First week of work all by myself is already over

Eating at my apartment in the morning, going out for lunch with colleagues, grabbing some food on my own at night and doing some work in between the meals.

What a strange week. I have been all alone for a whole week. Everything was new, every place is new, every face is new and every place to go and eat something is new. Thailand is a country that is known for their many restaurants and little shops where you can have dinner. For 100 Baht you can have a nice cold1/2 liter Chang (typically Thai) beer and a spare-rib meal with some rice. The rate from Baht to Euro, which I use, is deviding Baht by 35. This means that I just had a nice meal and a beer for 2,90 euro's. How great is that!

Thai food

Every kind of food possible

Thai food is well known about their spiciness. However, if you do not like spicy food, than you have plenty of options to eat non-spicy food. You can just asks the waitresses, 'NO spicy' or you can order a dish with the peppers alongside it. If you ask for a little bit spicy, then it normally is already to spicy for a normal Dutch guy like me. I mostly eat white steamed rice and noodles or fried noodles. With these rice or noodles the restaurant will serve you pork, chicken, shrimp, beef and vegetables. I really do like the food. Even when I wanted something else then Thai food, I just went with my motorcycle to seek for a steakhouse, american burger restaurant or a pizzeria. This normally did not take me more than 15 minutes and also over there I spent around 80 till 150 Baht for dinner.

Eating all alone is not the problem

Every night I eat alone. I do not have colleagues who live nearby, who can eat something with me. However, I think that I do not want to eat with colleagues at night. It is lovely to eat by your own, just to look for a nice place, to grab some food and to wander around. It is not boring, as long as you realize that this is an opportunity that is not possible for everyone. I am enjoying every minute of my stay, even though I miss sharing this experience with Ranice.

Going to the fitness

Normally a day would look like this. At 7:15 AM my alarm clock goes off, 7:30 having breakfast, 8:00 going to work with my motorcycle. There I am working until lunch time, 12:00 PM and then I go out to eat something with a couple of my colleagues, at 13:00 I am back at the office and continue working. At 17:00 I finish working and drive my 15 minutes back to Wisdom, where I watch a series or take a nap and then go out for dinner on my own at aroun 18:00-19:00. At 20:30 I am trying to be in the gym to do different types of workouts each day. Eventually, I will watch another episode at 21:30 before I go to sleep pretty early at night. Going to the gym is something I enjoy doing, because here I can clear my head and take some time to think.