don’t say anything at all. We’ve all heard this. In my case, though, it runs more like this: “If you can’t say anything nice, mean, or really anything at all because you don’t speak Thai, say it in English to yourself and stew over it for a while until you get angry enough to write … Continue reading »
A few days ago, while running errands in Bangkok, I found myself sitting sideways in a sundress on the back of a motorcycle taxi, sipping a mango smoothie with one hand and digging through my purse for my sunglasses with the other as the driver swerved around cars through a classic Bangkok traffic jam. Nine … Continue reading »
A picture may be worth a thousand words, but I think this one needs a bit of elaboration. I’ll call on my limited knowledge of Thai to help explain. Mai Kow Jai: I don’t understand Before New Years, I was told that kindergarten Sports Day was coming up in January. “Okay,” I said. I didn’t … Continue reading »
loneliness, noun. [lohn-lee-ness] The feeling you get when you see something beautiful or inspiring or hilarious, but there is no one you can take by the arm and say “Look!” friend, noun. [frend] (1) A person you can take by the arm and say “Look!” (2) These girls: poetic, adjective. [poh-et-ik] Sitting in the open … Continue reading »
Writing this, I can’t believe it is November. Time is funny here. I never know what date it is, and I only know what month it is if there is a significant marker for it. Yesterday I remembered that Thanksgiving is sometime in November, and I had to check my calendar to see if I’d … Continue reading »
Oh, scout camp. The first semester of school ended last week, and this week I was asked to help teach a week of scout camp for some of the older students at my school. I spent my day yesterday teaching cooking, survival skills, and how to read a compass, and finished my day by starring … Continue reading »
