I haven’t come across a quote that has hit home like this one has in quite a while. I feel grateful for these words because as much as they are true, I also believe that whichever part of you that has been lost along the way, you have the power to get back. It doesn’t matter what it is: motivation, hope, the ability to love, strength, positivity….anything you once had that you wish to possess again.
If you had it, if it was there, it can be there again. It is never fully lost.
…what does life look like through balloons??
A few shots from today’s lesson 
Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over,
it became a butterfly.
Here are some recent pictures of the flooded U-turn right beside my house. The water has turned black and rancid, and smells like a filthy toilet. Its not fun wading through part of it to get up to the road, lemme tell ya!
I have decided to run away to Koh Samet for the next few days, since my school does not re-open until Tuesday next week. Hopefully, when I return the jank water will have subsided.
Goodbye horrible stinky flood and hello beautiful turqouise island water! Beach, here I come!
Thai people just love their BBQ pork balls on a stick.
But only in Asia would you see a sign to market them like this one; Cute, pink, round little pigs, all stuck on a skewer in a neat little row…
Oh how happy and delicious they look! I’ll take 5 please!
My school has been closed since Friday because of the floods happening all over Thailand. It’s been a crazy experience, but as fun as it’s been wading all over town, I am missing my little Asian nuggets.
Here is little Terptoh, doing his thing in the playground.
After spending a few days in central Bangkok, I was shocked to come back home and find the road leading to my house completely under water. My house is surprisingly on high enough ground to avoid the major flooding going on in Thailand right now, but many residential areas have not been so lucky. Many people are now resorting to travel by small boat through the many U-turns such as this one to reach their homes.
Ethos is a quaint little gem of a restaurant just a short hop skip and jump away from Khaosan Rd in Bangkok. My friend Tarryn and I spent a few lovely hours here today after a very lively and fun-filled Saturday night to relax and eat some delicious food that looked and tasted like it was made for the Gods.
Look what I found at school today. Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!!!!!
Nate and Nai turned 2!
There was a bit of a birthday party for the twins after nap time today. They needed a bit of help blowing out their candles, but as you can see, no help was needed in finishing off their birthday cake!
I am quitting my job at the end of September to move to Thailand. I will be teaching English to rural Thai children and writing this blog to document my crazy, mango-eating life.
