Today (Tuesday the 7th) was very similar to yesterday when it comes to the school day. Ari and I had a great time teaching three classes how to say "how are you?" and ask about the weather. We also had the students teach us how to say "how are you?" in Thai, and were thrilled when we were able to semi-do it. Rolling my "r"s is basically impossible, so none of the words quite sound the way they should. However, this is one of the reasons that many of the Thai students are unable to say "rainy", "weather", "cloudy" the way Americans do. We also taught a Thai English teacher how to pronounce orange. They really over-pronounce the "N", so it comes out a bit off. We also visited a class and the teacher had us explain Minnesota and our lives to them. They were literally appalled by the temperatures back home... although, to be honest, I am equally appalled with my hometown at the moment- temperatures this low are NOT okay... The students then asked us questions, like what our favorite color is, what is our favorite song, what is our mother's name, do we have boyfriends (they really laughed hysterically at that one when it was asked..), etc. They also thought the name, Mark, was the weirdest thing ever. Ironically, it's a much more common name than Ari and Kenzie, which they were perfectly fine with apparently...
For lunch, we went out with Arunrat and a few of the English teachers. It was nice to speak in English with people that understand much of what we are saying. We had pasta with ham in it, which was quite tasty.
And what am I doing for the rest of the evening? I am sitting. I haven't done much of that over the past week (Holy cow, it's been a week already!), and so it is nice to sit and relax. However, netflix and hulu do not work in Thailand, and therefore, I am stuck with the computer... Which is wonderful, but would be more entertaining without the time difference!
Don't freeze!
xoxo Kenzkeg
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