Yesterday we went to Plan Creation Toy Factory and children's museum to see how they make toys in their completely green factory. They make toys out of rudder trees that no longer produce rubber and all of the glues and paints are non-toxic. It was interesting to see the assembly lines in action but after a while it got a little boring. But before it could get too boring we were crossing the street to the children's museum to play with all kinds of toys! The museum was small but packed with things to look at and play with so it was a BLAST! I wound up entertaining my students with the toy accordion that actually made halfway decent music.

After the tour we went and taught the students about hometowns which was fun. Our class had a blast! I think they really like Kelli and I teaching together and trying to make everything into a game. For dinner we went to the night market and then went back to campus to watch Mrs. Doubtfire. They seemed to really like the movie even though they didn't really understand parts of it. The room was almost constantly laughing while we watched the movie.



Today we taught in the morning. We were talking about food so we had the students tell us how to make different Thai meals. This afternoon we're going to the aquarium which should be really fun!

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Well I am at English camp. I made it to Trang on Saturday with no problems! I met all the leaders from the USA and Canada. Everyone is really cool and on the first night a bunch of them sang Karaoke until the guy incharge told them no more.

On Sunday we went on the boat ride around the national park to go snorkeling and see the Emerald cave. It was a lot of fun! I saw a yellow fish that looked similar to the box car fish in Bon Aire and some really weird blue coral. A bunch of the other leaders got burned...they didn't realize how strong the sun is here. Then we went to an opening dinner for the instructors.

On Monday we got to meet all of our students! I have 3 girls and 1 boy in my group: Gong, Tap, Per, and Bow. They all speak good English and seem really smart. We wound up joining Kelli's group (since she forgot to print the lessons): Rismond, Amee, Kikki, and Kim. Team teaching was so the way to go it made the groups bigger so we could be more team exercises and Kelli and I could tag-team the teaching. Almost as soon as we started 4 of the faculty joined our class as well: Aeg (sounds like egg), pop(i think), Ying, and C. SO Kelli and I would up teaching 12 students which lead to a hilarious and amazing class. Our students seemed to have a blast with the activities! The 3 hours of teaching flew by!

Today we started the day by going to a jungle and doing a canopy walk. The guide was really fun even though I couldn't really understand everything the guide told us. About halfway through the walk we went up onto this bridge system through the trees. I think the guide said it was 500 years old...or something like that. The views up there were amazing since we were really high up! This afternoon Kelli and I are teaching together again and tomorrow we're going to a toy factory.

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Wow tomorrow I'll be 24...this will be the first birthday I'll be alone for :( I have no idea what I'm going to do for my birthday. I'll probably wind up watching movies and reading like I usually do...maybe I'll take my motorbike into town but probably not since it still scares me. I think 24 is going to be an uneventful birthday and is going to be just like any other day here in Thailand.

Sunday will be 1 year since I graduated from college. I've been thinking a lot about all the fun I had in college. Jen, Jake, and I had a lot of fun hanging out...and Jen and I went on quite a few adventures. I miss them a lot...at times I wish I could go back to college just so the three of us could be together again. I don't know if when I'll get to hang out with both of them at the same time again and I know that next time it'll be different from when we were in college. We're all growing up and we're not as carefree as we were in college. I think I'm finally starting to get homesick...and I'm even missing tiny little Laramie, WY. I'm still having fun in Thailand but I'm starting to miss my friends and family.

My class for the faculty has been going ok. We've been able to have short conversations and they've been able to adapt the example dialog to themselves...for the most part. I'm just glad the students have questions and actually want to learn.

On the 15th I'll be leaving for PSU English camp. The itinerary changed so no we're going to Trang, Krabi, and Surat. It looks like the day trips will be fun...or at least interesting. I only have 4 students in my group so I need to design some activities for a small group.

Next semester starts on June 7th. Right now I have 18 teaching hours which means I'll be making overtime. It also looks like I'll be teaching Industrial Psychology so I need to research what exactly Industrial Psychology is.

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