Lizara

We are studying occupations and workplaces this month at school, and I went out to get some props for this week's activities. I probably could have saved my money and used flashcards, but I think props will be more fun for what I want to do and they cost me less than 300 baht total. Purchases made during this afternoon's shopping trip...

One "Powerful Police Super Weapon" toy set... complete with a sticker gun that fires its impotent pink darts a grand total of three feet. ...

Last week P1 went on a field trip to Safari World. I wasn't required to go, but they asked if I wanted to and, really, they had me at "animals". Besides, I didn't want to sit around school doing nothing all day and I figured I could spend the day asking my kids questions like, "Pat, do you like zebras?" or "Pun, what's that?" and then watching them giggle and run away even though they knew the answers perfectly well.

I wore my dorky red school polo shirt ...

My kids have had speaking and listening tests the past two weeks. That means they watch a movie to keep them occupied while I call them up one at a time to do the test. Since my room is carpeted, they like to stretch out on the carpet during the movies, and I don't really care... except it does worry me a bit when they lie there cuddling. One kid sat down between his two friends and gave them both a kiss on the cheek.

What makes this even weirder is that if there happens to be a kiss

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Our school has a "sports day" coming up soon. We all got bright new polo shirts. I looked at it and thought, well, at least it's not an awful colour. Between that, the yellow shirt and the uniforms which were promised to arrive soon, I'm building up quite the ugly wardrobe thanks to my school.

The P4-6 students have no classes for four afternoons because they have "cheering practice". I'm not quite sure how practicing cheering takes eight hours. I mean, there's ...

I had a slightly awkward moment this morning when I went to register at the Alliance Française, something I've been meaning to do for months, but haven't because *trails off into mumbling*. So I got there and found the Accueil and then the girl at the desk and I stood there staring at each other for a good thirty seconds. Okay, probably not that long, but it felt like a while. I couldn't decide what language to use as she was a Thai girl at the Alliance Française where they deal with everyone ...