You learn something new everyday
So I realized the other day that every meal I eat in Thailand contain in some way or another rice (khao), eggs (khai), and/or bananas (gluay). By no means am I complaining ... yet. hahaha While I like all of these things, having them so often can only lead to me becoming sick of them. It's funny that in the U.S. I would NEVER choose to eat rice over other carb options but since coming to Thailand and eating it with every meal I actually find myself craving rice if I haven't had it in a while (meaning like 1 meal). hahaha I love that I am taking cooking class with my students every Monday afternoon because then I am learning how to make many of the dishes that I have eaten and enjoyed.
Another things I learned this week was how to play "bay thong" ... at least that is how I am guessing you spell it ... its basically a version of bocce ball that I see my students playing ALL the time. I've been dying to try to play and finally I had a chance on Tuesday. I had just finished teaching P. 1 and P. 2 in the pavilion and was walking back to my classroom to return an eraser when I noticed some of my P. 5 boys playing right at the bottom of the stairs ... I stopped to asked them what it was called and then asked if Teacher Kerry could play, in as much of a Thai/English combo that I could muster that we understood one another. They said okay so I quick put my things down and went to go play. We made two teams of two and one of the boys threw a small stone, which we were to trow one of our 2 heavy metal balls at ... kinda like curling but with a ball. They showed me how to trow the ball and they would tell me when it was my turn. I wasn't really sure of the scoring until Ajan Sumet showed up and would translate the score after each set ... after each player throws their balls you switch sides and the small rock gets thrown again. I know you want to be the closes to the rock and its good to hit other people out of the way ... i got some cheers for that haha I'm still trying to learn exactly how to play but I'm sure that will come with time.
The third new thing I learned this week was how to make paper flowers. On Friday I was told I had to make a bulletin board about Father's Day because Sunday is the King's Birthday/Father's Day. I commissioned one of my P. 5 girls to make me a bunch of flowers since that is the preferred way to decorate a bulletin board in Thailand and then after school when I was hanging out with Earm and the students teachers they taught me how to make them.
To recap, Kerry loves rice, can play a game with her students, can fold banana leaves, cook Thai food, and make paper flowers ... the only thing left to do is work on my Asian squat and the transformation is complete!
Another things I learned this week was how to play "bay thong" ... at least that is how I am guessing you spell it ... its basically a version of bocce ball that I see my students playing ALL the time. I've been dying to try to play and finally I had a chance on Tuesday. I had just finished teaching P. 1 and P. 2 in the pavilion and was walking back to my classroom to return an eraser when I noticed some of my P. 5 boys playing right at the bottom of the stairs ... I stopped to asked them what it was called and then asked if Teacher Kerry could play, in as much of a Thai/English combo that I could muster that we understood one another. They said okay so I quick put my things down and went to go play. We made two teams of two and one of the boys threw a small stone, which we were to trow one of our 2 heavy metal balls at ... kinda like curling but with a ball. They showed me how to trow the ball and they would tell me when it was my turn. I wasn't really sure of the scoring until Ajan Sumet showed up and would translate the score after each set ... after each player throws their balls you switch sides and the small rock gets thrown again. I know you want to be the closes to the rock and its good to hit other people out of the way ... i got some cheers for that haha I'm still trying to learn exactly how to play but I'm sure that will come with time.
The third new thing I learned this week was how to make paper flowers. On Friday I was told I had to make a bulletin board about Father's Day because Sunday is the King's Birthday/Father's Day. I commissioned one of my P. 5 girls to make me a bunch of flowers since that is the preferred way to decorate a bulletin board in Thailand and then after school when I was hanging out with Earm and the students teachers they taught me how to make them.
To recap, Kerry loves rice, can play a game with her students, can fold banana leaves, cook Thai food, and make paper flowers ... the only thing left to do is work on my Asian squat and the transformation is complete!
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