It is Saturday morning and I’m up at sunrise, enjoying one of my favorite times of the week. Spending so much time getting to know myself whist I’ve been living here had led me to understand a lot more about what actually makes me happy. I’ve always thought that I was the opposite of a morning person, because I am not fun to deal with in the mornings. … Continue reading Science is Cool.
This is my slightly delayed Valentine’s Day post Don’t worry this won’t be too long. It’s Sunday and I’m ending my 6th trip to Chiang Mai with a quick breakfast when Jackie mentions that she has heard of a school in Chiang Mai that is hiring. And I’m like perfect! I tell her to send me the info because how great would it be to teach … Continue reading A New Kind Of Love
Let’s start with some low key visa stuff. This is going to be very interesting. Well, basically when I came to Thailand in October I had what is called a non-immigrant B visa. And that allowed me to be in the country for 90 days. And the process to extend that involves first applying for a work permit and then taking that work permit to … Continue reading Chiang My Happy Place
Further proof that Thai people are incredible. I told my mom this story when she visited and I forgot to ever write it on my blog. Now seems like a perfect time. So, it’s a typical Tuesday and on Tuesdays sometimes Bri and I go to this market that’s kind of halfway between Sungmen and Phrae. We’re on our way there and right as we’re … Continue reading A Story of Thai Kindness
Considering the incredible amount of effort that was put into producing this Thepnaree Bilingual Program Annual Christmas Show…I’d say that it deserves it’s own blog post. If only to gratify the literally countless class periods that were stolen from me in order to let these kids practice for their Christmas show. Which ended up being 2-3 hours every day for these last 2 weeks. And Teacher Boo even got … Continue reading The Thepnaree Christmas Show
Teacher Boo where have you been with your blog? Okay, I know, I know! I have been slacking on my gypsy life in a truly unforgivable way. Jesus what was the last thing I wrote about? Bangkok? Well, the weekend after that I stayed in town and the weekend was such nonevent that I literally cannot remember enough to write about it. But do not fret! There are … Continue reading Like Daughter Like Mother
After a short week that felt surprisingly long…I was bound on an overnight bus for Bangkok at 8:30 pm Friday night. Bound for delayed birthday celebrations for my friend Annie. Hours before I had dropped Bri off at the bus stop to catch a quick bus to Chiang Mai. A bus she was seconds from missing considering we pulled up on the scooter as the … Continue reading A Weekend in the Big BKK
Let’s get back to blogging. So where were we on the teaching front. Brenna is struggling with her kindergarteners who do not seem to grasp that I don’t understand Thai and continue to try to speak to me. As well as spank me on the butt pretty aggressively and try to pull my skirt down. I gave out my first two quizzes because I have got to start … Continue reading Oh My Pai!
Let’s get to some traveling, shall we? Friday passed pretty quickly because I was anticipating my impending mini-vacation to Lampang. I say mini because Lampang is basically our neighbor. It’s only about 2 hours south of Phrae. And I wish that I could say there was some travel drama, but unfortunately for the drama queens following this blog…there was not. In fact, Bri and I figured out … Continue reading Same Ol’ Lampang and Dance
I notice when I blog I tend to write mostly about the things that are going on. What I’m do, where I’m going, who I’m meeting. Etc. But sometimes just the little nuances fall through the cracks in my pursuit of concise, riveting storytelling. But no longer! This post is exclusively about the little things. You are welcome. I would like to comment on … Continue reading The Inefficiency of Thai Brooms: And Other Random Things
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