5 Photos of the week

This week’s 5 photos are from the two open-air markets I recently discovered and one throwback from Jakarta. I stumbled across both the open-air markets during my daily scooter excursions into the surrounding neighborhoods. Having none of the essential vocabulary to buy from the markets (for example, how to say the different produce, numbers, how … Continue reading →

Thai Classes Begin

On the list of the wonderful things my thus-far-wonderful-employer does to help us settle: it pays for 20 group Thai classes for all new teachers to the school. Taking advantage of a free way to learn Thai me and five other teachers met at a new teacher apartment for a beer, a bit of hummus … Continue reading →

Making Meaning of It All

Tuesday all of the returning teachers came to school to join the new teachers in the opening of the 2011-2012 school year. Just as I was starting to get the hang of everyone’s names, faces and roles in the school they went and added hundreds more names, faces and roles to get straight. To say … Continue reading →

Taxi Thai

Today my school handed out little wallet-sized cards with taxi language. What a great idea! The quest to learn Thai begins…   Continue reading →