Sorry Apko, and I know you've had the injuries recently but until you start knocking in the goals again my love has transfered to bannana pancake man. Seriously you would not believe how good these pancakes are and he stand just at the top of the soi. It's very hard to stop yourself getting them, but I have managed to limit myself to just two so ( Read more... )

Okay, so I've done a week at school and there's several major differences as expected. First I teach in the most expensive part of the school section, so as well as teaching english (grammar - shudder), I also teach social studies in English and have a tutor group (what would be year 9 at home - 13/14 year olds ( Read more... )

Okay so there's a couple of major differences that Ihave noticed.

Lets start with the biggest miss first. Wine. I miss it.The beer is really good and goes well with the food. (Did I mention that I'm not eating English food again?) But a nice bottle of red, a fun pink one or a cool dry white is sorely missed. Linked to the wine topic, there's coffee ( Read more... )

Okay I'm here.

First off, a useful tip. If you want to get through customs quickly go through in tears. They just quickly want to get you through, like that. Other than that the journey was good. Got talking to an Aussie bloke, who teaches English in Leicester. What Aussie know about the English language is beyond me though. So didn't get as much ( Read more... )

This is going to be my thai journal that takes me through the packing, the move, the new culture and the teaching.

Hope you find my rambles interesting.