Today marks one year since we stuffed 4 suitcases into a cab and made our way to Heathrow to fly to Bangkok. It seems impossibly that a year has passed so quickly, but here we are. The photo above was us as we pulled out of our street in Kilburn. Continue reading “One Year”
One week to go and even less for Lindsey as her official last day is Thursday whereas mine is Friday. Considering that I have never worked in a school before and also considering that the library set up was a bit mad when we started I think we have both done a great job in our first year. Continue reading “Worthwhile Things”
We are down to two weeks of work left before summer vacation! All kinds of things are finishing up for the year. For me, the biggest relief is that I am now officially done coaching swimming. Continue reading “Wrapping things up”
We are down to our last four weeks of school and things are very busy! Right now Gavin is away up north in the Shan state, previewing the spot where our school is going to be building a village school in a partnership with a charity that puts schools in communities that have not previously had access to education. Continue reading “Weddings, spiders and mangoes”
We are back from our dive trip! We had a good time and saw some of the beautiful deserted beaches of the Mergui Archipelago. Continue reading “Spring Break”
We are finally on our version of Spring Break! Yesterday was the last day of school and today is the beginning of one of the most important Myanmar holidays-Thingyan. It is the Burmese New Year and is celebrated by throwing water on any and everything. Continue reading “Thingyan”
Lindsey mentioned the gala in her last post so here’s a few comments about it. This is an annual event hosted by the school with the aim of raising some money. I have a colleague who used to work in event management at a hotel so she basically did everything to organise it. Continue reading “Made to measure”
Time seems to be flying at the moment, and we are definitely on the slippery slope to summer vacation. Last night we had our big school gala in a hotel downtown, but I will let Gav tell you all about that as he was one of the main organisers! Continue reading “Slippery Slope”
Before we arrived in Myanmar we were reading a few other blogs on living here and had read that you sometimes experienced random acts of kindness from the local Burmese people. Continue reading “Random Acts of Kindness”
