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  • A Dog Walks into a 7-11: Chiang Mai

    A Dog Walks into a 7-11: Chiang Mai

    And luxuriates in the air-conditioned store. No, the title wasn’t a set-up to a joke. This lil’ fella was overheating one morning and trotted into 7-11 and splayed himself on the tile floor in an amazing hip opening pose (my youngest sister would call this “pancake butt” and I can’t refute her.) The best part

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  • Photo Essay: Chiang Mai

    Photo Essay: Chiang Mai

    All photos courtesy Ayoung Kim 7:00AM I took some photos on local streets. Morning rush with people buying breakfast and/or lunch packed to-go which they’ll eat at home or at work. The streets are lined with vendors offering different items: fried Chinese donuts, Thai curries, vegetables, rice + meat combinations. The young man above waits

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  • Chiang Mai: Local Scenes

    Chiang Mai: Local Scenes

    I love this composition. All photos by Ayoung Kim Local scenes, spontaneous snapshots Photo essay that shows a local neighborhood, their activities, Buddhist and spiritual traditions, Thai aesthetics, and of course, some “only in Thailand” shots. 6am: Monks on “pindabhat” or going on alms rounds. They will receive food donations into their bowls. In the

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  • Get Your Hands Off my Mammary Glands

    Get Your Hands Off my Mammary Glands

    Photo courtesy Drew Hays via Unsplash The annual medical check-up. Time to kick the tires. Lift the hood, tighten the screws, replace the spark plugs. I registered as a patient at the Christian hospital because it was in my neighborhood. Their mission statement included the following: “Take care of others. Just like you desire that

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  • Dear Santa

    Dear Santa

    Students line up to see Santa Claus at the on-campus Christmas parade. Write a letter to Santa Claus Being a Christian school, Christmas time brought as much excitement and anticipation as if it were celebrated in a Christian country. I led my students in the ritual of writing a letter to Santa. They detailed what

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  • Nicknames

    Nicknames

    Students login with their nickname handles for a warm-up game. Gift from one of my students. To Do list: Go to the bank, buy a toy for my niece, speak to a guy about a paint job for my Porsche.  Then I looked at the student roster and noticed the following names: I begin roll

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  • Students Doing the Work

    Students Doing the Work

    Students doing the work, and sometimes having fun. Example, one student drew a picture of me while I had them write down classroom rules! I guess the joke’s on me. Lining up for morning assembly. Hilarious students My students had no problems showing me their personalities, beginning at first period with the student who drew

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  • The Good Thing About Getting Lice

    The Good Thing About Getting Lice

    I got head lice from my first teaching gig in 2020. It was during Covid-19, when all non-essential businesses were closed and shut down. This meant that I could not seek professional help to eradicate the lice, and I could not get a hair cut either. I purchased every different lice treatment possible, and although

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  • Welcome to Term 1

    Welcome to Term 1

    Photo of Jesus in the library. Lord knows I need help with PowerPoint. Having attained a fresh visa I flew back to Thailand and slid immediately into teaching summer school. I was thankful to have remained on Thai-time for the three weeks I taught online in CA, for it allowed me to transition without any

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  • Nuthin’ but a G-Thang: Teaching US Black History in Thailand

    Nuthin’ but a G-Thang: Teaching US Black History in Thailand

    Third time’s a charm. I almost flew to Mexico. In reaction to consecutive unceremonious conclusions to teaching in Thailand, I had my finger on the “purchase now” button for a one-way ticket to Mexico. It’s close to my home state of California, and I had been reading about lovely tacos and tortas. I reasoned that

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