Eventually we got up and down and
waiting for me for three hours was Nana who's plans for the day had
been thrown out the window. She was wearing a shirt that was very cute and reminded me
of a girls dress up doll and our excitement at reuniting was
overpowering. We headed straight down to the street food soi and I
sunk my teeth into some down home Thai cooking. She was very
concerned that I might be tired after such a long journey and the
time change and the filtered air and the elevation and, and, and,
and, but once all was said and done I can tell you that there was
zero transition time to get back to Thai time. I slept for eighty
percent of my flights and I arrived in the morning and now nearly one
week later I'm still on a perfect schedule. I guess it was just
meant to be.
Speaking of meant to be I have had
wonderful fortune with job hunting. I've already secured one part
time job and am in the hunt for one very well paying full time job.
Within the first week I've had four interviews set up. It's
difficult for me to understand why in a city so aptly suited to our
skills she is so desperate to move to New York. Of course I am not a
woman nor do I look Thai so that certainly plays a roll in things.
However I also do not have a wonderful theater company that allows me
to express my artistic energies in such a wonderful environment.
Nana has also recently completed a
course to certify her as a Cambridge Examiner. This lofty title
means that she's bankrolled. As a test examiner it's a very good
wage but the private students she could get as a tutor would pay well
over her hourly wage and they would probably be plentiful. Aside
from this the theater is doing well and the budget for the new show
is completed and there's all this money left over. So the theater is
going to pay for knee operations for two of its members who were
injured during the course of performance and then donate a hefty sum
to the theater's future as well as perhaps find a couple baht to give
to Nana the girl who secured them the biggest budget they've ever
had...ever...in their history.
One of the boys came to the opening
night of one of the theater's shows this last week and enjoyed it.
They're all doing pretty well and though some of them will be
departing soon quite a few of them are staying and of course we got a
good game of Aqua Fives in. Then I went and played soccer with all
the Brits and Slavs and Malaysians and so on and so on. If I had to
sum up my first week back I'd probably have to say fucking radical.
Be well my people.
-Adam
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