สบาย ๆ

สบาย:comfortable. สบาย ๆ: chill, relax, take a deep breath, easy going. (ๆ is a repeat sign. สบาย ๆ is read สบาย สบาย)

That’s without looking in a dictionary, so it may be a little off.

Translation aside, today was a reminder that living here in this country it’s best to be able to face things and just think สบาย ๆ. (This is probably true anywhere in the world). This afternoon I had a test scheduled for my some of my students. Today at the flag pole it was announced that there would be no afternoon classes. These schedule changes regularly occur without any warning. As far as I can tell the Thai teachers are just as unaware of the changes ahead of time as I am. (I do not say “just as surprised by . . .”, merely “just as unaware of . . .”).