A Very Thai Christmas

Merry Christmas from Thailand! It's actually Christmas Eve but we are celebrating today as we will be traveling tomorrow. We also celebrated at school today because they start exams tomorrow.

Weekend in Ancient Suphanburi

UPDATE: WE HAVE NAMES!: Our teachers have given us thai nicknames. All Thai people have a nickname not related to their regular name that they go by. Many of my students pick American words for their nicknames. Mine is Bua (pronounded Boo-ah) which means Lotus. And Felix is Chok which means lucky!

So last weekend we decided to stay in Inburi to take a breather. And our friend Rich decided to visit as well! Our teachers had a big trip planned for us to go to an ANCIENT market in Suphanburi though on Saturday..and I think we definitely underestimated just how much we would be doing on this day.

Happy Birthday to Felix!!!!!!

Yayyyyyyyyyy! It's already Wednesday here in Thailand so Felix is 23!!! We are still in school in the middle of the day but I think things so far have been great for him. In his words "the best day ever". Our teachers at school are incredible. They decked out our teachers lounge with a poster that includes Felix's face, flowers on his desk and all around, and a fancy table.

Kanchanaburi and Bangkok weekends!

Sawatdee Kha!

Felix and I have had 2 more weekends of traveling since I last wrote that I thought I would update you all on. We had Monday off for the King's birthday so we took a long weekend and headed to Kanchanaburi, Thailand. Which was nothing short of amazing. I am proud so say that I have traveled to many places in Thailand now that just blow my mind with how beautiful they are. Kanchanaburi is a small town but has a ton to do just from nature, and for the fact that it is become a decent sized tourist town. It's not tourists like in Bangkok or Phuket though, but you kind of get more of a nature seeking vibe from them.

5 Weeks in as a Teacher!

So we are wrapping up teaching week 5 in Inburi school. I can't believe we have been here a month already. Time goes by veerrry fast in Thailand. I guess I can say not much has happened lately, while at the same time I guess a lot has happened. We ended up not going to the boat races in Korat to save money and had another leisurely weekend in Inburi (this is 3 weekends ago). We did find a POOL in Singburi though which in the heat at the time was like a mirage and it was amazzzzing.

Find Felix

... A little taste of Asia from the perspective of a Farang (Foreigner).

Winding Down from Week 2..

Sawatdee Kha!

We are one day away from teaching week SONG (2)! Friday is my hardest day, and Felix's easiest.. the week has flown by. Over the weekend our friend Rich came and visited and we did all Inburi/Singburi has to offer. Which is pretty much eating and markets.

I Have an Address!

yay an official home.

the address you can reach me or felix at IS...

Brienne/ or Felix
Siwanat Poopradab
45 Moo 1
Tambon Inburi
District Inburi, Singburi, Thailand
16110

Frriiiidaaay!

It's Friday so we have gone through a full week of teaching at Inburi school! I didn't give too much details about my classes so here it goes..

Our New Town of Inburi!

So I am finally starting this post and so much has happened it is hard to believe I only got to where we will be living for ATLEAST the next 4 months on Sunday (it's Thursday now).

Goodbye Phuket...

Tomorrow is going to be crazy we have our last teaching and then I have to prepare to LEAVE PHUKET (!) and get a taxi to get a overnight bus to Bangkok! We have a VIP seat which apparently is the only way to travel on bus here or else you are in for a rough ride. We get lay down seats and movies food etc…Felix said it wasn’t bad at all so hopefully I’ll just sleep for atleast half of the 12 hour ride and I will be with two friends in my group who are placed in Bangkok together. When I get to Bangkok it will be HALLOWEEEN which I suspect to also be crazy.

First Week as a Teacher (kind of)

Practice TEACHING!

Day 1: Ahhhhh so I am in the middle of my practice teaches at schools and orphanages! It has been wonderful so far. The days are exhausting and I’m even more busy now (we get up at 7:30 am then I am planning for my next lesson sometimes til 7pm then am beat and ready for bed not much later..) but it is also a lot of fun. My first day I went to a place called Sunshine Orphanage.

My First Giant Blog Blurb. I am in Thailand!!

Sawatdee Kha !

(Hello!)

Ok I am finally starting this much delayed blog. I have been in Thailand exactly 2 weeks now and am finally starting to get acclimated and have the time to sit down and write out my experiences thus far. This first post might be all over the place as Its going to be tooons of jumbled thoughts and things I’ve learned but bare with me once I start to keep this up hopefully it will be a little more organized.