I’ve just completed the course in level 1 and level 2 Thai Massage. I got a certificate for 60 hours making me licensed to work in any massage shop I want here in Thailand:)! Two certificates in two weeks, not bad. Now what am I going to study? Well, I think I may add a reflexology course in there. Just two days or so while I am in the land of learning. There are more massage schools here than mosquitoes in a yoga class. It’s overwhelming trying to decide where to go. I went to the Old Medicine Hospital, which is the most renowned school here but now I think I’ll try Lanna, which starts the day with 45 minutes of Lue Si Dud Ton, which is similar to yoga and translates to the Hermit’s self-stretching exercise.
Last night I was going to go out to the irish pub to celebrate with my classmates in what was to be my first drink in over a month, but alas only two people showed up and they only waited around an hour and then went home to sleep off the late nights studying for the exams, despite the fact that everyone inevitably would pass, I suppose it feels good to pass well. So, it wasn’t meant to be and I saw a French movie and meditated instead. This is my typical Friday night. Tonight I may drag David to the Saturday night market (he hates crowds, whereas I can’t get bored of seeing the same eccentricities over and over) and walk along the long street amongst the throngs of people picking up cheap souvenirs and iced teas in bamboo cups or hill tribe clothing and cheap pad thai. I will have to wait for next week to go the very social herbal sauna at Wild Rose, where I’m informally learning about homemade face and body scrubs. My Thai life goes on…
Scenes from the Sat market…
Blind street musicians doing their thing
