A room with no windows, a cold shower and a television with over 200 channels and not one of them English is what I call home in Chachoengsao. Although I am not complaining it is some of the best living conditions in the city I live.
When I first few weeks I was living in Chachoengsao I was living at the school until one day we were moved into a brand new apartment just a few minutes walk from the school. The other Australian Tim, who I met in Bangkok and is teaching at the same school, have adjoining rooms. For Tim to leave his room he must walk through mine, I decided this was better for me as I have the freedom to come and go whenever I wish. He instead got a window and a balcony.
For the few months I have lived here it has been fine Tim and I get along well enough that we are not in each others way and even sharing the one bathroom has been fine. A cold shower early in the morning is not the most pleasant wake up but the living conditions are some of the best in the city.
In the few minutes I take to walk to school I walk down an laneway past a few houses, some of who I have made friends with and been to dinner at their house. In the alley I pass rabbits, ducks and have to dodge the motorbikes which speed through the narrow path. In the morning I will usually say hello to at least ten people. In the afternoon the street vendors line the laneway and I will usually stop and say hello to a few more of the students as I leave the school.
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