and I ain’t holdin my breath for that! I expect another minority.. liberal or conservative(shudder..vomit) either way the conclusion is….

More nothing happening in parlament.. imagine that! But as long as we keep pissing off the Americans about lumber i can be slightly ammused with it all.

If I offended anyone American or right wing.. ill send you a chicken in the mail to say ’sorry’. ha!

I am very tempeted to hop a plain to Austrailia and work / surf..

very tempted.. I’ve made some commetments here .. but bridges can be burned if need be. Although I don’t like to be like that… takin care of number 1 is sometimes is needed.

Life and whatnot.. who knows maybe im just being antsy today..or life is comfortable here.. maybe too comfortable. Or maybe I’m just too used to Thailand.. I mean.. if im gonna sit around work, why am i not learning more Systema and Tai chi….. Can you tell i have no idea what to do yet???

Dragons.

Not much to write about.. been travelling around teaching and english camping and gettin paid for it.

But in the past 2 weeks i had to travel through Bangkok 4 times. Each time I go to this city it a worse experience. The only way I can make it there is to take the motorcycle taxis. I figure if I atleast risk death the trip will have been worth it. Also last time i made the mistake of telling the guy i was in a hurry (which i was). I needed to get to opposite side of the city in under 40min.. at one point we were doing 100km/hr inbetween traffic that was probably going about 40km/hr. I’m just glad no one decided to change lanes.

At some point ill post more pictures.. but I would rather just be lazy.

Update: Its cold here. Last night i needed an actual blanket instead of just a sheet. I think its only about 20 or 22 .. after 5 months of +30 .. that feels cold.

Hey,

So this month I was supposed to be teaching at a school for the semester.. Nov – March. But as I said in my last post, I got screwed on that one. No big deal…

Then it came to chooseing a job somewhere else in Thailand. I can always get a job here I’ve got tonnes of experience.. but most jobs are a bit far away. I went and looked at some schools, none of them felt like they were a fit. Maybe its because I absolutly hate working 9-5 though, but I think it was just more that I couldn’t see myself working at those schools. One was really nice.. but I have a job now.

It pays less money than these other places, but that money gets ‘made’ back in the sense that I travel all over and teach. Basically I get paid to go to different schools and do english camps or cover for teachers that leave the country early or whatever. There are a lot of odd little opportunities. I took this job though so I could stay in Korat (my ‘home’ town) .. why do I want to stay there.. haha.. because of a girl.

oi… Its pretty simple i suppose .. if there was no girl I would have left, and worked wherever and made some serious money. But now there is a girl, so i dont want to leave, and the idea of money seems not as important as before.. uuhhh oooo. Anyways.. in the end it all doesnt matter cause i’m running around Thailand doing things / seeing stuff..and making some money along the way. When I return to Canada I may not becoming back with much money… but I’ve never cared too much about things like that, my life will sort itself out.

Right now i’m in Ratchaburi just south west of Bangkok next to Burma(Myanmar) working for 3 days as a substitue teacher. This is funny to me casue I used to terrorize any substitute.. but I’d like to think im one of the cool ones.

We all know that.

Not that they were the mob.. but it was the first thing I thought of. I was supposed to have this job here .. for the past 3 weeks i was getting told I had it 100% ‘you no worry’ ya.. ok. It comes to the exact day im supposed to go in and sign my contract and start work. Whoops.. guess what!?!?! I have no job. The fates have other plans for me I guess.

Why? Well apparently an english training company wanted privlages on that school so for me to get the job I have to start slipping money under the table to the big men… Mayors and what not. Yeah.. no. I did’t come here to have to pay off people, but apparently thats how it can go down here a lot. Who knew.

Anyways.. I’ve got other job options.. no worries. I’ ll land on my feet somewhere.

In happier news.. I am a motorcycle master. I can now navigate busy asian cities on a bike. Which is saying something. It’s very Tai chi to be in the flow of all the chaos.. theres no rules but as long as your moving forward its all good.