Day 263

We're going to India! Yay for my passport getting more interesting! :-)

Day 262

Watercolor rainbows with Archana, Joy, Nina and Jordan in our Art Workshop this morning! We also sang songs :-)

I used Jordan's (she's on the right, closest to the camera) nice camera to take this picture, thanks Jordan!

Day 261

This is the stall where we get our bà-mèe nám!

Day 260

We found bagels in Bangkok! And they were delicious! This place seems great, we'll be coming back. It's called BKK Bagel Bakery and just opened up this year.

Day 259

Stanford Professor Paulo Blikstein came to DSIL to give a talk. It was really interesting, about the use of technology in Constructionist education, really good ideas but in my short time at DSIL seem difficult to implement (at least in a bilingual setting with younger children).

Day 258

Learned how to use Google SketchUp yesterday and today at work. Look what I made!

Day 257

Happy Thanksgiving! :-)

Over dinner we calculated what, exactly, made up our dinner. This is what we came up with:
‎3 lbs of cheese, 18 potatoes, 3 lbs of butter, 3 packs of green beans, 1 lb bacon, 1.5 lbs macaroni, .5 gallon milk, 4.5 cups cups flour, 2 boxes stuffing, half a pumpkin, 2 cans cranberry sauce, 2 whole chickens, 1 kilo japanese potatoes, 12 apples, 1 package hidden valley ranch, 1 liter coke, 1 liter fanta, tradition, and 9 food comas.

L-R: Jacob, Cristal, Joy, Matt, Shae, Christina, Nina, Megan

Day 256

Went on a shopping trip downtown with some of the teachers for Thanksgiving supplies for tomorrow, but look what else I got!! Tortillas, extra sharp cheddar, and avocados! These things make me very happy. :-)

Day 255

Looks like our little Tesco Express really likes Heineken. More likely though, they just haven't been able to receive any other shipments.

Day 254

Dorms at KMUTT as seen from the 5th floor of school.

Day 253

Just hanging out at the park again... we had to keep changing benches because the sun kept finding us and it was really hot!

Day 252

Lazy Saturday watching some I Love Lucy!

Day 251

A balcony garden next door.

Day 250

So glad we got these before moving!

Day 249

Learning how to use Scratch at work!

Day 248

Walking around town there are always trees with ribbons tied around them like this. A quick google search told me that they're offerings to the spirits that live there, and that different colors have different meanings.

Along the line of colors, not sure if I've mentioned this before but lots of people wear yellow on Mondays and pink on Tuesdays. This is in honor of the king and queen. Each day has a color associated with it, the queen was born on a Monday and the color for Monday is yellow, so lots of people wear it. Same for pink and Tuesdays, the day the king was born. I like Tuesdays because my work uniform top is pink, and I match with everyone!

Day 247

The two puppies that made me smile today at the park. (And miss Copper!)

Day 246

Our first movie in Thailand, look at our fancy seats!

Day 245

Made khuushuur tonight for dinner!

Day 244

Some student/staff projects over the last couple days - they made remote controlled boats to collect trash in floodwater. They were pretty cool!

Day 243

Loi Krathong!

Loi Krathong is a festival that takes place every year on the full moon of the 12th month in the traditional Thai lunar calendar (for more info see the wikipedia link above, or check here). Tonight's the full moon but unfortunately, due to flooding, most celebrations were cancelled this year. It's usually a really big deal, but very subdued this year.

Day 242

DSIL teachers putting together supplies for portable toilets for people affected by the flood.

Day 241

One of our favorite dinners, bà-mèe nám! Bà-mèe means egg noodles and nám means water, but also soup. We get it with pork (mŏo) and dumplings (gíeow), very tasty. Also, note the spoon and fork, don't think I've mentioned this before, but that's what people always eat with here. You will always receive both a fork and spoon, and no knife. People use both at the same time for pretty much every meal, from what I've noticed usually spoon in the right hand and fork in the left. Sometimes chopsticks are used for noodles, but even then it's also with a spoon.

Day 240

This map shows that flood water is approaching our apartment complex from the back, so we went up to the top floor to see if we could see it at all... nope.

Day 239

The water machine was raised up in case it floods.

Day 238

Our last morning in Koh Kho Khao -- we read out on our balcony each morning (and every afternoon when it rained), great start to every day!

Day 237

Our last sunset on Koh Kho Khao.

Day 236

Amazing day snorkeling, fishing, cruising around the Andaman Sea and having lunch on this island that we had completely to ourselves!

Day 235

This is where we've been hanging out the last several days! :-)

Day 234

Riding around Ko Kho Khao on our motorbike!