Moved into the top class today, had a much better day as felt I was making a difference. Was teaching " this is a ....that is a..." lots of arm acrobatics to show the difference. BB was very helpful Over the day the class sizes ranged from 8 to 42 ages from 8 to 19. … Continue reading Day 13: teaching big kids, leisurely lunch, more big kids, slippery times, pizza, massage ice cream and home.
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Day 14: last day in school, fat panda lunch, new house blessing, school farewell, visit Corinne, mexican meal, pool party.
Today I felt as if I made a difference in the 3 classes I taught in the morning, first 2 were "these are, they are" the3rd lesson was more advanced and looking at plurals of harder new vocabulary. Not sure of the theory as most just added s but we also had paintbrushes and scissors...not … Continue reading Day 14: last day in school, fat panda lunch, new house blessing, school farewell, visit Corinne, mexican meal, pool party.
Day 12: another ABC day, visiting the local pagoda, seeing the community build, hard rock, market and leg massage.
Day 2 at school, back into Madame Hitler's class, feel so sorry for the children. Offered to sing "5 little ducks" to them, she said that it would be nice. I drew ducks on the board and asked her to explain what I was doing, lost in translation. Started to sing and the playtime bell … Continue reading Day 12: another ABC day, visiting the local pagoda, seeing the community build, hard rock, market and leg massage.
Day 11 : a day of mostly teaching ABC, watching procession, swimming, eating veggie food and scary taxi ride home.
So today saw us heading to the school for our first-day teaching. The tuk-tuk ride was unbelievable, we were heading out of town so the roads deteriorated to potholed dust tracks. We felt every lump and bump, didn't need a massage!! Our school was ELMA an English speaking school where the children came out of … Continue reading Day 11 : a day of mostly teaching ABC, watching procession, swimming, eating veggie food and scary taxi ride home.
Day 10: up before the cockerals, amazing sunrise, trudging round UNESCO site, afternoon of r and r after visit to police. Night in.
So up almost before we had been to sleep! Bumpy tuk tuk into town to get tickets for Angkor Wat to watch the sunrise. Quite a spectacle of the flow of lights from the variety of vehicles taking people to the UNESCO site. We trudged over a pontoon onto the site as the light was … Continue reading Day 10: up before the cockerals, amazing sunrise, trudging round UNESCO site, afternoon of r and r after visit to police. Night in.
Day 9: breakfast fiasco, border control experience like no other, stop for”hot” coach, SWIM, tuk tuk to town, food, shopping , ending up a disaster..
Not wanting a repeat of the cold fried eggs I decided to order it and hopefully watch it cook.... .oh no not that easy. Queued for 20 mins to order, got my toast immediately and was told my eggs were coming..... having eaten my toast I went and asked where my eggs were - inside … Continue reading Day 9: breakfast fiasco, border control experience like no other, stop for”hot” coach, SWIM, tuk tuk to town, food, shopping , ending up a disaster..
Day 8: baby birth, such humbling experience, kayaking, travelling back to Surin, sitting on the balcony, amazing meal- worst service ever experienced.
So we were woken in the wee small hours, not only by the usual cockerels and the local dogs but a much louder noise - thunder? Mating frogs? No an elephant in the last stages of labour, yes really. We were all up listening, breathing every contraction with her. We decided to go for a … Continue reading Day 8: baby birth, such humbling experience, kayaking, travelling back to Surin, sitting on the balcony, amazing meal- worst service ever experienced.
Film of day at Angkor Wat
Day 5: a day of pig sty construction, walking and swimming with elephants….
An interesting day starting with a trip to see a new elephant enclosure built by Bamboo volunteers earlier this year. We felt that the elephants were still quite distressed penned up. We then moved on to a local school to help to construct a pig pen....yes pig pen in a school. Concrete was made by … Continue reading Day 5: a day of pig sty construction, walking and swimming with elephants….
Rambling With Ruthie 