good bye snow...

the rapid fire update...

Hey everybody....

Life has been grand. So grand I've had no time to breath.

So here's the coles notes of stuff I've slacked on writing about.

Mom came!! It was awesome. We had a blast... and I wouldn't have survived without her. Within 24 hours of mom's plane landing I got four new students with no warning... so, happy vacation mommy... you are being put to work. And she was a lifesaver. I showed her around Bangkok a bit. We went to the market and ate some good food, and met up with some good people. Then we went away for the weekend... plus then I convienently came down with the flu on Monday and Tuesday - so I recovered at the beach. But seriously, we flew down to an island called Koh Mook. It was beautiful and pretty isolated. One day we went on this snorkling tour and they took us to this place called the emerald cave, and you swam for about 10 minutes in a pitch dark cavern, and eventually you see this glowing light and we were in a beatiful lagoon. It was brilliant. After that we chilled at the beach, and read a lot, and had a ball. She was in Bangkok for a few more days, and then much to Mikes exctitement she flew home.

About a month after Mom left I went to Bali. It was an impromptu trip. How good is my life that I can say that I'm taking an impromptu trip to tropical paradise? I know you all are feeling sorry for me right now. Anyway, all my plans for Songkran (thai new year) fell through, so I decided... once again, to leech onto a trip with Kristen and sheila. It was really fun. Bali is gorgeous. We spend a day lounging by the pool. Oh by the way, we stayed at a REALLY fancy hotel right on the ocean... but the ocean was all rock and no beach... so we had to settle for an amazingly, breathtaking pool. The next day we went to Kuta... which is the main beach town. The day after that we went to Ubud... which is a little inland, and has cool little cultural shopping stuff... and they got the monkies. The last full day in bali we spent another lounging day by the pool. The weather was amazing, the company was amazing... I had a blast... I can't wait to go back in a week!

A day after arriving back in Bangkok, I was back on a plane but this time heading to Singapore. I had a workshop I was attending there. My friend Aynsley lives in Singapore, and put me up in her apartment and showed me around when I wasn't at the conference. Singapore is amazing. Probably my favorite place so far. It's just so lush and green and refreshingly clean after life in Bangkok. It's also really modern... and the downside REALLY expensive. A beer is 10 canadian dollars. Insanity! Great town though. I will definitely be back.

Since then I've pretty much stayed in Bangkok... if you throw in a few weekend jaunts to Samet. Life has been mad busy. I've been scrambling to get everything done before the end of the year, I have to pack... cause I'm moving. My friend Martin came over on a layover in BKK. Nicole DeMarsh came on a trip out here for a week. It's been great.

Jamie and Javier arrived on sunday night... so it was good to see a taste of home. They are in Samet right now recovering from jet lag, and leaving me alone with my chaos. They come back on Thursday, and then friday we head on our crazy asian adventure.

Plan: Cambodia, Bali, Kuala Lumpur, Koh Phi Phi, Bangkok.

I will be home late on June 20th. Mark your datebooks. Call me, if I had a phone. Facebook me or email me to let me know when you are around... because I wanna see as many people as possible before heading back out here on July 22nd.

Hope to see you all soon. Miss all you Canadians sooooo much and can't wait to be home.

Sorry that this blog is just informative and not entertaining... my brain is literally mush.

Love Crystal

posted by Crystal @ 2:31 AM