January 2010
16 posts
you know you've lived in thailand for a long time...
you look through peoples photos on facebook and think to yourself “that’s so rude that people are showing the bottom of their feet” (its basically saying f-you to do that here)
you use baby powder instead of lotion
you think its chilly when there is a breeze and its 75 degrees
you think its strange when you don’t have rice with a meal
real coffee is the...
parent teacher conferences
those 3 words used to invoke such fear in me. after my first round of conferences here where the parents basically told me i was a crumby teacher, i was reluctant to have them again. however, this time i was pleasantly surprised. it was such a pleasure to talk to the parents and feel as though they now respect me and are happy with the growth in their children. it was nice to talk to them more...
2 days.
so i’ve got two more days until i have to officially let my school know what i am doing next year and i still don’t have a definite decision. I was pretty sure that I was going to do one thing but now i’m leaning a different way….gosh i don’t know. but what i do know is what i’m leaning towards right now is not really what i was planning on and i’m not...
confessions
confession: i am scared. scared of commitment. scared of what saying “yes this is what i’ve decided to do” means. it makes making decisions so hard for me. well decisions have always been hard for me, be it to order lunch or decide what to do next with my life and i think it really boils down to the commitment part. in that i’m also scared that i will make the wrong...
decision time.
Its that time. Decision time. I’ve got to decide what my next step is. I’ve got to let my school know if I am going to stay for another year or if I am headed home. It’s a decision that has been weighing heavily on my mind and I just don’t know what to do. I want to make the right choice and live with whatever choice that is without any regrets. I’m hoping that in the...
Christmas in Cambodia
Yep its been awhile since Christmas but “I’m dreaming of a White Christmas” just shuffled its way to being heard and the memories of my trip are still fresh in my mind. I was so blessed this year (best alternative to not being home) to be able to spend the Christmas season with a family of orphans. I say family for a specific reason here, all of these kids have been together for...
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– Martin Smith - “God is a Conversation”