i used to be really good at this blogging shizz . . back in the days i would blog more than once a day. i blame it on my current housing situation. or non-housing situation. since i've had a whole month off from school, i decided to move out of my apartment and not move into my new apartment until school starts again. since my ass has been moving around so much and only staying in bangkok a total of about three or four days . . i could save hella money instead of paying almost double rent -- rent in bangkok & paying for guest houses.
i've come to the conclusion that living out of guest houses in other countries has actually been cheaper than having an apartment here in bangkok which is totally a trip. i mean, in Laos or Cambodia . . i spent about 2 to 3 dollars a night. Here in Bangkok, i will be paying over 300 USD a month . . which is like ten bucks a month. so basically, its completely possible to travel for years and years like those damn europeans and australians.
when kevin and i went down to koh phangan for new years it just reconfirmed what i've experienced throughout my travels . . europeans and australians have some cool mindset where they could just take a year or two off and travel their brains out. whats wrong with americans? why do we stay in our homes and never leave the comforts of the familiar? is it just the way we've been raised? are we just too "focused" on being productive?
even looking at the study abroad patterns, it's obvious that most american college students go to western europe to study abroad. WHY? you pay more than twice as much as southeast asia AND you can't even travel anywhere else. i dont get it. but who knows. i guess it takes some weird characteristic for you to throw yourself in a place like thailand for a semester. someone not scared of squat toilets, malaria, pollution, traffic, cold showers, clothes that way too small for you, being mistaken as a prostitute, and island with barely enough running water to support the local population much less the tourists during high season.
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