So I'm here in Bangkok about to start on a new adventure! I accepted the position of Middle School sub with the International School Bangkok (ISB) in January and have been preparing for the last six months to make the big move. However, the whole things has been extremely surreal until I stepped off the plane in Bangkok on Sunday night. After very little sleep that night, we woke up to the sights and sounds of Thailand (aka very LOUD muezzin call at 4:30am outside my window and many roosters crowing, birds chirping and bugs chattering..)
So, I will be here for a year with this contract. The school is a big mix of students, about 25% Thai students and the rest are from everywhere. The website is here if you want to see what the school is like.. it is INCREDIBLE in person. We toured it for two hours yesterday. Two swimming pools, two theatres, an entires arts building, gardens, four fields (one astroturf that Chealsea recently trained on!) and many beautiful classrooms with walls of windows overlooking big trees. It's crazy that I will be working there after only two shorts weeks of orientation. We also picked up our cash advances to get settled and our brand new Macs that we will be using for the year! They definitely know how to treat us well :)
Most of the teachers and staff and their families live in Samakee Gardens which is a short 5-minute bike ride from the school (apparently there's a mass caravan of bicycles that make the trip each morning together). Samakee gardens is two apartment complexes overlooking a swimming pool and some beautiful trees. I have a two-floor apartment with two balconies, two bedrooms, full kitchen, dining and living room, etc. 
Here are some pics...Today we're going shopping somewhere close by. I have to get some things for the apartment, although when we arrived here they made a big effort to make us feel at home.. flowers on the table, some food in the fridge and internet and SIM card so we could let our families know we are ok.
So far I've met many other teachers. Besides the two other subs I've met, most people are older with families but everyone is very friendly. Lots of Kiwis and Americans, a couple Canadians too.
Also check out this awesome video of the school here
Anyways, just a short post to let everyone know how I am! More to come...
