I worked as a go-go in a nightclub. Once my dance partner said that she was going to Thailand for a contract. I asked the details of the work, she told me. A few days later I woke up with a firm decision to leave. I thought that in the rhythm in which I lived, I would continue to dream of leaving Russia, but it would take a very long time to wait for the right moment and hope for a miracle.
The time has come to do something. I said to my dance partner: “what should I do to go to Thailand?”. She called the boss, the boss called me, we signed the contract. The main condition of my consent to work was that I would take a cat with me.
Bringing a cat to Thailand was a challenge. He has all the necessary vaccinations, but in order to bring the animal to Thailand, you must obtain an import permit. First you need to buy a plane ticket for yourself, and then send all the data about the flight, the airport of departure and arrival, about the animals to the mail of the veterinary control. My work in Pattaya. I looked at the tickets and was glad that there was a direct flight from Moscow to Pattaya. Bought a ticket. I filled out an application for a permit, scanned all the documents, but realized that there is only a veterinary control in Bangkok and Phuket, but not in Pattaya. They do not answer the phone, I wrote to Bangkok and Phuket. A few days later, permission came from Bangkok, but the airport of arrival is indicated in Bangkok, and not in Pattaya. I called the airline, they told me that this is very critical, and the airport must be correct, because the airline will not give permission to buy a ticket for a cat. I wrote again to Bangkok, for several days no one answered me (and still no one answered). Telegram has a very good channel with information for travelers with animals. This channel has many chats by country, I found Thailand and in this chat I found the contact of a person who makes import permits. I ordered, paid, received, but again the airport in Bangkok. Again, I waited to be redone. In 2 days train to Moscow. 3 days before departure, you must send an import permit to the airline in order to obtain permission to fly. I'm nervous about a very confusing permission system, packing my suitcase, worrying about my cat is a cutie pie and how he's going to survive this trip. I have insomnia, stress and a huge number of cases that need to be resolved.
Departure day. I have 2 suitcases, with a total weight of 50 kg, a backpack with a cat and a bag of food, because the train ride takes 20 hours. My friend helped me with boarding the train. I did not sleep at night, because I shuddered at every movement of the cat in the carrier. And he did not sleep, because every time I moved, he tried to find my leg and lie next to me. The cat didn't eat anything on the train. I also had no appetite from stress and lack of sleep. Although, the cat was a very good boy: he behaved quietly and calmly, and even on command came out of the carrier and went back. My neighbors in the compartment were shocked. By the way, my cat is very smart and trained. But due to the fact that he is a cat, at home he sometimes pretends to be a fool and pretends that he does not understand what I want from him. But in a stressful situation, he was very calm.
We arrived in Moscow, we were met by my friend's boyfriend, who helped us carry our suitcases to the apartment. It snowed in Moscow, a record amount of precipitation fell. We dragged the suitcases and the cat knee-deep in the snow. In the evening I began to feel that I was getting sick. I took a pill and went to bed.
In the morning I woke up and realized that I was sick. But I have a shoot scheduled for day 3. I arrived at an old 5-storey factory, in which almost all rooms are equipped as photo studios, shot the first model, went to a cafe in the same building, drank tea with dessert, went into the elevator. The elevator went up, and my pressure remained at the bottom. I fainted. Overwork, stress, lack of sleep, illness. My body refused to work in such conditions. But I have to work. The girl who was riding with me in the elevator helped me get to the next photo studio, I lay down on the sofa and waited for the next model. She bought me green tea to raise my blood pressure. I took a picture for her, changed clothes, she took pictures of me (she is also a photographer), I came home and slept very badly all night because I was sweating a lot, coughing and generally felt like I was swallowed by a monster, not digested and spit out . It was a nightmare. I was very worried about the cat, but in the end he did great, but I fell apart.
In the process of all this, I received permission to fly to Pattaya and sent the documents to the airline.
The next day at 2 pm a photographer came to me. We filmed 2 sets and a video in a rented apartment.
I lived on the 5th floor and the elevator broke down in my apartment, I realized that in this state I myself would not lower 2 suitcases and a cat and carry it all through the tape at the airport. I asked subscribers from Moscow to help. They transferred me a few donations, I ordered a taxi and asked the driver to help with the suitcases for a tip.
Thanks to all the kind people!
10 hours overnight flight. I did not sleep, the cat was very tired, but he was calm.
Since the day I arrived, I have been working 6 days a week. I got sick three times, I was very tired. Agreed with the boss on a personal schedule with 3 days off, but had to extend the contract until November.
I haven’t been anywhere, I haven’t seen anything in Thailand, because I either work, or I get sick and sleep. Today is my first day off under the new schedule. I am very glad that I can again do my work as a model and photographer. And probably I can even allocate 1 day a week for a productive rest and see something interesting in Thailand)))
