So.... my life... in Bangkok. Some would say it's as though I never left Toronto (or Montreal, or Vancouver... definitely Terrace) but.... life as a Bangkokian (I think I just made up a new word) is certianly not like life at home. This my school. One shot from the front and one from the back. It's quite tiny... lovely and quaint, with extensions being built asI write this. The Thai flag at the front is flying at full mass. I took this picture quite awhile ago. Currently Thailand is amid 100 days national mourning after the death of the King's sister, (Princess Galyani) so the flag flies at half mass until the beginning of April. There were 15 days of mandatory mourning at the beginning of January when we were only allowed to dress in black, grey and white. That has changed, but the country is still in mourning.
chool, really, without any books?So this is where I spend my days and some of the children who I spend my days with. Life just keeps on going and going
. We have such a tiny school, but slowly it will gr
ow. They are currently in the process of building a swimming pool, and then an "early years centre." They will also be building a secondary school onto our existing primary school. We currently go up to year 6, but those children have been promised a year 7 class next year. A new head teacher was appointed this week, so there will be more changes to come I am sure. And of course, it being an international school, there are frequent changes in students and teachers. They are currently working on the assumption that I will be around next year. I have yet to truly make that decisio
n. The school is great and the children really are lovely even though there are days where you aren't sure if you are going to make it. Time will tell what I will do. There will be a position open to teach reception or year 1 next year ( Reception is about preschool age and year one is Kindergarten). I would enjoy either one of those - perhaps more than what I am doing now....
. We have such a tiny school, but slowly it will gr
ow. They are currently in the process of building a swimming pool, and then an "early years centre." They will also be building a secondary school onto our existing primary school. We currently go up to year 6, but those children have been promised a year 7 class next year. A new head teacher was appointed this week, so there will be more changes to come I am sure. And of course, it being an international school, there are frequent changes in students and teachers. They are currently working on the assumption that I will be around next year. I have yet to truly make that decisio
n. The school is great and the children really are lovely even though there are days where you aren't sure if you are going to make it. Time will tell what I will do. There will be a position open to teach reception or year 1 next year ( Reception is about preschool age and year one is Kindergarten). I would enjoy either one of those - perhaps more than what I am doing now....So... this is my life.... and I'm trying very hard not to make it my whole life... more to come...
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