Check In

Hey all. Just checking in from Thailand. I can't believe that term 1 here is almost over. This is crazy! Its been seven weeks at school already! Man, time flies here. Golf is going well. My swing and setup looks completely different, but I still haven't quite been able to master transitioning that strange new swing from the range to the course. I hope it happens soon. We've played two tournaments since I got here, and I didn't play very well in either one of them. However, I'm really exited to play in the next tournament and improve my score even more. Boarding is an interesting experience, it's very new for me. It's cool having friends to hang out with the whole weekend, and the trips are cool. We usually go to one of three or four places each weekend. Airport plaza, a major mall in Chang Mai, Rimping, an outdoor mall with lots of good restaurants and a western grocery store, Night Bazar, and outdoor night market, and Central Plaza, which is a bit like airport plaza, but more Thai. The best thing about boarding is that you can sign out to the day students houses for the weekend. I have done that twice so far this semester, both for the golf tournaments. Its nice to have the freedom to go wherever you want around town. Schools going well and I'm super exited for my October break trip. Well, I've got homework to do but I'll try to get another post in soon.

School and Golf and Stuff

Sorry for the tardiness of this post everyone! I have been really busy with school and weekend activities, but as my mom already pointed out to me (a few times) this post probably should have come a couple of weeks ago. So ill cut to the chase since I've kept my views waiting, school here is really cool but challenging. It's only been three weeks of school and I have already felt the pressure of having too much to do in too little time a few times. But, its been good pressure, and for the most part I like my teachers (except for my Chem and math teacher who happen to be the same person =D). I'm taking five classes and they work on a block schedule here, four classes per day, 1:20 per class. I'm glad I came from a school with the block schedule otherwise it would have been a hard transition. I'm taking Geography, (which I am thoroughly enjoying), Chemistry, Math, Environmental Sciences, and English Language and Literature. We have each class three times a week so you get off days for certain classes. The campus here is huge for the student size, it's a 100 acre campus, and there's only about 450 students! The sports facilities are really good they have a full size cricket and soccer fields. Two driving ranges, a tennis academy, and an archery range. There's about 120 boarders from around the world. I have three room mates, one of them is from Thailand, one of them is from Hong Kong, and the other one is from England but has lived in Spain and Koh Samui his whole life. Everyone here is super nice and making friends has been pretty easy. The golf program is an hour and a half every day from 4:15 to 5:45. Spike, (the head instructor) is quite a character, he's a big (around the belly) guy who's not afraid to admit it or make fun of himself. He's originally from California, and so far I feel like he has really helped my golf game. He is into the geometery of golf. The mathematics of the golf swing and set up. Some days I want to break my club in half and some days I leave feeling like a have really improved. Just on a random note because it's raining outside, it rains a lot here. Also, when it rains IT RAINS. There's no afternoon drizzles here, when it starts raining here you find cover like there was an airstrike coming otherwise, you'll be soaked. Fortunately it hasn't affected my golf training yet. Well, that's all for now I can here one of the house parents in boarding coming up to check that were doing work. Ill try to take some pictures of the campus and post them on Facebook and the blog. Miss everyone in Cali!