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"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"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"Last night, I was discussing my experience at the temple with my roommate (Jonathan) and he said that he wanted to go to the morning prayer/meditation session that started at 4:30am. We woke up at 3:30am, walked up to the temple (Wat Khao Ittisukkhato) and met an elderly named, “Mama” who asked us about our …
Continue reading "Early Morning Riser"Started the morning with TESOL training and picked up a lot of new tricks that I can use in the classroom when teaching English. After that, I had an interview with my agent (Angel Ha-BFITS) and it went really well. She confirmed I would be teaching intensive English to 7thand 8thgraders in Pathum Thani at …
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