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September 22nd 2007

Published: September 22nd 2007

So, on 21st September the semester 1 ended at Nantawan school, and we finished our contract. After 4 1/2 months of teaching, playing, shouting and learning we finished our first teaching experience. It was fun and challenging and rewarding and hard work. But ultimately when we had to say goodbye to the children we have spent the last few months with, it was a tearful farewell. We will really mis... Read Full Entry

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Kris and Kate

Rat on the Road

It started in November 2006, when we quit our jobs, rented out our house, sold our belongings and set off in search of adventure in South East Asia. Backpacking around SE Asia followed, along with working with elephants in Pattaya, a TEFL course in Thailand, teaching in Bangkok, Madrid, Bournemouth.... "Where next?" you might ask. Well, the pull of the East was too great, so we hot-footed back to Thailand, and then onto Vietnam. We spent a year teaching in a language centre in Haiphong in the North of Vietnam. Then we went searching for the bright lights of the big city and taught ... full info

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Lily going fishing

Mandy. Ling-Ling and Sia

refusing to join in the fishing

Finding Nemo at the BITEC Science exhibition

during Science week. Looking at some fish. The whole exhibition was in Thai, so it was abit difficult reading the exhibits. Luckily fish translate into any language.

Science teachers Brian and Julie

demonstrating a volcano during science week. You put vinegar and bicarbonate of soda and red food colouring in a model volcano and hey presto, it erupts. Don't try this at home kids!

Sia and Kingthong

with their hair done for Thai dancing. They were on the tv. Kingthong has recently decided to change her name, probably because everyone thinks her name is King Kong. So she is changing it - to Khaigai. It means chicken egg.

eating cake on Ryan's birthday

mmmmm....Swensens ice cream cake!

Kris and his after school English class

Porpla, Mandy, Oh, Sia and Ken

Teacher Kris reading 'the Hungry Caterpillar' to his after school class

awwwww.

playing 'crocodiles' in p.e.

we made the game up, its a cross between 'please mr crocodile' and British bulldog.

Kris teaching basketball

Tug of War on the last day of term

Sia stripping a giant prawn at the end of term feast

how many 6 year olds in the UK would you get to eat a King prawn, let alone know how to take its head and tail off?

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