A Cow says what?

It has been an interesting 2 weeks. I have been teaching all through the Monte Vista experience and have gone to school in a various moods...from happy to depressed. I have spent a good few of the lessons revising vocab and playing games with the kids as this take less planning. Rock-Paper-Scissors was a big hit, and they all wanted a piece of me! I won more then I lost---probably because i eyeballed them first.
This week I taught nursery the full yogic breath and how to do the star jump (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6080034036765262544). Two of them have taken to attaching themseleves to my legs everytime i walk into their room...and they all want a go on the helicopter (Teacher Mike!).
The whole school is preparing for the 26/27 July which is some big parade for the King. They are out in the yard banging drums and cymbals and throwing batons around the place.

Yesterday I did animals with the kids in Thesawan. Animals don't sound the same in Thai as they do in Ireland :
Animal - Sound
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dog - sunak
cat - maiow
duck - pet (but quack-quack will suffice)
cow - wooa
pig - moowah
frog - khop-khop
We did colours as well, then "Green Frog etc...a lead in to teaching them Adj Noun sentence structure as in Thai they say "Frog Green". They all thought my cow impression was hilarious - growing up on a farm has prepared me for so many things in life!

I'm off to Koh Samui for me birthday. There is another Indian chap whose birthday it is so it should be a good night- 10-20 people. I haven't touched alcohol in over 2 weeks so I'll be taking it easy - I'm high on life at the moment.

I have moved into Charm Beach Resort for the next 2 weeks and am leaving the Island on the 27 July, the day of the full moon. Phi-Phi first then Chiang Mai...time to start planning!

Some more photos - http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/mikedugganjnr/TeachingSndTravel
Later,
M.



In old days there were angels who came and took men by the hand and led them away from the city of destruction. We see no white-winged angels now. But yet men are led away from threatening destruction: a hand is put into theirs, which leads them forth gently towards a calm and bright land, so that they look no more backward; and the hand may be a little child's.
George Eliot