Training in Thailand: sooo it's been a while

ahh training. In these photos is one of my biggest accomplishments. (well maybe not one of the biggest) See what I'm standing on. That's carpet. As a Farang(foreigner) it can initially be one of your worst nightmares. They don't do it like we do at home. It has taken me 3 weeks of ridiculous blisters to be able to train on that carpet. I did 5 rounds on the carpet Tuesday. My feet have never been so tough in their life.

So, even if I am not as conditioned as I wish I could be before leaving, at least my feet are.

The last week has been a really tough one physically and emotionally. I spent majority of it in bed with a fever. ugg. I was only able to train Mon and Tues before it hit me. I am trying not to be too disappointed about it, but it's really difficult because I wanted to be further than where I currently am. Now I am going to have to use this entire next week to work back up to where I was. That's ok though. I'll try to work hard when I get home and use this summer to improve even more.
Yesterday I was still sick and starting to get worried, but today I woke up and am feeling a ton better. I think that I will finally get to have a really good week of training. No more sickness! Yes! I am really looking forward to focusing this last week and a half of training that I have left. Last Monday one of the boys kicked me good and I didn't block. This thing got even larger the next day. It's Sunday now and its still there! I have had it a whole week.

So, being that it's Sunday (my day off of training) and I was feeling good, I went to downtown Pattaya to check out this little cooking school I had read about on the internets. Happy Home Thai Cooking School.
The lady Sheri who runs it was super sweet. She gave me a three hour lesson on how to cook four different Thai dishes. I had so much fun. The food is definitely tasty in Thailand, but this was way better than anything I have had in the restaurants here. It was soo delicious! There were also two other people there taking lessons. They were cooking different food, so not only did I get to eat everything I made, I got to taste what they made also.
Below is all of the ingredients I cut up that I am about to crush and turn into Penang Curry paste.

Finished product: Penang Curry with Pork. It was so good

Now you know I am gonna be makin this when I get home. I am gonna have a Penang party.
I also made Tom Yum Kung spicy soup. It was amazing!

She also taught me how to make Pad Thai. It was good, but I wasn't as excited about it as I was the other two. But I will definitely still remake it at home.

Now to my favorite! I had this dish when I visited Taiwan and I have never been able to find it at any Thai places in the states. Now I know how to make it myself. I am so excited about it. It's my favorite cooked green. Stir Fried Morning Glory.

Yeah, that's me enjoying all the good eats.

Here we all are after a rough day slaving away in the kitchen. hah
The guy on the left was making all different Thai desserts so I made a bunch of notes about how to make them also. I am going to try to have a dinner party when I get home and make everyone Thai food.