Meep! Three weeks to go before Thailand ( Read more... )

I can't believe how quickly this month is vanishing! One more week of practicum, spring break, and then I leave in a month for Thailand! There's still so much to do before I leave. I really hope I don't get on that plane feeling completely unprepared. I can handle a bit of uncertainty, but I still don't have a great sense of what's going to ( Read more... )

Oh, boy. Bird flu's in Myanmar. Right next to Thailand. And 14 of the 97 deaths from bird flu have been in Thailand.

Why am I going again?

Am still trying to get myself into the headspace of a teacher. Just got a forward from the travel agent who's taking care of the Thailand trip. The message said she needed to gather information from "the teachers" for flight insurance ( Read more... )

Got a call at 7 this morning. I'm going to Thailand ( Read more... )

Just heard from the Thailand trip organizer. There were twenty-four people interviewed, and twelve spots. I'm about thirteen or fourteen on their list. Soooo close, but not quite ( Read more... )

Am spending way too long perfecting this Thailand application. I have four questions to answer concicely. This shouldn't be so hard. But the questions are similar enough that I don't want to be constantly repeating myself between the questions ( Read more... )

So I'm really considering teaching in Thailand for three months this summer. Part of me is amazingly excited about the prospect of traveling some more, and part of me is very content to just stay here for as long as possible. Thailand would be very different from anywhere else I've gone, given that I wouldn't be able to read any of the signs of ( Read more... )