I decided to spice up my lesson plans and challenge my students to expand their English horizons by introducing a daily mantra, quote of the day, and rarely used English word of the day. The curriculum I use through BFITS consists of a teaching book, power point presentation along with a student workbook that reinforces …
Continue reading "Komfaek Highs balance the Traffic Blues"I think everyone has a reason or reasons why they travel abroad. Some may be escaping tough situations in their home country, others may want to explore their spirituality whereby taking the time to work on themselves, and there are a select few that take from the country they are in thus leaving it a …
Continue reading "Sak Yant Tattoo"Two days in Thailand goes by in the blink of an eye. There is so much to do, explore, feel, and experience. On Thursday (06-27-2019) morning, I gave in to the motor scooter ride again and learned the hard way that no two motor scooter drivers are the same. As chance or the universe or …
Continue reading "Bullet Dog, Bookstores, & Bars"My morning ride sharing partner is on a visa run in Laos for the next three days. I therefore had to resort back to riding a motor scooter to school. This resulted in the usual neck kink from stress, fear, and a general sense of foreboding as all I could imagine was falling off the …
Continue reading "School Assemblies are Great!"Arrived at school this morning, slightly earlier than usual, and watched the students line up on a carpeted area near the indoor basketball courts to give a monk food. The interesting part was that the students removed their shoes and waited in line on their knees at which point they would shuffle forward until they …
Continue reading "Finding a new path"My morning commute has become a lot more relaxing taking a taxi to the school. I’m still not eating breakfast because I can’t get my stomach or appetite accustomed to the food. There are no pancakes, sausage, or bacon and the eggs are fried totally differently than in the states. School was a little more …
Continue reading "Viruses spread easily"Woke up with a massive hangover so I ended up sleeping in until 09:30am. I decided to tackle my dirty laundry issue which I’ve learned in Thailand is not the easiest thing to accomplish. I bought laundry detergent for 10Baht at 7-11 and threw all my clothes into a washer that are located on the …
Continue reading "Laundry Woes"Had a rough morning trying to get myself motivated. I fell asleep the previous evening around 8:00pm which tells me that I’m feeling some of the strain of teaching. Started my morning off by researching tattoo’s by Ajarn’s in my area. I ended up finding one through a Facebook search and used Google Translate to …
Continue reading "Temple Healing"Made it to the school earlier than usual, skipped breakfast, and had my morning coffee. They have only one size at the little coffee hut so I am learning to downsize everything I consume. I talked to another teacher before class and learned there are more than one agency that are employing foreign teachers at …
Continue reading "Respectful Students"Walked out of my apartment complex this morning towards the motor scooter area at the front of the complex and spoke with another teacher who used Grab every morning. We agreed to split the price of the Grab (60Baht each) and now I don’t have to ride on the back of a motor scooter any …
Continue reading "Getting in the Groove"