Technology at its Finest

Friday, 24 September 2004

Today, Yope, one of our technology specialists and the nephew of our finance director (It seems as if all of our staff is related here!), took me to a computer store so I could by a handy drive. I wanted to get something to load all my pictures from the computer on so I could print them up at the photo shop. When we were there, I asked if one of our computers at school had a cd burner, as I figured it would be easy enough to burn cds of my photos as well. He said yes, but then I asked him where, if it was in the EP (English Program) building or on the other campus. And, suddenly, he was buying a cd burner and a pack of cds for the English Program. I wasn't going to complain, but sometimes these things happen out of sheer issues with communicating in broken English and Thai.

Speaking of technology, some of you might be curious as to how to call Thailand from the U.S. I looked it up (and Mom, you'll just have to try it to see if it works), and you have to dial the international access code (011), then the country code for Thailand (66), and then my phone number (01-1753725). You have to leave off the "0" of my phone number. If you still cannot connect, you can dial "00" to ask the operator to help you place the call. So, let's try that again: 011-66-1-1753725. The best time to call for you is either early in the morning when you get to work (7 - 8 am Seattle time, 9 - 10 pm Thailand time - because I will be getting ready to go to bed, and I am often IM'ing people at that time), or at the end of your work day at around 5 pm (because it will be 7 am the next day here, before school for me, and I am often checking email at that time). Thailand is 14 hours ahead of Seattle, but when Daylight Savings happens, it will change.

I have been having difficulty calling Seattle. I have tried to call many of you, but it keeps telling me that I have the wrong prefix number when I dial 206, but I have been successful in calling Hawai'i and California, so I will keep trying.