It is my last day here in Thailand, I fly out tonight, and I am so emotionally and mentally spent. I haven't been myself here in Thailand and instead have adopted some strange changes.
Make-up?! Ya, pretty much gave that up.
Appropriate clothes?! Ya, still packed away with my make-up.
Cooking?! Another thing still packed.
Between sweating my brains out during training and sweating just sitting down for breakfast, wearing any kind of makeup has been just pointless so, beyond the mascara I wore the other day, my face has been makeup-free since I left Korea. Both the nonstop sweating and excessive sun have done wonders for my skin. I have a super fresh glow and my skin has totally soaked up the sun. I am definitely sun-kissed and sporting some major tan lines! Consequently, because of the sun and it's crazy heat, I've become somewhat of a face lotion junkie and find myself putting face lotion on numerous times during the day and waking up at the most random of random times during the night to put more on. And it's not because I don't want dry skin. Instead, it is because it instantly cools my body down. Thailand is one big sauna room!!!
I have pretty much been on a raw diet this entire week, with the exception of the one night when we ate BBQ meat. Koreans are all about sharing their food so me trying to cook means my food then gets divided by pretty much who ever is in the house which ranges at any given moment from 4 to 8 of us. Honestly, I don't like sharing my food, unless I am specifically making extra for someone, nor do I have the money this week to do so considering I only have what is remaining from my $50 I got exchanged the other day on the island. So I've been buying only food I can eat raw and have been avoiding cooking at all costs. This means I've been eating an excess of fruits and veggies -- mangoes, pineapples, papaya, carrots, cucumbers, and lots of bananas! Fruit is so incredibly cheap here. As for protein, my main source of protein has been hard boiled eggs the club manager always has on hand at the house and the packs of edamames I brought.
I've ditched the notion of cooking and basically the notion of wearing much clothing too. It's just so hot here and any clothing against your skin just soaks it up, leaving you looking like a hot mess... actually more so of a mess and not so hot. Of the 8 of us living in this house, 5 are guys, and I figured if they could walk around the house half naked, wearing what appears to be boxer shorts, than so can I. Leggings, which are not training leggings I should note here but instead are supposed to be covered by a longer shirt because they are super thin, and a sports bra have been my daily outfit of choice. The other day, when I went out for my morning jog alone, I even ditched my shirt, ran around in just sports leggings and a sports bra, then picked my shirt up from where I hid it on the way home. There is definitely a feeling of liberation that came with doing this and at this point I only care to keep my body cool as oppose to appropriately dresses.
Tomorrow I'll be back in Korea and all these different behaviours I sported this week will have to come to an end. Perhaps that is what I will miss about Thailand.
With it being our last day today, we headed out to buy souvenirs and gifts for friends. We went to what was called a "floating market" -- a series of buildings built above the water and all connected by bridges and walkways. It was quite pretty and it had some really interesting things. After the market, we headed over to the mall to pick some snacks up and have lunch but I was way too excited about heading back home to care to eat so I sipped on strawberry apple bubble tea instead.
We headed to the airport nice and early and I was super excited. Word of my fight and the grand end to it spread fast, faster and farther than I expected actually, and I realized this when a random Korean guy in the airport called out to me. "Amy sun-su", he said -- "sun-su" translates to professional athlete. I stopped, turned and he approached me to shake my hand and congratulate me on my win. I had no idea who he was but I suspected by his buff arms and chissled chest that he is may be a fellow boxer or at least a big boxing fan. I was flattered. As I waited for my plane, my phone was bombarded with more congrats from friends from all over which only made me want to get home all that quicker. Finally it was my time to board the plane and I practically raced to my seat. I was finally heading out of Thailand, destination HOME!!!
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