﻿{"id":2472,"date":"2016-01-19T12:06:15","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T11:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/?p=2472"},"modified":"2016-01-19T12:16:42","modified_gmt":"2016-01-19T11:16:42","slug":"first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/2016\/01\/19\/first\/","title":{"rendered":"First week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey there again,<br \/>\nit is now the beginning of another week. Turned out that out of five classes last week, four were cancelled, so I barely had any school at all, frustrating and nice at the same time!  <\/p>\n<p>The week was spent taking it easy with catching up on some leisure reading and tv shows. Most nights I have gone out for dinner with a group of the other exchange students. It is so nice to be able to eat every single meal out at a restaurant\/canteen and not spending a fortune. My guess is that if I were to buy groceries and cook my meals myself, like i do back home, it would cost more than going out for lunch and dinner. However i usually have breakfast at home with some simple muesli and milk and fresh fruit, but tend to buy a proper coffee before class, so basically most meals are eaten out. <\/p>\n<p>One of the nights we went to a restaurant where we got to cook our own food over a small stove thingy they bring out to the table (picture down below). It was fun and different. Most menus here are unfortunately in Thai, but luckily we\u2019ve made friends with a local who usually joins us and help us translate. So far regarding food I only know the word for chicken, pork and water! <\/p>\n<p>This weekend I decided to treat myself with a stay at a nice four star hotel in Bangkok. Accommodations are also very cheap in Bangkok! You can stay at a five star hotel for barely thousand Swedish kronor a night, such a bargain.  I stayed right in the centre of Siam Square, the big shopping district. I had a big and very soft bed, and after been sleeping on my really hard bed in my flat here for two weeks, the bed at the hotel felt like a cloud. I haven\u2019t slept that good in a long time. My days were spent by the pool catching the rays of the sun, doing some shopping and I treated myself to a massage as well as room service, whereas I finally had some western food! <\/p>\n<p>Yesterday it was time for class again. This time me and another girl sat in the classroom that\u2019s on the schedule, but turned out that the class took place in another building, so we rushed over to there. Once there we met the teacher and it turned out she is teaching two classes at the same time, hence the different classroom, so in that class we only got the course description, and was told when all the exams were as well as being told to buy the course book. So not much of a first lecture.<br \/>\nToday started the same as yesterday, was in the classroom stated on the schedule but turned out to be in another building as well. Getting very frustrated with Rangsit right now that there is no proper structure or information to the schedule. Like you know we have kronox that\u2019s always accurate (in my experience) but they doesn\u2019t seem to have that here. And when 10% of your grade here is depending on attendance, they should at least update you with the right classrooms! So I am sad to say that I am not liking it here regarding the school. Hopefully it will be better in the future.<br \/>\nAnyway when arriving to the right classroom the professor had already started, but didn\u2019t seem to mind that we were late. Felt good to finally have a proper lecture, but the downside however is that the professor spoke English very poorly. So this will be interesting.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_2478\" style=\"width: 2332px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/files\/2016\/01\/20160108_145944.jpgliten.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2478\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2478\" src=\"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/files\/2016\/01\/20160108_145944.jpgliten.jpg\" alt=\"School Uniform that needs to be worn\" width=\"2322\" height=\"4128\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/files\/2016\/01\/20160108_145944.jpgliten.jpg 2322w, https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/files\/2016\/01\/20160108_145944.jpgliten-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/files\/2016\/01\/20160108_145944.jpgliten-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/files\/2016\/01\/20160108_145944.jpgliten-576x1024.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2322px) 100vw, 2322px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2478\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">School Uniform that needs to be worn<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2479\" style=\"width: 4138px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/files\/2016\/01\/20160117_134259-1.jpg-liten-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2479\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2479\" src=\"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/files\/2016\/01\/20160117_134259-1.jpg-liten-1.jpg\" alt=\"Campus\" width=\"4128\" height=\"2322\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/files\/2016\/01\/20160117_134259-1.jpg-liten-1.jpg 4128w, https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/files\/2016\/01\/20160117_134259-1.jpg-liten-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/files\/2016\/01\/20160117_134259-1.jpg-liten-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/files\/2016\/01\/20160117_134259-1.jpg-liten-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/files\/2016\/01\/20160117_134259-1.jpg-liten-1-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4128px) 100vw, 4128px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2479\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Campus<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2477\" style=\"width: 4138px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/files\/2016\/01\/20160117_134357.jpg-liten.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2477\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2477\" src=\"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/files\/2016\/01\/20160117_134357.jpg-liten.jpg\" alt=\"Campus\" width=\"4128\" height=\"2322\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/files\/2016\/01\/20160117_134357.jpg-liten.jpg 4128w, https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/files\/2016\/01\/20160117_134357.jpg-liten-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/files\/2016\/01\/20160117_134357.jpg-liten-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/files\/2016\/01\/20160117_134357.jpg-liten-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/files\/2016\/01\/20160117_134357.jpg-liten-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4128px) 100vw, 4128px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2477\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Campus<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/files\/2016\/01\/20160113_181052.jpg-liten.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2480\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/files\/2016\/01\/20160113_181052.jpg-liten.jpg\" alt=\"20160113_181052.jpg liten\" width=\"4128\" height=\"2322\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/files\/2016\/01\/20160113_181052.jpg-liten.jpg 4128w, https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/files\/2016\/01\/20160113_181052.jpg-liten-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/files\/2016\/01\/20160113_181052.jpg-liten-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/files\/2016\/01\/20160113_181052.jpg-liten-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/files\/2016\/01\/20160113_181052.jpg-liten-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4128px) 100vw, 4128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2475\" style=\"width: 2332px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/files\/2016\/01\/20160116_113446.jpg-liten.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2475\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2475\" src=\"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/files\/2016\/01\/20160116_113446.jpg-liten.jpg\" alt=\"Relaxing by the pool in Bangkok\" width=\"2322\" height=\"4128\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/files\/2016\/01\/20160116_113446.jpg-liten.jpg 2322w, https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/files\/2016\/01\/20160116_113446.jpg-liten-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/files\/2016\/01\/20160116_113446.jpg-liten-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/files\/2016\/01\/20160116_113446.jpg-liten-576x1024.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2322px) 100vw, 2322px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2475\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Relaxing by the pool in Bangkok<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2474\" style=\"width: 6010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/files\/2016\/01\/DSC_0810.jpgliten.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2474\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2474\" src=\"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/files\/2016\/01\/DSC_0810.jpgliten.jpg\" alt=\"Bangkok by night\" width=\"6000\" height=\"4000\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/files\/2016\/01\/DSC_0810.jpgliten.jpg 6000w, https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/files\/2016\/01\/DSC_0810.jpgliten-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/files\/2016\/01\/DSC_0810.jpgliten-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/files\/2016\/01\/DSC_0810.jpgliten-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/files\/2016\/01\/DSC_0810.jpgliten-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 6000px) 100vw, 6000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2474\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bangkok by night<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2473\" style=\"width: 6010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/files\/2016\/01\/DSC_0808.jpgliten.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2473\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2473\" src=\"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/files\/2016\/01\/DSC_0808.jpgliten.jpg\" alt=\"Bangkok by night\" width=\"6000\" height=\"4000\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/files\/2016\/01\/DSC_0808.jpgliten.jpg 6000w, https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/files\/2016\/01\/DSC_0808.jpgliten-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/files\/2016\/01\/DSC_0808.jpgliten-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/files\/2016\/01\/DSC_0808.jpgliten-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/files\/2016\/01\/DSC_0808.jpgliten-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 6000px) 100vw, 6000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2473\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bangkok by night<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Now I\u2019m off to dinner so see you later,<br \/>\nSara<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey there again, it is now the beginning of another week. Turned out that out of five classes last week, four were cancelled, so I barely had any school at all, frustrating and nice at the same time! The week &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/2016\/01\/19\/first\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":916,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[288,282,281],"class_list":["post-2472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ks-k3","tag-bangkok","tag-rangsit-universit","tag-thailand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/916"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2472"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2483,"href":"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2472\/revisions\/2483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}