Read the teaching memoirs (*cough*) beneath this post first, but here's a visual representation of what she (Pa Do Tha) is like:
You can't make it out from the picture, but the class are studiously copying down my map of the world with world cup awaiting Germany highlighted. 
Our sleeping quarters. A mat, pillow and mosquito net. Not everybodies' cup of tea, but it was OK for a fortnight.
Sunday lunch time chill-out session. There were plenty of guitar strumming sing-a-longs like this one. 
Supat lights the stove. This was a bamboo trough filled with earth, onto which a fire is built. The three stones keep the fire in place and support the cooking pots. 
James teaching the class how to be a capricious as himself.
Damn, this didn't come out. I'm ribbing my good friend Steven Carter in this photo. Never miss an opportunity. 
Us and some of the kids.From left to right.
Top row: Glyson, Wssoot, Tanagon, Wssoot, Ratana, Wichuda, Nahrooseeya
Bottom row: a couple of the kids from the village who wandered in and out, Supot.
Supot and Inteela bring down the Thai flag at the end of the day. I don't know quite what regard the Karen hold Thailand in, but it would certainly be seen in a better light than Myanmar.
This cheeky little bugger is Sonchai. He mucked about a lot come the last hour each day, probably because he was too bright for the stuff we were teaching. I even had to give him a 15 min detention one day (shock!), but he was a nice kid.
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Capricious (adj.) : "Characterized by or subject to whim; impulsive and unpredictable." (dictionary.com)
I'm sorry ... would you perhaps like a debate as to which of us has best fitted this description so far ? Arjan Daniel ?
Cheeky sod.
hey nice blog. been to singapore yet? haha. nice work. have fun. =]
No,would you recommend it?
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