I’ve lived in Thailand for a year….a year! Here’s a look at how it all adds up.
Number of scorpions seen in the kitchen at 6:30 a.m.: 1
Number of fevers lived through: 5
Number of Thai milk teas consumed: roughly 100
Number of motorbike accidents: 1
Number of motorbike accidents that were my fault: 0 thankyouverymuch
Number of temples visited: roughly 50
Number of times I ate frog: 2 (yes, not once, but twice…)
Number of Leos consumed: countless
Number of times I didn’t understand what was going on around me: also countless
Number of sheep farms visited: 1
Numbers of times I’ve been in a Thai home: 2
Number of places I have worked: 6
Number of students I have taught: about 700
Number of Thai holidays: 3
Number of islands visited: 1
Number of motorbike road trips: 1
Number of incidents with flying cockroaches: 1 (and that was one too many)
Number of visitors: 8 (soon to be 11)
Number of Western holidays spent alone: 3
Number of weddings missed: 8
Number of Chinese movies I’ve been in: 1
Number of times I couldn’t believe I live in Thailand: countless
Number of things I still do not, and probably never will, understand about Thailand and Thai culture: about 637
