Since its rainy season Oot has had more time to sit and talk with me between her busy selling moments. On Friday I had time to sit for awhile and since the weather was bad, she had time for me too! She would tell me a phrase often “Mai glouah die, glouah mai die” which…
Creative Thinking
“And God said what?” It was good! My grade 9 class answered in unison with their weak morning voice. “So if God created this world good and man was the climax of His creation that means Katak here is a mistake, right?” YES!! That woke them up. Any time they can make fun of their…
The First Week
“Taan cow na krap.” Bunan said to me as I ate my bowl of cereal in my house Saturday morning. About 4 hours before, I had come downstairs to a land close to what Noah must have seen. The kitchen and living room were under about a half-inch of water. The task was so daunting…
An Odd Day
Midnight came and went for me on Friday night after Thai food, French dessert, and a great time of visiting with Mary Beth and Paul…my first stateside visitors…that were actually coming from New Zealand. I woke up before 6am and went for my typical Saturday run that soon became untypical. It was one of those…
Malay Mahem
Sara Jane (my new house mate) and I sat in the middle of a mall in Malaysia for 15 minutes on a tan leather massage chair complete with feet gloves. The chair continuously squeezed our feet, calves, better side, back side, and back and I would smile as people walked passed and stared (I think…