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Well the most exciting news of the week was that my cousin Beth had her baby. I can't wait to meet Ethan James in October! I'm so excited for Beth and all the new experiences she will have.
Other than that, there is not much going on here. I've started my new job at Yonok though i'm not teaching yet, so i'm mostly going in to work and ust playing on the internet and writing course syllabi. i'm teaching 12 hours this semester (which is damn better than my hectic schedule last year!) 2 sections of English 101, a public speaking course and advanced reading and a few hours of lab time. everyone at yonok seems very cool. i've taken to eating lunch with all the thai office workers. they think it's really funny that i'm vegeatarian and always chide me by offering me such delicacies as pig chin and skewered frog. i'm still getting used to riding the bike everyday. ps mom if you read this, can you send me my driver's license? woops.
we've been spending lots of time with Lampang friends...eating japanese food and watching flicks, dancing and playing darts. hilary and i have decided to host a "Magical Creatures" party next weekend. we're decorating the living room like an enchanted forrest and of course, i will be donning some sort of unicorn get-up.
my friend kirk said, "your parties are always like Burning Man" which i took as a compliment.
ooooh and on tuesday, we are going up to chiang mai to hear Thich Naht Hahn speak. if you aren't familiar with his work, he is just about the most amazing peace activist ever. he is a vietnamese buddhist monk who worked with refugees during the Vietnam war. he was exiled because of his anti-war sentiments and was actually the person who taught and inspired MLK jr (who later ended up nominating Naht Hahn for the Nobel Peace Prize). i read his book "Being Peace" and i'm so excited to hear him speak.
and this is what i did last night:
Other than that, there is not much going on here. I've started my new job at Yonok though i'm not teaching yet, so i'm mostly going in to work and ust playing on the internet and writing course syllabi. i'm teaching 12 hours this semester (which is damn better than my hectic schedule last year!) 2 sections of English 101, a public speaking course and advanced reading and a few hours of lab time. everyone at yonok seems very cool. i've taken to eating lunch with all the thai office workers. they think it's really funny that i'm vegeatarian and always chide me by offering me such delicacies as pig chin and skewered frog. i'm still getting used to riding the bike everyday. ps mom if you read this, can you send me my driver's license? woops.
we've been spending lots of time with Lampang friends...eating japanese food and watching flicks, dancing and playing darts. hilary and i have decided to host a "Magical Creatures" party next weekend. we're decorating the living room like an enchanted forrest and of course, i will be donning some sort of unicorn get-up.
my friend kirk said, "your parties are always like Burning Man" which i took as a compliment.
ooooh and on tuesday, we are going up to chiang mai to hear Thich Naht Hahn speak. if you aren't familiar with his work, he is just about the most amazing peace activist ever. he is a vietnamese buddhist monk who worked with refugees during the Vietnam war. he was exiled because of his anti-war sentiments and was actually the person who taught and inspired MLK jr (who later ended up nominating Naht Hahn for the Nobel Peace Prize). i read his book "Being Peace" and i'm so excited to hear him speak.
and this is what i did last night:
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