Scorpions, Chickens and Saiyok

I thought it would be about time to make another blog post.. It's been about three weeks since the last one. Not that much has happend since my last post. Just the daily life I'm living here. My going-home-date is coming closer every day and it makes me think about things. I love living here but I'm also ready to start a new chapter in my life. How much I love training every single day, my leg injury is getting out of hand and I really just want to get home to fix that shit. I was supposed to fight one more time before going back home. It would be July 27th on Koh Samui again but this might or might not happen anymore. Guess that's what fighting in Thailand is all about. You're never sure of anything. I would be really bummed if I didn't get to fight one more time before going home so I am really hoping to get that last fight. On the 27th five boys from this camp are fighting as well on Koh Samui so we got another road trip down south. If I'm not fighting 27th, I might be fighting 30th on Samui but that as well is something to not be sure about. I'm just happy to be able to go to Koh Samui one more time. I get to meet up with my friends once again and my close friend from Brazil is making his way down to the island 28th so that should be great fun. My Thai adventure is almost coming to an end (again) and this time it's definite. Going to University in September and who knows where that will bring me. Living abroad will be put on hold for a couple of years but as soon as I get the opportunity to get out again, I will. Enough with the talking, here are some pictures of the last couple of weeks and the stories to go with them, enjoy!

I thought I had seen it all. Snakes, rats, cockroaches, etc. But no. I was doing my homework when I felt something on my foot. Thinking it was just an ant or something I just waved my foot to shake it off. It didn't go away so I looked down to see what it was. Got the scare of my life. Smacked it with my sandal and took a picture before praying I would never see such thing again.  

We all know Kongfah is a little off sometimes, but he always knows to light up the gym with his appearance.

Kongfah and Hayden

We had Dam Chalamkow training at Sitmonchai for about ten days. He was preparing for his fight in Lumpini tonight (July 19th). Best of luck to him!

Monday July 15th we had three birthdays at Sitmonchai. Ikkyu (Pee A's son), Kongfah and Stephen. Good reason for some candles and cake!

I'm getting used to seeing things that would upset most other people. Just a morning where Kongfah killed three of the chickens and chopped them up in pieces before cooking them into that evening's meal. The Thai life I'm part of right now.

P'Nae and Kru Dam both have chicken they train for chickenfights. Taking care of the chicken's is an every day job. Wash them, train them, feed them, and if they lose; eat them. They made them fight at the gym. P'Nae's chicken won and Kru Dam's chicken needs to learn some more skills. They didn't get eaten. Just yet.

A little night out with the people from camp. Free food, some muay thai and a weird thai cabaret. Guess the night was alright.

Kru Pan and Kru Yod

And about three seconds later Juab and Kongfah decided to join the picture as well.

P'Nae is friends with a lot of people and one of his friends happends to be Saiyok. To non-muaythai-people this might not sounds like someone or something big. But meeting Saiyok is like, a pretty big deal. He came by the camp twice. He fought the day before, won by K.O. Just like it's his everyday job (which it kind of is of course, but still). This picture right here is a precious one.

No place like home

There comes a time in every journey that you wish the people you love the most would be right there with you. But then they're not. Feeling a little homesick today. Haven't really felt homesick since I went to Thailand but today, I don't know. Started my training again today for my fight on June 22th. As far as it looks for now I'll be fighting on Koh Samui. Back to Samui once again. So good to be able to fight there and see all my friends again. But training was pretty damn hard this morning. A lot of work has to be done. I hope I'll be ready in time. Need to keep my focus straight for the next two weeks.

For now, I just need to keep myself busy to help get my mind of things. My sewing skills come in handy once again, need to fix a pair of shorts for one of the trainers. No problemmmm! Take care!

Did a pretty good job if I may say so myself, without a sewing machine! One happy Thai got his shorts back.  Go me!

Another week

So. I lost one of my jobs this week. The company needed to save some hours so they didn't extend my contract. I knew this was probably going to happen so I wasn't really shocked when they told me. Luckily I made enough money for my trip to Asia and since I'm leaving in three weeks already I won't be bored for that long.. I still got two smaller jobs left so can't complain really. The one thing that I will definitely not miss about my job is having to get up at 4.30AM when I had to start work at 6.00AM. I will miss my dear colleagues though. Great people to be around, made work that much more fun to do. 

I should probably start making the final arrangements for my trip to Asia. I keep putting things off. Last year I was so worried I had everything arranged weeks before it had to be done really. But this year I'm just like: oh right, yeah, hmm, need to fix that as well.. Oh well, I'll do that in a week or so..  I'm not stressed out about anything. It all just seems and feels so easy because I've been through all of it already. No stress! Love it. Just need to fix my insurance, pack my bag and print my ticket. That's it really, a.k.a. I'm almost there already! 

February 28th was my moms birthday. We threw her a surprise party with all of her friends. We had to keep this a secret for almost two monts and keeping it a secret got harder every day. Luckily we were able to make it work and she didn't expect a thing. She was shocked when we stepped into the restaurent . It was a big succes. The food was absolutely amazing as well. And it was great to see all of her friends again. Just a casual night out with a bunch of great ladies. Amen. 

And of course. My blog wouldn't be doing well if I didn't say something about my adorable cat. Last night he came up to me while I was watching tv and skyping. I think he slipped into a coma. He's an idiot and I love him for being like that. That's it for now. I'll update my blog soon again. Take care!