Sep 20, 05
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mojo- mike
I really doubt you'll see this but if you do....
Im headed up to chang mai today (wed sept 21) to teach english in si sa ket for a month or two where abouts are you teaching? 
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Sep 22, 05
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they shipped me to si sa ket by the cambodian border
im teaching grade 8-13 english at a highschool! I have to dress up everyday - heels, skirts etc etc
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Sep 25, 05
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where the what are you? shit man, no chance in us meet and greeting unless you cook it over here when your finished. how are you liking it? its a challenge working with people that have a lot of english experiece huh.....there is less and less you can teach them. right now im working with PHD students from CM U. all at least 3 years older than me! its great though, im loving it:)
send me an email and let me know how you get on with it eh.
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Sep 25, 05
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My chinese "boy" wore me out, so I passed 'em on to a friend with much more patience as I recoupe from burnout. true story. We still visit though. Much sprinting involved! How is thailand treating you???
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Sep 26, 05
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mojo - your inbox is full so heres your pm in post form
Im having a bit of a rough go at it. Im living with the school principal and his wife - they seem very well off and treat me like a princess but the language barrier here is huge. Even my host family who has the most english knowledge of anyone Ive met here only understands a few words and Ive resorted to drawing everything. The students are highschool kids and honestly dont want to learn english. They wont do anything. They just talk amongst themselves in thai. I have yet to see one white person. Im lonely and my bedroom is full of red ants that bite me in the night. Only 36 days left:S Cheers Sheena
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Sep 26, 05
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ghetto.
go to a chemist and try to buy this little packet of ant chalk. its about 4 inches long by one and has pics of ants on it....red and white and maybe some yellow. you outline your doors and windows and whatnot and they wont cross it. i found it a few days ago and cried a solemn tear. the shit is amazing..it stopped the super highway running through my room. i dont know what to say friend...i wih you the best with it, and ur right. its only 36 more days. fuck this keyboard is shit. anyways, try to enjoy your self Sheena:) _mike
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Sep 26, 05
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well today is a pro-D day and Im emailing on my coffee break
our seminar runs from 8am until 9 pm tonight and then there is a dinner and a traditional thai dance show sounds great but this marathon seminar on child development is all in thai omg - could someone please sub title my life!! People keep coming up and touching me (grabbing my arm fat or my hair) and then muttering in thai - "I have red hair and a sandle tan do you really think I speak thai?!"
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Sep 26, 05
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Hope you're doing well Mike! You too Sheena. :)
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Sep 27, 05
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its the hair. check out thai peeps arms....very few have the kinda hair us falang do.
haah! all in thai! you should slip out the back for a nap...how can they actually think it will benefit you...unless there are pictures are someone to translate every word! i dont have a class until sat so im driving up to pai for the weekend. ill think about you tomorrow will im drinking a chang by the river!
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Oct 28, 05
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back in bangkok at 5 am in a few hours ill be doing some mad christmas shopping and then hooooooooooooome!
yeeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaw
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Nov 02, 05
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It was a month
and now Im home really craving a chang and some roadside PadThai its freaking cold here!!
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Nov 03, 05
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i predict my testicles sneaking back inside me when i first walk out of the airport. i got cold here the other night driving home from a late movie.....Vancouver is going to be freezing man!
how was it though? would you do it again...maybe under different circumstances?
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Nov 03, 05
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yeah thats the odd thing
I really liked being able to be a whole new person with no baggage or pre concieved personality. I came back to a job that I really enjoy but Im pretty restless. Everyone I know stayed exactly the same. Plus I had to wear socks and gloves to bed last night and still caught a giant cold!!! Turn down the rain - turn up the heat! When are you coming back?
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Nov 06, 05
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it sucks that your life just seems to slide back towards what it was originally. i am a bit worried about that feeling myself. i will be home by May in order to keep my job at WAFC...i want to keep my senoirity..its good for school and such. Taiwan in January though to actually earn some $. :)
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