On Sunday, I went with my Dad to go teach english to some children of the Burmese labors that he works with. He teaches them Thai, and he wanted me to try to teach them english. There were about 15-20 kids, ranging in age from 4-12. They were all sooo cute and excited to be learning english. They already knew the abcs, and hello, and I was tranlating some things from Thai to English for them. It seems pretty impossible and I know that I am a horrible teacher, but they are so excited and really wanted me to come back, so next week I am! My family for my home stay this time is incredibly different than last time. They have two cars, two motorbikes, and about 5 tvs. Its pretty crazy, my mom works all the time, and I guess is in a pretty high up position in the teaching school, and my Dad seems to be some sort of contractor, cause he said he built buildings, but I'm not to sure...
There are three questions that everyne always get asked by thai people:
1. Do you have a boyfriend? (I have gotten plenty of set up offers from my mom's friends for their sons or friends)
2. How old are you?
3. Do you have diarreha yet? (This is espically asked when you say say that you like to eat spicy Thai food)
Having a great time, looking forward to class tommorow! (and looking forward to the cool season cause its like mid 90s and 70-80% humdity....damn global warming!)
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Hey Buddha. It all sounds amazing. I'm glad you're having a great time, and your family sounds incredibly nice and constructive towards your learning while you are there. We miss you here in Madison, especially for the whole year! I'm looking forward to reading entries to come...and I'm waiting for another story with an elephant guide.
Hey Breta! I'm glad that you're having a good time in Thailand so far. That has to be great teaching cute little kids, I would love that! So classes start tomorrow for you? Ours do at Rochester too. I'm getting excited for things to start up, its been dull on campus so far, so classes will be good! :)
I love the three questions hahahaha. "Do you have a boyfriend and/or diarrhea?" hahahaha, so funny!
Happy you're having fun, I am looking forward to hearing more! :)
Dear Breta,
This is my first blog experience, so I hope it works! It soulnde like you are having a great time. I really look forward to hearing about your adventures.
What do you mean by hot? Today in Wisconsin it was 85 degrees and we thought it was really hot! We were pulling weeds all day - one of our favorite activities.
Love,
Aunt Penny
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