I've found a really cool church in Bangkok called New Song. You can look them up online. They have service every Saturday night, and a really cool bible study on wednesday nights. Among the ex-pats and they have a tight mix of English teachers, and missionaries to the slums and prostitutes. About half the church is native Thai's---so it's a really cool mix.

I've lost ten pounds and counting--I got a free gym membership until July (I've been using it)---and should join a gym with a couple of my buddies for the month of July. I just don't know if I'm going to be able to get enough protein here in Bangkok to stay over even 210.

My school has closed due to swine flu scares. I don't know if or how many people have had swine flu, but I get a four day vacation, which melts into the preplanned vacation from July 6-8. Pretty sweet.

A couple of weeks ago, my boss asked me to sub for a kindergarten class. I wasn't exactly sure what to do, but he made me a lesson plan teaching them colors and stuff, and I can always use the money, so I went for it. I got their, and the kids looked waaaayyy younger than my 2nd graders. I introduced myself and asked them what their names were, and they just stared at me. This would be a theme for most of the class. I tried the alphabet song "Heads, shoulders, knees, and toes," and "the wheels on the bus," and "simon says," without the Simon. My record was getting maybe 2 out of 12 students to participate for about ten percent of the activity. The mainly just wanted to stare at me. One little guy just really wanted to walk underneath my legs. I swore I would never teach kindergarteners again. So when my boss called me this Thursday to sub for a kindergarten class, I naturally said--Yes. I have a hard time saying "no."

It turns out the firs kindergarden class I taught was K. 1--which means they were probably 3 and 4 year olds. The kids I taught this time were at least a wopping 5 years old. It went a lot better. They might not have been able to sing along to Old Mcdonald and the wheels on the bus--but they were totally down with oinking like a pig, and throwing their arms "round and round." And EVERYONE could "put their right arm in, and shake it all about."

I gotta run now--we're gonna try to check out some more of Bangkok today. Next time I'll tell you about the cutest 2nd grader ever.