Amphawan School

We have been coming to the school for three days now and today was going to be my first day of teaching, until I found out that both of my classes had gone on a trip to Ubon with a different teacher. This was kind of a relief as it allowed me to observe how the students behaved and how much english they knew, so that I can prepare more thoroughly for tomorrows lessons.

We are also preparing to move into our new house, which is actually quite nice, it has a 2 up 2 down set up and is being refurbished with new furniture. David and I bought some industrial strength insect killer and got to work spraying it in all the nooks and crannies that might be hiding any ants, cockroaches or termites.
We returned to the house a few hours later to find hundreds, if not thousands of ants littering the floor in our bathroom. There were also plenty of cockroaches to be swept up and disposed of.


The children at the school are all very interested in us and are very respectful. In Davids second class, a number of them were taking photographs. I feel like a celebrity already.

The teachers are all very kind as well. Mrs Brayung took us for lunch and then to Tesco to buy us some essential supplies, such as coffee, chocolate and oreos.
David got some shaving foam, and asked if I would like some aswell, I just laughed as I shaved a week before I left and wont have any noticable facial hair till next month.


I am not too nervous for my lessons tomorrow as David has shown me that you can fill 20 minutes explaining simple phrases as the level of English here is quite poor. I am a little anxious about teaching student who are my age, or older.

I am missing home more and more, but still loving it in Thailand. If anyone wants to go somewhere different and exciting, it is most certainly the best place to go!


TTFN (Ta Ta For Now - Winnie The Pooh)