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The Land of Thai ... and I: November 2011
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The Land of Thai . and I. A new educator's experiences abroad. Get updated when I post something new! Tuesday, November 29, 2011. Rudolph's Out Sick Today". Haad Yuan Beach, Koh Phangan- My getaway this past weekend. I got to visit my favorite three beaches in Thailand one last time before leaving! My Classroom Full of 7th Graders Hard At Work- NOT on Roots. And Suffixes. This is from a couple weeks ago, working on our name essays. Meanwhile, my 7. I exclaimed, “See? And you figured it out! And then it w...
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The Land of Thai ... and I: "Thankful for a Good Time" - Pete, 7th Grade
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The Land of Thai . and I. A new educator's experiences abroad. Get updated when I post something new! Thursday, November 24, 2011. Thankful for a Good Time" - Pete, 7th Grade. It was EXACTLY one year ago, to the day, that I interviewed for a teaching position here in Thailand. And then exactly four days after that, I bought my one-way ticket to Thailand, leaving LAX the night of January 1, 2011, and arriving in BKK on January 3. It is almost scary how fast a year seems to just happen. I feel the same way.
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The Land of Thai ... and I: January 2011
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The Land of Thai . and I. A new educator's experiences abroad. Get updated when I post something new! Thursday, January 27, 2011. Into my fourth week. Originally intending to stay one night, I packed my bag accordingly. But one wonderful night turned into two- the beach was spectacular and so was the company and the weather. And I am so glad I stayed. Because on the second day, as we were all lounging about the “resort”, I spotted the elusive pink dolphin just offshore! Such a special sight! 8221; WeR...
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The Land of Thai ... and I: January 2012
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The Land of Thai . and I. A new educator's experiences abroad. Get updated when I post something new! Friday, January 20, 2012. This Must Be The Place. Gili T. Sunset, Gili Islands, Indonesia. So I have been home for one month. Exactly. And I have been wondering what to do with this blog. Do I abandon it and let it float stagnantly in the abyss that is the interweb? Do I keep writing? Oh, by the way, am I ahead? I don't even know what that means. I was right- it was a good thing for me to do. I had inten...
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News, Views, and Brews: September 2011
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News, Views, and Brews. Friday, September 23, 2011. New Belgium Brewing Company: Lips of Faith Kick. It pours a nice golden color with an egg-white colored head. Malty sweet aromas come off the nose with some spices as well. I do get some pumpkin off the nose, but nothing like Shipyard's Smashed Pumpkin. Time to taste. If you enjoy sours, you will love. It won't be around for long, I can promise you that. Well done, New Belgium. Thursday, September 22, 2011. Hangar 24: Oktoberfest (Celebration). Oktoberf...
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The Land of Thai ... and I: July 2011
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The Land of Thai . and I. A new educator's experiences abroad. Get updated when I post something new! Thursday, July 14, 2011. Today at NICS, we celebrated the conclusion of summer school with a field day! It took a lot of planning amidst last-minute planning for the swiftly approaching 2011-2012 academic year and last-minute planning for the China trip, but it actually turned out to be a pretty amazing time. We laughed, we cried, we ate ice cream! 8221; I feel like at any other school, this would be una...
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The Land of Thai ... and I: Fievel Goes West
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The Land of Thai . and I. A new educator's experiences abroad. Get updated when I post something new! Friday, December 9, 2011. 8220;Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I've ever known.”. Esan with my Ladies. There is only one thing I would add, and that would be that it isn’t just everyone we’ve ever known that makes us who we are; it’s also every thing. It’s probably also just me getting toward the end of my second decade of life. Oysters, stuffing, good wine… well, to...
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The Land of Thai ... and I: April 2011
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The Land of Thai . and I. A new educator's experiences abroad. Get updated when I post something new! Saturday, April 23, 2011. I was being incredibly indecisive (big surprise). Tony and Maureen Wheeler, the founders and original authors of the Lonely Planet guides (aka, the world travelers' bible that I shunned at first but now love), say, “All you’ve got to do is decide to go and the hardest part is over. ” SO TRUE! Songkran is the three-day festival of the Thai New Year. It begins on the 13. 8221; Son...
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The Land of Thai ... and I: Going, Going, Gone.
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The Land of Thai . and I. A new educator's experiences abroad. Get updated when I post something new! Monday, December 12, 2011. Going, Going, Gone. This is Plah Thu. Plah Thu is Thai for Mackerel, and she was named by Ink,. An 8th grader at our school. Plah Thu enjoys running like a crazy dog in the rain and has. Kind of become a mascot at NICS. She is there all the time, and this is. A picture of her watching me as I drove away on my last day. Goodbye, cozy little apartment. It didn’t seem real u...
