December 2011
38 posts
1 tag
#2011 #wrapup #amazingyear
2011: ‘probably the best year of my life thus far.
I started the year off with an amazing new year’s kiss, I edited my resume 100x to get it to perfection, I wrote dozens of cover letters, I was selected to be part in an organizational and leadership conference: ‘Leadership Today’ at SJSU, I fell in love with Andrew Joseph Valeriano-Rollins, I built strong life-long friendships in San Jose with...
“to travel is worth any cost or sacrifice.”
deirdreee:
i have to remember this, live by it, keep calm, carry on, and repeat. three days until departure.
#numbers
I’ve had 2 cups of black coffee today (the yooj). I have 779 students. I teach 18 classes a week (3-5 classes/day). I have been a Thailand resident for exactly 2 months. 68 days until my Thailand teaching career is over. I’ve snapped 2,837 photos on my Canon PowerShot SX210 IS since I landed at the Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok on October 22, 2011. I have been to 12 big main cities...
#boyfriend #secrets #noseystudents
student #1: Teachaaa!
me: Yes?
student #1: Do you have girlfriend?
me: No...
student #2: Ah you sho?
me: Yes...
student #1: Do you have boyfriend?
me: ...
class: OoyyyyYyyyy!!!!!! *claps
“and I feel just like I’m living someone else’s life… it’s like I just...”
– Michael Buble
“The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.”
– Abraham Lincoln
“Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.”
– Dr. Seuss
#BKK #Chinatown #shopping #Sesabeth #AVICII
After two days of no teaching and all fun at Sports Day at Niyomsil, I was off to Bangkok, or BKK, for the weekend. As always, everything just works out. Right as the school driver dropped me off at the bus stop, the bus to BKK was right behind us, so I ran into the bus with one more seat left for me. The four hour bus ride to BKK was not bad at all, so now I know it’ll be cake to make it...
“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer...”
– Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
#changes #growth #patience
I wake up each morning dreading to get ready for a full 9-hour day at school being an English teacher. I roll out of bed, brush my teeth, put on some teaching attire and rush out the door Niyomsil-bound via a sketchy old motorbike. Upon entering school grounds, that hesitant, stubborn mindset immediately changes as I’m greeted with wide smiles and a gesture that I am now obsessed with: the...
#paparazzi
me: *walks out of building after teaching Matium 3/1*
2 girl students: *smiling and snapping pix of me*
me: *walks up to the girls* Hey, did you take a photo of me?
2 girl students: *giggling*
me: Did you take a picture of me?
2 girl students: *silence*
me: DID YOU TAKE A PICTURE OF ME? You know, picture... your camera... picture... did you?
2 girl students: *silence*
me: Do you understand me? Picture... camera... you?
girl student #1: Uhh...no...Teacha..no....
me: Ohh, okay... are you sure?
girl student #2: *starting crying* No....
girl student #1: No, no no....
girl student #2: *crying* No...sorry, Teacha...beekah yew beautiful...
me: Oh...okay...kap kun krap! *walks away...in my head: honey, if you wanted a pix of me, just ask ;-)*
#ChiangMai #ziplining #DoiSuthep #reggae
This past weekend was probably like Top 3 status of my best times in Thailand. Like I mentioned in an earlier post, my 3 day Chiang Mai trip was totally spontaneous and planned it like less than a day. Right after school on Friday, I peace’d out and Pi Ploy took me to the bus stop. She’s super sweet. Scratch that, all Thai teachers are super cute and sweet (even if half the time the...
#spontaneous #lastminute
in honor of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (blog + photo set soon to come), we get a three day weekend this weekend… what better way to celebrate and go on a spontaneous trip (heck, I’m done teaching in less than a 100 days!) to Chiang Mai to go zip lining [http://www.treetopasia.com/thailand-holiday/chiang-mai/], motorbiking up mountains and night bazaaring! I cannot wait. it’s going...