I live in a pretty rural part of Thailand. While there are some local shops around, most of them only have shelf stable food items. Fresh produce is available at the market, which is only there two days a week. Curious what this market is like and what’s sold? Check out the video!
Thai people are exceptionally friendly and once they find out that you can speak Thai, the questions start flowing. It can be kind of overwhelming at times, but luckily, nearly everyone wants to know the same things. These are the top five questions.
I was told that school started for teachers on May 13 and for students on May 16. I showed up for work ready to do whatever it was for the teachers to do on Monday and found out that I would have my own classroom, but which of two rooms would be mine was undecided (one room was the meeting room, the other was just built and has no fans). Other teachers cleaned their rooms. After a couple hours, I was told I could go home and not come on Tuesday. OK, Thailand. On Wednesday morning I woke up and it was one of those things where you know that something is happening.
In between the training that I did for the PESAO staff and the training for 200 principals on conversational English, I spent a weekend at my homestead. I found out the day that I got home that one of the yaais (grandmothers) in the village had died.
Just before I left the US, my great aunt had died and so I had recently experienced a funeral in the US and I wanted to share about the differences between the rituals around death between Thailand and the US.
When you’re in a new place, you suddenly become hyperaware of everything around you. There are new smells, new sights, new tastes and new sounds. While a lot of these sounds may be somewhat familiar, I’m coming across them in a new context and I wanted to share some of what I hear with you. Check out the video and hear what I do every day.