Classes, in a nutshell

Thammasat University is divided into about 5 different colleges, and mine is PBIC, the international school. In that school, I am in the Thai Studies department, and each of the Thai studies classes consists of a single 3 hour lecture once a week aside from Thai language which is twice a week. Seems like a blessing from the outside, less time shlepping to and from campus, more free time, etc. But in this heat (and apparently it is not even that hot yet) I just do not have the attention span to focus for that long. Today was my second day of class, with lecture from 9-12 and 1-4, and even though each professor gives us about a 20 minute break in the middle, I still find my energy level fading towards the end. My favorite class thus far is Beginning Thai, with Thai Media and Society taking a close second, and I have high hopes for Islam in Thailand. Both professors allow their personality to show through in their teaching and learning Thai language has proven to be extremely interesting. I'm gonna haveta train my ear to hear five different tones and train my speech organs to make sounds they have never made before. Hopefully by the end I won't sound like such a falang (white tourist).