off on an adventure

Hello again,
I know its been a while.. but here goes.
Not much has been going on in the last few weeks, a few christmas parties that were really fun, school has been rather dead lately, finales are over so i haven't been teaching at all, just alot of grading and even more fooling around on the internet. I had a great time at a birthday party, and got to play plenty of christmas games which is always great.

As for now, on Saturday morning I'm headed off to Thailand for 10 days. I am soooooo excited I can't believe I will really be traveling. I'm going to spend the first few days of my trip in Bangkok, i'll see a few temples, the water market, and maybe even get a suit made. Then I think on Christmas day I will be flying south to Phuket basically a bunch of islands and beaches. I am staying at a great resort there and I'll lounge on the beach and take a cruise boat tour of the islands.. if you saw the movie The Beach with leo decaprio some of it was filmed in this area.

After that it is back to Bangkok for New Years and back to Tokyo on Jan 2nd. I think the time will fly by but I am so excited for all of it.

I love Japan but I definitely am ready for a break from it, then i will be able to come back and start off the new term well. I also am pretty positive that when i get back I will be signing my contract to stay for another year. I am enjoying my time here and I really think that staying another year will be great, so thats what I'm going to do.

Any way I'm planning on being a total tourist and taking tons of photos so I will make sure to post them as soon as I get back. I won't have my computer with me on break, so I won't be able to call on christmas (tear) but i'll be thinking of everybody and hope you all have a great holiday!

okay off to make some lists and send some emails.

Merry christmas, Happy chanukkah, Happy New Year and all that!!

love Lissie