My first day of CELTA

I started my CELTA course yesterday. There are 8 other people in my class mostly from the US or England although one guy is from Hong Kong. They all seem nice and all have interesting stories, some have been traveling and living abroad for years and others, like me, have just recently packed up their old lives and are looking for a fresh start in Chiang Mai.
The course itself is going to be tough. I got enough work yesterday to last me a week! Not to mention the thought of being up in front of a class is starting to sound much less appealing. The day began with lectures followed by lunch. One of my classmates speaks Thai quite well and was able to order me a vegetarian Pad Thai. After lunch we had an Arabic class, to see what it is like to learn a new language, and then split up into our teaching groups. In the afternoons we work on preparing for our lessons and then the students arrive at 6 for two hours of instruction. Since it was our first night we just sat in the back of the class and observed our tutor teach the lesson. He made it look so easy! But in my mind I keep going back to presentations I had to make in high school and college, remembering the feelings of utter fear, stumbling over my words trying to finish as quickly as possible. The students all seem very motivated though, and although this is the intermediate class I was still very impressed with their English.