Okay so I have been a little lazy this week writing on my blog. It’s just that where we are staying only has wireless in the office till 10pm, and I never quite make it in time lol. Soooo since we have to be at the school till 4 with no students and I have no lesson plans to do today I decided to write you lovely people (all 10 of you that probably read this ha). It’s okay mom, they gave me permission to get online and chat or do whatever I want to right now. This week has been awesome, I taught my first lessons!! They were not as expected, but they went okay. In Thailand the kids are taught to sit quietly and listen to the teacher, in America we do a lot of Q & A, student interaction kind of stuff. Not here. I was asking the class questions as I went and trying to get them to stand up to do examples and they were so confused, they didn’t say TWO WORDS!!! I was freaking out; I was thinking “Oh gosh, they either don’t understand the lesson or my accent!” But at the end the teacher was like “Awesome job, they loved it!!” As they did their homework/class work I walked around and checked and they did really good on it so they obviously got it (which made me feel a lot better). My cooperating teacher explained to me that here, they just present the information, write an example on the board, and let the kids do the rest by themselves. They are just way to smart here, although I defiantly have my low functioning kids that can still barely speak English in the 3rd grade and we’re teaching in ALL English…go figure. I teach remedial classes of 5 or 6 students in the morning (zero period) and during their lunch break. But the kids are great, you can’t help but to fall in love with them. It is taking me forever to memorize their names because, well here are a few: Teetouch, Nattatik, Atid, Suriwat, Natthipat, and on and on. Like I can barely pronounce them still, but I am getting better at understanding the kids accent. They always get tickled when I try to say their name or start talking fast…being here helps me remember to really annunciate and speak clearer (both of which my father says I NEVER do) haha. I love it here, I am used to the food, there is still some that I just can’t manage to belly down, but I know my favorites. In the picture are some of the kids getting food at the schools canteen. The school provides lunch for them, but if they want more they have a 45 minute lunch break where they can buy all kinds of food here. My favorite food here is sticky rice and mango…it’s a desert. The lady that works at this little place in the canteen makes it for us every day and what they do is they poor warm coconut milk over the sticky rice and cut up a fresh mango…gosh its heaven. Christin and I have a few places we like to hang out in the evenings and we’re pros at getting around on the BTS sky train (it’s like the metro). We still have tons to see and do and the time is winding down SO FAST!! Only about 3 more weeks of teaching if we get our hours done, and then two weeks of traveling!!! Hopefully this weekend we are going to spend a day on the beach, then get our “bonded” which means chemically straightened since Thailand hates our hair lol. We bought a $10 straightener and as soon as we walked out of the door to take the BTS to work, our hair was two feet tall and curly. It is very humid here and we are tired of being simple/ugly everyday with no makeup and our hair pulled back. Hopefully its strong enough to straighten my thick hair, if not I wore the ponytail for a good 20 years, another month won’t kill me lol. I haven’t gotten home sick at all, I never do, but reading/hearing about all of the induction week activities starting back up makes me sad. I’m not really missing it because I’m clearly in an amazing place throwing down with cwalk everyday but it’s hitting me I’m graduating soon and it’ll be over for good. I will be around for Formal, so watch out new girls..I’ve learned jujitsu (sp) since I’ve been here, ha I wish everyone was here with me, my family, friends, everyone. It’s just so fun and there is so much to see and do and it feels pointless because you want everyone special to you to be able to go through these experiences with you. MAN that was a long sentence, but you’re following right? I hate that I’m going to come home and have this amazing experience and no one will fully understand. But, that’s why people need to step up and go teach overseas with me for a few years. Duh. I literally walk through my school day wishing that I could video the everything and put it on my blog. I’m sitting here watching about 100 kids play soccer and run around on the concrete in front of my window. I always forget the Thai kids are still learning English, and today I had a third grader ask me what a “footprint” was because we were doing math word problems and it was so cute. It took them FOREVER to understand, then one kid got it and translated it in Thai and they were all so excited. It’s the silly little things I love about being here, and teaching. Okay I know I’m rambling on about how amazing it is and you don’t care, but I wish you were here!!!! I'm now finishing this blog from our apartment, and today Christin and I both had our Ipod in on the BTS and were crunk and ready for our evening activities, and did a movie scene dance all the way there haha. Must had to have been there. Its almost 9 here now, and today is the first day I've had emotions of missing people back home. Some expected, some not. The last picture is the Tuk Tuk we rode...its like a motorcycle with a carriage on the back...out in the open. We almost died lol.