A Walk in the Park?

Yesterday was a great day for a little exercize, so I ventured off on my own and went to this cute little park by the Emporium Mall. It's pretty small, but stunning. There is this pond of sorts in the middle and a walking path around it with lots of greenery and work out stations. I saw these in Istanbul too- I love the idea of an outdoor gym. I was soaked through in sweat when I left, but it was so refreshing to get a good run in.

Not to scare any of you reading, but last night however, was not such an enjoyable walk in the park. While these girls are so fantastic and are always making sure I am safe with the food- we had a cross contamination issue last night. Needless to say I made Angelina look like she had pencil thin lips and I spent some quality time pulling the trigger in the restroom of the mall. As I stared at the porcelain floor toilet, I thought, that's it, no more of this. Sometimes when I have reactions like this, it's hard to tell if I'm having trouble breathing because of the allergies, or because I'm scared sh*tless. I promise not to do that again. Sticking to the water, fruit and cereal... what a shame in a country filled with the most amazing food. But I'd like to come home in one piece.

This morning I felt much better and spent the morning working with my three 7th graders. They're awesome and thanks to all the killer TEFL teachers out there who post impressive websites like www.insideout.net I have cool lessons about Lady Gaga and contemporary issues they're into.

Now it's past lunch time and Friday. I have exploring to do!

Oh and before I forget, this morning I met this guy from Spain who road his motorcycle from Spain to Thailand to raise money to build schools for sexually abused kids in Thailand. Pretty cool, right? He only spoke Spanish and like Baxter knows, I don't. I got bits and pieces of information from the girls, but he seemed like a pretty rad person- who looked all sorts of confused as we rattled on in English at breakfast. I'll see what other information I can gather about him and get back to you.

Moment of ZEN: I learned about the Thai Justin Beiber - check out "Connect" by MIN on Youtube.

Now for pictures of the heavenly park, all take on my iPhone:

Views for the workout stations.

The cool workout stations all over the park.

Taking in the scenery...

Thai skater boys.

While I was doing sit-ups, I looked up into the trees and found a heart. <3

Nice school uniforms- Leanne, you would have enjoyed the green on the bottom of their shoes.

I tried to not so subtly get a close up.

At the entrance to the park.

And Pui passed out at home :)

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