Hi, I'm still alive. I think my last post was about two weeks ago. We've been really busy with teaching and planning and hanging out with students. Teaching has become a lot easier since we started. Ideas seem to flow much better and we're more flexible in the classroom. We all work pretty well with each other for the most part which is good!
Some random things...
I killed a colony of ants in my room yesterday. They deserved it because I lost count how many times I've been bitten. haha, I think I'm becoming immune to ant bites!
I've been training my taste buds to eat spicy things. It's getting easier and easier, and I'm starting to crave the spice.
I've taught accounting a couple of times to some of my students. They have to learn accounting in English! It may actually be the same book I had for ACCT 2001. Surprising I remember of lot of it! Thank you, Swati!
We watched Aladdin last night in English. It still is my favorite Disney movie! "A Whole New World...." yes!
Hannah and I invented a card game called "Well, Dang!" It's kinda fun. I'll explain the rules sometime when I get back. Interesting fact: having playing cards in Thailand is illegal. At last count, we have somewhere near 7 in the apartment....
Today, I have been out of the United States for exactly 1 month. Weird. This is the longest I've been out of the country.
I really like having other PK's on the trip. I don't get to interact with PK's very much, so it's cool to have that special bond. We have similar stories about things with our dads and church and stuff. I think our dads would all get along really well....
I'm currently reading "The Hiding Place," and it is really really good. Definitely recommend it! (Thanks for putting in my suitcase, dad!)
I'm currently listening to the Killers and the Republic Tigers. Also enjoying some of Embrace. Can't wait to get back and get some more music! But it's been good being able to discover what I already have on here.
Well, that's all I can think of right now. Hopefully I'll be more consistent in the future...
stu
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
"Yodshine" and Korean BBQ
Not exactly sure what it means, but it's my Thai nickname...haha
This week was our first week of teaching, and it's been really great so far! Monday was short and sweet with first year english majors. Tuesday Hannah and I were with hotel management students, and it went really well! (Tuesday, they named me "Yodshine") That afternoon some of our students asked us to go to dinner with them that night which was kinda cool. Honestly, I didn't expect them to show up, but I'll talk about that in a sec.... Yod and Tik gave us a ride home from the hotel managment building on their motorcycles which was a ton of fun! Seriously, it was really really fun, kinda scary but really fun!
Wednesday, Sarah Beth (SB) and I taught hotel management that morning, and we had the afternoon off. That afternoon I took a nap, something I've been doing a lot of recently!
Today, I have the day off with Lydia and Hannah. The other three are teaching hotel management students, and they'll have the day off tomorrow.
Anyway, back to dinner on tuesday. The students did show up! They took us a to a Korean BBQ place that the Paynes wanted to take us to last week, but it was too busy. Okay, so this is the system: it's like a buffet, there are several cooked dishes that you choose from, there are probably 12-15 different types of raw meat you can choose from, and there are vegetables and noodles. You cook your own meat and vegetables at the table. It's hard to explain what the grilling contraption looks like, and I can't find a good picture to post on here....but it was awesome! In the middle of dinner, an elephant showed up near the entrance to the restaurant! We could feed it! And we did! And it was awesome! I ate some squid and some other things that Yod would put on my plate, haha, but it was all pretty good. Dessert was homemade ice cream or fruit, and both were delicious. So we had all-you-can-eat of any type of meat and ice cream and fruit and Thai dishes.....You would think, "wow that's gotta be like 15-20 bucks at least." Ladies and gentleman, I paid a measly 3 dollars. Let that just sink in for a second....
Well, we're hosting a party at our apartment tomorrow night, and we need to get ready for that, so until next time!
stu
This week was our first week of teaching, and it's been really great so far! Monday was short and sweet with first year english majors. Tuesday Hannah and I were with hotel management students, and it went really well! (Tuesday, they named me "Yodshine") That afternoon some of our students asked us to go to dinner with them that night which was kinda cool. Honestly, I didn't expect them to show up, but I'll talk about that in a sec.... Yod and Tik gave us a ride home from the hotel managment building on their motorcycles which was a ton of fun! Seriously, it was really really fun, kinda scary but really fun!
Wednesday, Sarah Beth (SB) and I taught hotel management that morning, and we had the afternoon off. That afternoon I took a nap, something I've been doing a lot of recently!
Today, I have the day off with Lydia and Hannah. The other three are teaching hotel management students, and they'll have the day off tomorrow.
Anyway, back to dinner on tuesday. The students did show up! They took us a to a Korean BBQ place that the Paynes wanted to take us to last week, but it was too busy. Okay, so this is the system: it's like a buffet, there are several cooked dishes that you choose from, there are probably 12-15 different types of raw meat you can choose from, and there are vegetables and noodles. You cook your own meat and vegetables at the table. It's hard to explain what the grilling contraption looks like, and I can't find a good picture to post on here....but it was awesome! In the middle of dinner, an elephant showed up near the entrance to the restaurant! We could feed it! And we did! And it was awesome! I ate some squid and some other things that Yod would put on my plate, haha, but it was all pretty good. Dessert was homemade ice cream or fruit, and both were delicious. So we had all-you-can-eat of any type of meat and ice cream and fruit and Thai dishes.....You would think, "wow that's gotta be like 15-20 bucks at least." Ladies and gentleman, I paid a measly 3 dollars. Let that just sink in for a second....
Well, we're hosting a party at our apartment tomorrow night, and we need to get ready for that, so until next time!
stu
Friday, June 5, 2009
And Today I Fried My Alarm Clock....
It's true unfortunately. But other than that, today has been great!
We went with Scott and Valerie to eat real Isaan food at a nice restaurant for lunch. A traditional Isaan meal is similar to a southern meal at thanksgiving. Several dishes are arranged in the middle of the table, and everyone shares! Today, we had.....well, lots of things I can't say, but among the dishes were three whole fish, a spicy thai salad, plates of fried garlic pork strips, and a bowl of spicy shrimp soup. Most all of it was delicious! After lunch we went to the Paynes to have desert, and Valerie's cookies were amazing!
But tonight was incredible. We were invited to the home of "Ahh Jahhn" (Professor) Ben's house. There are three groups of people at dinner tonight - young American college students, brilliant Thai professors, and two American missionaries. We had a blast! The food was great, and the company was even better! Most of the Thai's English was excellent so communication was easy. After dinner and fruit, we played a game. I won't go into the details, but the night was filled with laughter! It was really really really cool.....
Okay, update on the week:
Monday: drove around Maha Sarakham and saw where we would be teaching.
Tuesday: drove three hours to Mukdahan to sort out some visa trouble with the two of the girls.
Wednesday: prepared to teach English for next week and went grocery shopping.
Thursday: signed up Pharmacy students for English class in the morning. In the afternoon, I got to play the piano, yes!
I would just like to say that I'm addicted to smoothies. They're like 60 cents, and they're better than any smoothie I've ever had in the states. I'm gonna get fat....
stu
We went with Scott and Valerie to eat real Isaan food at a nice restaurant for lunch. A traditional Isaan meal is similar to a southern meal at thanksgiving. Several dishes are arranged in the middle of the table, and everyone shares! Today, we had.....well, lots of things I can't say, but among the dishes were three whole fish, a spicy thai salad, plates of fried garlic pork strips, and a bowl of spicy shrimp soup. Most all of it was delicious! After lunch we went to the Paynes to have desert, and Valerie's cookies were amazing!
But tonight was incredible. We were invited to the home of "Ahh Jahhn" (Professor) Ben's house. There are three groups of people at dinner tonight - young American college students, brilliant Thai professors, and two American missionaries. We had a blast! The food was great, and the company was even better! Most of the Thai's English was excellent so communication was easy. After dinner and fruit, we played a game. I won't go into the details, but the night was filled with laughter! It was really really really cool.....
Okay, update on the week:
Monday: drove around Maha Sarakham and saw where we would be teaching.
Tuesday: drove three hours to Mukdahan to sort out some visa trouble with the two of the girls.
Wednesday: prepared to teach English for next week and went grocery shopping.
Thursday: signed up Pharmacy students for English class in the morning. In the afternoon, I got to play the piano, yes!
I would just like to say that I'm addicted to smoothies. They're like 60 cents, and they're better than any smoothie I've ever had in the states. I'm gonna get fat....
stu
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