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Author: Micah

  • To Laos for a Visa

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    So the last two days I made a run to Laos to change my Visa from the one that allowed me to study to the one that will allow me to teach. Everything went smoothly; God be thanked. Linguistic notes: Spoken Thai and Lao are pretty related. Listening to kids count, and doing prices around…

  • Quick Tour of My Room

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  • Random

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    So today as I was walking home from buying groceries, a lady I didn’t know stopped me and invited me into her yard. Figuring that a front yard is pretty safe, I accepted the invitation. The reason she gave me for inviting me in was she saw I was new and from out of this…

  • Noodles

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    Yesterday night my landlady introduced me to the music teacher at the school where I am going to be teaching. He teaches all sorts of music, including Thai folk music. I was quite happy to make his acquaintance. Discoving that I had not yet eaten dinner, my new music teacher friend took me with him…

  • WET!

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    I’ve now completed day one of a three-day, nationwide water fight. The root of it all is pouring water while giving a blessing. What comes from that root are pickups loaded with tanks of water driving back and forth on the main roads drenching each other. There are even official places you can stop to…