Lindsey stole part of my main post idea so this one won’t be long and is mainly about language so feel free to stop reading.  Continue reading “The Language of Love” →

This post is going to descend to a pretty murky level quite quickly so I thought I’d start off fairly high brow.  In Salman Rushdie’s novel, ‘Midnight’s Children’, Continue reading “The Poop Post” →

“Shwe” in Burmese means ‘gold or golden’.  We live in Golden Valley which is something like Shwe Taung Jar.  Our road name is Golden Valley 1st Road.  Continue reading “The Shwedagon” →

It’s bizarre how quickly you can get used to something.  It seems that this is especially true of working in schools.  Continue reading “Settling in (except not)” →

It is worth noting that Yangon was called Yangon before the British renamed it Rangoon. The same goes for the country name Myanmar. The generals did not come up with wholly new names they were merely reinstating the old names. Continue reading “Colonial Yangon” →

Wow, that was some trip.  So finally, after months of wondering what’s going on some dude in a van finally shows up and I get put in a crate.  No problem.  Let’s get this show on the road whatever it is.  Continue reading “Nell, the intrepid traveller!” →

Tomorrow is the first day of school.  New kids had orientation today, so there were lots of students and families around the campus today and it’s really happening! Continue reading “First Week Randoms” →

Well.  We’re here.  Our first few days have been a whirlwind of organised shopping trips and dinners.  Our house is much bigger than we could have thought possible but has little furniture or essential items so we have been trying to get ourselves equipped.  Continue reading “5 days in Yangon” →