Archive for May, 2006

teaching english in thailand

Friday, May 12th, 2006

my gulay. we just finished our first day of teaching english here in Betong, Thailand. haaay… ang hawak ko na kids ay ung zero english, ages 7-10. waaaaaaaahhh!!! mas makukulit pa sila saken at parang hindi tlga nauubusan ng energy. panalo. feeling ko mas natuto pa ako ng Thai kaysa sila ng English. grabe tlga. one hour ang "what is your name?" sa nine na students. hehe. imagine! by God’s grace ok pa naman kami. we are enjoying our time here. and we are so blessed by what we are experiencing. nakakatuwa ang mga bata, very endearing, very sweet. we are indeed more similar than our cultures or languages. nagkakaintindihan pa rin kami sa mga ngiti at mga touch na nagpapakita na mahal namin sila. bukas, isa pa… =)

singit na balita

Monday, May 8th, 2006

i’m writing this inside a Thai internet cafe. o diba! the rate is only 10 baht an hour. roughly 10 pesos lng. =)

waaaaaahh!!! i still can’t believe it. i’m really in Thailand now! a few days ago, i was in Malaysia! waaaaaaaaaahhh….

grabe, ang ganda ng mga bansang ito. ang ganda ng Malaysia. parang napakalaking rainforest na binagsakan ng mga buildings. tapos ang ganda din ng hiways. ang Thailand para ring Pinas. ganun din ung mga puno at ung weather. mas madami nga lng ang mga nagmo-motor dito at right-hand drive sila. sa Malaysia din pala, ganun din.

hmm…. yeah, i took pictures. ay di pala, kinuhaan pala ako ng pictures. but i don’t have time to post it here now dahil singit ng internet time lng ito. so i guess i’ll put the whole story here in june na lng. =) see you!