Today I got the confirmation that I had successfully passed the final exam and, having also passed all the tests, am granted the qualification. The digital diploma will be ready within a month, and I'll make sure to request the printed one as well. Yay!

It's getting warmer back home - the morning I left for Thailand was crowned by a blizzard and piles of snow taller than me. Now, the snow is almost gone. I think Kate lost her sim card, which is sad, but if that's the worst that had happened during the trip - I'll take it. I downloaded a few apps from the Thai App Store - different countries have different restrictions, so I took the chance, while I could. There is a pile of souvenirs, clothes, powders and pastes, and jams, and flakes - for cooking. And two crazy cats are running through the pile knocking everything off. There were looked after, but they missed us, at least Luna - the black one- did. I finished the last exam for my half-a-year retraining program, can't wait for the results and, eventually, the diploma. Everything's settling down and I won't write every day in the future, but it was fun to capture Phuket as I saw it for the first time

We left the hotel by noon and at 13:30 we were at the new hotel that the travel agent provided for us because the flight got delayed. The hotel was, I would say, more expensive than our original one, but less tropical-paradise. This new hotel was just 3 min away from Bungla road, which is the place to go for nightlife, cafes, bars and things that in my native country are illegal. In the evening we went to the 7 eleven around the corner, got some curry paste to bring back home and some drinks. Later I went to Bungla road, but generally saw nothing special other that a tone of weed bars/shops, and some girls were pole-dancing in the bars. Later in the evening I passed all the tests for my retraining program, other than the final exam, which is not available yet.