Phitsanulok
I came to thailnd to teach Pre-K and kindergarten aged Thai students English. My favorite adventures and memories happened in the city we taught at Phitsnaulok. We taught at St Paul Kindergarten. We taught for two hours 9-11am and two hours in the afternoon 1:30-3:30 each day. Teaching was hard for me at times, it is not natural for me to play with kids. But I'm so grateful I got to do this and learn some new skills. Our city is gorgeous too. Its not too busy. Each Saturday it has a big market and each day there is a big fruit maket. Last time I went I got about 2 dozen bananas, two dragon fruit and 2 mangoes for a $1.38 total. I love how cheap things are here. We run nearly every mooning at 5:30am. I run with two of the other teachers Kenzie and Sarah, sometimes one of the other girls will join us. We run a route that loops two of the bridges that cross the river here. There are three bridges total, each named for one of the princes and the princess. People here are very proud to be Thai. There are lots of assemblies and pictures of the king hanging up around the city. Unlike in America you simple do not talk bad about the King. People adore the late King. It was really cool to get to set up a home for a summer in Phitsanulok.
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| Discovered a love for Dragon Fruit in Thailand, its so cheap too |
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| kitchen at St Paul |
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| Bedroom at St Paul |
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| Bathroom at St Paul |
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| Heading home after nearly four months living in Thailand |
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| Tour of temple |
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| Buddha in Temple |
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| Got a thai massage in Thailand! Kind of hurt at times. Super cheap though, 180 Baht or roughly 8USD |
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| Me after my massage |
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| We are always given wraps when we enter temples. Its a very modest religion |
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| Tour in Thailand....they gave us each a Thai Name. Mine was Booa (sp?) Its a type of flower |
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| My wrap for the temple |
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| About an hour away are some temple ruins called Sukhothai |
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| Sukhothai |
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| Buddha at Sukhothai |
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| Me and Buddha |
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| Baggy Cows at Sukhothai |
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| Sleeping cat in temple |
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| Active temple at Sukhothai |
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| Green pond at Sukhothai |
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| Monks at Sukhothai |
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| Ledge at school were we watched the sunset until one of the girls tripped and fell off (thankfully she's okay) But we dont go up there anymore |
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| One of the girls bikes broke and this lady stopped, left her kids with some store workers near by and drove me back with the broken bike to the school. I offered to pay her but she just told to follow her on Facebook. People her are so insistent on being nice, things like this happen all the time. They refuse not to help you, I want to be more like that. |
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| Ugly craft from Pre-K |
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| Teaching my Kindergarten students. Earth is standing up (they get English names when they go to school) |
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| Pre K |
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| Pre K (singing) |
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| Dry lighting from Ledge |
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| watching dry Lightning on ledge |
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| having fun with long exposure photography on Ledge (ILP) |
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| Local waterfall |
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| Local Chinnese temple |
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| First day of teaching! |
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| Unless its raining you can find a group of local ladies dancing each morning and evening at a local college and they love when you join in. Im terrible at dancing but this was fun |
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| LDS church thailnd (sunday School) |
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| Local Smoothie shop. Smoothies are huge here |
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| Me switching places with Sarah and the broken bike |
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| One of our favorite smoothie places, Rivershake |
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| One of three bridges in Phitsanulok |
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| Temple ruins (I run around this every morning) |
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| Chinneses dancing at Local college |
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| My classroom |
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| We travel around city on bikes...Ive gotten really good navigating traffic on a bike |
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| Another bridge in Phitsanulok |
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| Weekly Saturday market in Phitsanulok |
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| Bugs for sale at market (to eat) |
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| Thai hymnal |
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| LDS Thai church in Phitsanulok |
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| Pre-k (me and one other girl, Kenzie, are the only ones to teach to Pre-k) |
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| Craft in Kindergarten |
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| Me subbing for one of the other girls classes |
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| Pre-K |
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| Classrooms for Kindergarten |
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| Pre-k |
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| Oreo Crepe we get at Local market |
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| goofiest fruit I've ever eating...i can't spell it sorry (starts with an R) |
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| Local celebration at temple...these are lady boys dancing (men dressed up as women) its hard to tell even close up |
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| Evening Chinnes dancing |
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| Getting adventurous with my 7/11 snacks...wasnt a fan, tasted like raw cake dough but stickier |
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| Little bit of home...ordering late night Pizza Hut |
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| Baptism at LDS church |
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| Sunset from Ledge |
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| Pre-k |
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| Coke is a thing everywhere...nice tough of home |
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| riding in back of pick up truck on way to FHE |
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| My kindergarten class (Cherry) with my other teacher, Natalie |
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| Rain is unpredictable....ran a lot in the ran |
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| Museum in Phitsanulok....people always want pics with and of us bc were white |
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| Thai version of teacher appreciation day, the kids sometimes randomly bring us little snacks and gifts thought the semester too |
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| my Pre-k kids (Pleum and Yaem) |
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| My kindergarten kids (tundra and pinging) |
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| Local smoothie shop |
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| Cooks ditching up some interning food for dinner...Collagulated Pigs blood and chicken feet soup! |
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| this is some kind of fruit i dont know |
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| Sunset from Ledge |
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| Hall of the English Building |
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| View from English Building |
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| LDS church with the other teachers |
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| went to a cafe and pointed at something random |
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| I got hot milk with a lot of sugar on the side |
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| Pre-k |
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| Huntsman Spider...big and fast |
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| One of the girls, Anna, got to have her parents come visit her and they took us all out to eat |
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| Girls decorated my room and door for my birthday, the girls I work with are so great |
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| Jose and I on my birthday...they took me out for an oreo shake |
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| Me by the school sign |
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| One of the girl fell of the third story ledge....bruises she got. Miracle she is alive |
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| One of my favorite 7/11 treats...16 baht for chocolate soy milk |
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| Kenzie with one of her Pre-k students |
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| resort annas parents stayed at while they visited P-lok |
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| Pool at resort |
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| Craft I made for myself with hands the kids colored |
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| Cherry class |
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| Pre-K: I taught 5 different Pre-k classes, alternating between two and three a day. I total I had about 50 Pre-K students |
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| Playing telephone with Arsa |
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| Pre-k (latte is standing up) |
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| My class (students called me Teach Katie, But they pronounce teacher more like Teach-aa. Its sweet |
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| My Cherry class: My homeroom: Tunajai, Brave, PingPing, Lipton, Baifern, Mana, Putter, Thi. My Other Cherry Class: Praewa, Earth, Theo, Tee, Fasai, Tanyon, Pangpond, Nene, Arsa. Im especially attached to my homeroom. My kids are smart, in additional to learning English, they are also leaning Chinese, take math class, swim, and play piano...all in Kindergarten! |
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| My Cherry class with Teach Natalie |
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| my kids on my last week of teaching |
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| Playing with Fasai |
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| My homeroom class |
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| Mana, probably my smartest student |
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| Ping Ping and Mana |
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| me and Lipton |
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| me and brave |
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| Baifern and Mana |
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| my other cherry class |
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| Me and Araa |
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| Me and Tanyong |
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| got bored and painted myself |
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