Tag Archives: Vientiane College
Happy Halloween!
Laos is a country familiar with ghosts. From my conversations with friends and students over the past year, I’ve gotten the impression that nearly everyone, at least a tiny bit, believes in pii–in ghosts or spirits. Naturally, some of those … Continue reading
Changing Seasons, Changing Houses
Though there’s much more to be said about my trip to Australia, life in Vientiane continues to pass by quicker than you can say bo mak kin tin gai (I don’t like to eat chicken feet). So I’ll interrupt the … Continue reading
Term 3: Changes
My return from July travels with my mom marked the beginning of a new era of my life here in Vientiane. When I came back, the two new Vientiane College fellows, Mike and Charlotte, had arrived, making me officially a … Continue reading
Term 2: Halfway There
Time is passing quickly at Vientiane College. Since the Pi Mai celebrations that kicked off the beginning of term, the first half of Term 2 has sped by. Midterms are past, and there are only a few weeks of term … Continue reading
The Past 2 Weeks
School has only been in session for two days and already the recent holiday seems like it was ages ago. It started with a 3-day jaunt to Chiang Mai (which I visited before in January), in northern Thailand, with some … Continue reading
Final Report: End of Term
In some ways it seems like a lifetime ago that I was sitting at the Lao cafe next to Vientiane College quietly panicking about standing up in front of a classroom for the first time. Yet in others, in seems … Continue reading
Pull-T Club
As the culmination of our unit on music in my young learners elementary class (the theme of the whole course was “Let Me Entertain You”–movies and music), I had a Lao band come to class for the students to interview. … Continue reading
Midterm Report
Somehow my first term teaching at Vientiane College is already halfway over. I have to fill out “Midterm Reports” for my sponsored students (whose tuition is paid for by their companies or private individuals), and this, along with all of … Continue reading
First Day of School
Friday was my first day teaching at Vientiane College, which marks the transition into my “real life” here in Laos. Needless to say, the prospect of teaching for the first time has made for an anxiety-ridden few days. Once I … Continue reading