This time I will keep the box.

I left all of the warranty stuff for my last camera in Korea. Not very wise since they would have replaced it for free. The good news is that I upgraded and got the Olympus 1050SW camera here in Thailand.


http://www.dpreview.com/news/0808/08082501oly_1050sw.asp

It was only 6900 baht which ends up being a little over $200 US. This is almost half of what the suggested price is so I'm happy. I also got a tunic and a nice oil painting for really low prices.

Still hitting the gym when I get bored. I'm about to buy another guitar to help with the post work boredom too. I want to practice an hour a day and to learn some more complete songs.

I'm teaching Grade 9 Math, Grade 8 English, and Grade 10 Astronomy. I also have a reading group and scouts. It's all going very well. I really like teaching Astronomy. It's so interesting. We basically watch short video clips and discuss them which makes it easy to teach too.


*****To everyone with a Birthday that I've missed*****

Don't worry, you're not forgotten. I was waiting for my Korean pension to come in and it is officially in my bank account now. I will be shopping and shipping strange Asian treasures your way soon.

"Waterproof" my A$$

I've been down in the south of Thailand visiting beaches, surfing, chilling, etc. for the last 10 or so days. It was nice and awesome. I have some great pictures, but my "waterproof" camera got waterlogged and broke. I'm hoping I can put my memory card in a different camera and load the pictures into my computer. The worst part was that it broke right after we discovered a secluded lagoon that could only be reached by a pretty tough 800 m long, 300 m up climb. The water was all bright green. It was beautiful. My back got fairly burnt and is now very itchy. I will try to get tech savvy on this camera stuff and post some pictures. Until then you can only imagine.