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January 17th, 2012  With classes out of the way, I need to find a new source of motivation and or stress. Living in Thailand/Malaysia/Indonesia will probably provide a fair amount of excitement, but as those changes aren’t really completely under my control, I can’t legitimately use them as goals. So in lieu of exciting goals, I’ve come up with a few that are less exciting but a tad more actionable:
- Visit at least one new country for each country I live in during 2012. Given my itinerary, I shouldn’t have any problem crossing this off of my list. And no, a layover in an airport does not count as a visit to a country.
- Make an attempt to start learning a new language. I realize that this is a weak goal, but until I have a better idea of exactly where I’ll be living, it doesn’t make any sense to be more specific or to fully immerse myself in any single language for the time being.
- Learn how to cook a few dishes native to each country in which I reside.
Okay, so it’s not a very long list, but that’s okay. After all, I did just move to the other side of the globe, and that should count for something, right?
January 15th, 2012
Greetings from Thailand — I’m still recovering from jet lag (a few more days to go if the time zone rule is correct), and I haven’t attempted any sightseeing yet, but I’ll try and write a bit every few days regardless. I purchased a new phone on Friday, so I should be able to post a few more photos from my daily routine (which is currently anything but routine.) I don’t have my own apartment yet, so these photos are not representative of where I’ll be living, but they are very indicative of the weather here and the city in general. Continue reading …
December 8th, 2011 It’s been a couple of weeks since my last post, and while I don’t have a ton of new information, here’s what I know so far:
- I’ll be flying out of SLC on January 8th and will arrive in Bangkok on the 10th
- For at least my first few days in Bangkok, I’ll either be couch surfing or at a hotel for a bit until I find an apartment
Not a lot, I know, but more than I knew before. I already have my plane ticket, I’m getting caught up on my immunizations (plus a few extras just for good measure), and I’ve started working on my entry visa. I’ve already sold my apartment lease as well as my TV, so as soon as finals are over, I’ll begin packing everything else into storage.
Dec. 19th Update: I submitted my visa application last Thursday with a visa courier service, so that’s one more thing to check off on my list. I’m using a Thule 699 case to ship my bike over — disassembling my bike wasn’t too difficult, but with a 58cm frame, I was doing well just to fit it into the case, even with the fork removed. If my bikes survives the trip over, though, it will be well worth the trouble and the cost.
November 20th, 2011 I have been asked to report to the Bangkok office by the 11th of January, which means that I’ll have three weeks after I graduate next month to prepare for the move.
I signed a contract for a storage unit, and since the majority of my belongings are still in boxes from my move over the summer, I don’t anticipate too much trouble clearing out of my apartment. I shouldn’t have too much trouble selling my grill, TV, Xbox, or receiver, either, which will be much better than letting them devalue in storage. My mother has already called dibs on my 6-Qt KitchenAid, which is okay, because that will give me an excuse to upgrade to the new 7-Qt model when I get back to the States in a year or two. Everything else will just sit unused while I’m away, which is a rather depressing thought, but such is life.
I’ll add more details as they become available, but that’s all I know right now.
October 31st, 2011 Given that I’ll be graduating from BYU in a month and a half, people have begun to ask me what I plan to do following graduation. While nothing is 100% certain until it actually happens, it is extremely likely that I will be moving to Thailand in January to work in Unicity’s Bangkok office for two years. None of the details have been hammered out yet, so I really can’t say more than that at this time, but that is the plan currently in operation. Continue reading …
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