Saturday, May 9, 2009

Back to School







After much thought about where/what I want to do next with my life, I have recently gone back to school. Using my tax refund money, I enrolled in the TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language course at Chiang Mai University. If teaching proves to be something I enjoy and can be successful at, the goal will be to live in Thailand for 2 years. The next month will therefore not be about travel, but my experiences with the course.
The class group is a mix of ages and backgrounds and the course is intense. There is a ton of information being squeezed in 4 weeks and I have been exposed to more grammar this past week than in my entire life.
I am staying in a nice room with a t.v. and air conditioning, a blessing as we are in the thick of the hot season right now. I almost cried with joy when I unpacked my things and put my travel bag away for an entire month! No more unpacking and packing things every few days. And to top it all off, I bought some hangers!!!

2 comments:

  1. Hi MMBA: WOW! congratulations on going back to school. we miss you here in nyc though. Planning an Arthur Avenue outing soon but it won't be the same without you.

    I am so happy for you that you are finding so much joy over there! thanks for the blogging.

    love YMBN

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  2. Thanks sweetheart. I am starting to miss Italian food terribly. They put ketchup on "pizza" here, kraft singles pass as cheese and "sausage" is a cut up hot dog.
    Class has been fun/challr\enging, so very tired :)

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