(upbeat music)
- Good morning! (speaks in foreign language)
My name is Krista.
I am living in Pattaya, Thailand,
and I am going to show you my day today.
All right, so now that I'm dressed and ready,
I am from New Jersey originally.
I've been living in Pattaya for about a month right now
and I work at an international school.
So that's where we're gonna go today,
so let's get going.
So I only live about 10 minutes from my school,
so just like everybody else, I take a motorbike to school.
There are so many here,
that is one of the main means of transportation
here in Thailand.
So I just got to school, and I've always heard that
there's been a pig on our campus,
'cause there he is.
What school do you know that has a pig on their campus?
Mine!
All right, so I have about an hour before my students
get here, I teach preschool with 13 kids in here
and two Thai assistants.
This is my fourth year teaching in general,
and I took the online TEFL course,
'cause I was teaching full-time.
So I think for me, it was actually pretty easy
getting acclimated to Thailand.
The time difference was the biggest thing,
I'm 11 hours ahead over here from New Jersey.
But you just have to catch up on your sleep
when you get here.
So I actually don't get as lonely
as I thought I would out here,
I've made so many friends so far working at school
and a lot of us also live at the same condo,
so it's really convenient just to text someone
and then go to the market or go out, it's nice.
They're beautiful!
Okay, I'm back.
My morning was a little hectic because Wednesdays,
I don't really get to prep in the morning,
so now my kids are at lunch,
but yes, I think you can teach English in Thailand
without a degree.
At my school, they require you to have a Bachelor's though.
So I was able to secure my job
before moving out to Thailand, I found it on Ajarn.com.
I don't want to give out the name of my school
just for privacy reasons, but it is a really great
international school in the city of Pattaya.
So I have met a couple people that are married
and teaching and living out here,
given they did meet their significant other
out here for the most part,
but it is possible if that's what you're trying to do,
you just have to be on the same page with everything.
♪ I have so much fun ♪
♪ And you have so much fun ♪
♪ We all have so much fun ♪
So I just got done with my day.
Today, I tutored one kid after school,
and I'm able to make 400 baht per kid that I have,
which is a decent amount of money
for tutoring them for an hour.
So I'm gonna go home, take a nap,
and then we'll go to the market later.
So I just got back from the market,
and I got two pieces of chicken for 20 baht,
which is 60 cents.
I'm only getting that because I'm eating something
tonight at trivia, but now I'm sitting by the pool.
So nice.
So I figured I should show my apartment
before I sign off here.
This is when you first walk in,
and then I have my bedroom, with a nice closet
and my bathroom in there.
So that is it for me tonight, I hope you guys had fun
in Pattaya for the day.
We got third place in trivia, but it's okay.
If you want, you can follow me on my personal Instagram
and ask me any other questions.
Bye!
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