Nam tuam

It's been a jam packed few weeks, but I have had my last day at work and will now start to post some photos of what we've been up to in June.

First up: the flooding (nam tuam)! Rainy season is outdoing itself in terms of performance year over year. We've had some incredible storms and a few weeks ago the biggest, longest, loudest, flashiest storm gave Bangkok's main thoroughfare a rude awakening on a Monday morning.

We woke up to our nearby canal nearly overflowing with water and when we finally hailed a mototaxi, we arrived to our usual drop off point and found it transformed into a stream thanks to the ineffective sewers and low level of the area relative to the canal. There was an abundance of water and it had no where to go. So some of us rode motos with our legs kicked up to avoid the water and some of us trudged through the water, trying to distract ourselves from the fish and snakes that others had seen swimming in the same place. I do my best not to imagine the content of the water that I put my skin in that day but instead try to believe that the 37 rounds of antibacterial soap washed it all away.

Upon finally making it to work, we found the electricity out and only a handful of students who were able to come in (those that live on the same street). You see, one of Bangkok's main roads was underwater and power was cut to the traffic lights in the area. In a city with normally horrific traffic, this combination on top of the Monday morning rush hour was a circus that took hours to sort through and for most (like us) ended with a call from work saying, 'don't bother.'

Apart from enjoying the tropical storms and a spontaneous flood-day off of school, we've been keeping up to date with the most important cultural affairs: new malls and Jurassic World.

We tried the famed Taiwanese fried chicken at the food court of the completely unnecessary new mall, Emquartier, and tried to watch the 3D Imax showing of Jurassic World. Turns out the 3D wasn't working (we get to go back to another movie for free) but it was still an enjoyable movie and the decorations were fun to play around with, too.

This mall, approximately 150m from the next mall, has it's own park on the 7th floor, a bird zoo and several waterfalls. Why not?

Meanwhile, back at home, the restaurant by the pool has been taken over by a super sweet Thai woman, Mon. She left such a cute note in the elevator this month about her new grandbaby which gives some insight into Thai traditions. 

More updates to come soon. Hope everyone is having a fabulous June!