Trip to Thailand: Day 2

Slept until 9. There's only 2 hours' time difference so I didn't experience jet lag but I was tired from the journey. I arrived at the apartment my dad is living at 1am.

Because dad had gone to work, I watched Bridget Jones's diary while eating croissant for breakfast.
Just as Behind the Scenes was about to end, dad came home so we went out. He showed me around the city centre and had lunch at a big public kitchen.
Thai food has a lot of different spices so the smell is very strong. It was like this the last time I went to Thailand but the smell made me feel kind of sick. I wasn't really hungry anyway. I only had a spoonful of this:
The kitchen:

After lunch, we went back to the apartment and dad had a nap (he was also tired because he had to pick me up at midnight at the airport) and I worked out in the gym. The apartment is really nice and has a gym and a laundry room!! The work-out I didn't this day was a bit too hard. I suffered from muscle pain for 4 days!
At 4pm,we phoned mum via Skype. After that, we set off to a park and looked at the big lizards that live there.

...and had dinner at an Italian restaurant.

Thai mayonnaise is very sweet.

Trip to Thailand: Day 1

Nothing really interesting happened the day I arrived but I'll write it just to keep it as a memory.

I went to the airport and checked-in at the self check-in and a lady was assisting in my line. As I looked to the left, I saw that a younger lady was assisting the line next to mine! I wished I had picked that line! Haha!

When I bought souvenir for dad's colleagues, probably because I spent more than a curtain price, I got a 500yen worth of discount! I used it to use it for buying sweets at the duty free shop near the boarding gate.

The girl who sat next to me on the air plane looked just like my cousin in London!! She even smelled like her!

I'm Back!!

I came back yesterday. OMG SO much happened!!
I will write about it here but it will take some time.

Post before Leaving for Thailand

I'll be off in an hour to see my dad. I'll be back on the 8th.

I haven't been posting things recently because...well.. I don't know. I just didn't feel like typing in this hot weather. We don't put the air conditioning on because we are conscious about the environment.

About the name change, my mum contacted the court and they said we need to have a medical certificate. So we went to the university hospital where we went to 3 years ago. But after waiting for an hour, the dickhead doc said he can't write one just like that because it is a big decision. It didn't make sense. Why couldn't he? The other doc wrote it for me before. The dickhead just told us to find a clinic that specializes in gender and stuff.

My and my mum came home pissed and I searched the web for the gender clinics around here. My mum went out to do her own things and when she came back, she suggested that we go to the other clinic we went to 3 years ago. I didn't like the idea cause the doc there was crazier the the patients. My mum checked the website of the clinic to find that the crazy doc left and a new person is there.

We went there yesterday after school.

He was great. We told him what was going on and he just said "OK I'll write it right now."

Just like that! He even wrote one in English so that I change change my name on my British passport! I was so happy. The only thing was that the 2 papers were really expensive. It cost 6000yen which is about $70. I feel bad for my parents to have to pay for all this but I think it's definitely worth it.

Now all I have to do is submit the papers to a court in Tsuchiura which is next to my city. (We found out that we don't have to go all the way to Mito.) I will do this after I come back from Thailand.


Another thing I wanted to write about happened yesterday at school.
I was called by the class teacher. He asked me why I hadn't handed in the travel permission form. I said "I thought I didn't have to coz I don't need a student discount." I said this because the form is always mentioned with the student discount thing.
He said "The permission has nothing to do with the discount." I thought this statement is a little inaccurate for there is a square to tick whether or not I need a discount.
Anyway, I apologized for not handing it in although I thought it was stupid to have to do that in order to go on a trip.

Then he went on.
"You should realize that you are supported by many people and you should be thankful to everything and not take all you are given for granted. I hate to tell you this but some teachers suggested to put you in the lower class this year and deprive of your scholarship. They said this because you aren't going to a university in Japan. I was against this because I thought it would make you uncomfortable to be moved into another class. I know it's not fair to say this because you didn't ask for it but I think you should tell people what you want and be able to move people."

I understood what he was trying to say and agreed in some things. I do think I don't show how I'm grateful to everything the school is providing me with and I don't take it for granted. I'm even grateful that they accepted me entering this school.
I also know I'm not acting like I'm grateful. I don't talk to the teachers. I don't really talk to anyone who I don't know every well. I know I should change the way I behave.
And I know I shouldn't belong to the class I'm in now. I'm not even doing good in many subjects. I was honestly surprised in April that I remained in the class. It's understandable that they didn't want want me in the class. It would be better not only for me but also for others too. I bet they don't want someone lurking around who doesn't go through the entrance exam shit. I would feel it distracting.

I just wish I can get out of school ASAP.

I feel sorry for the teacher. He's under pressure.


I better be going now.
I'll write about my trip when I get back. :-)