Children at the Donkoi afterschool program.
Hello everyone,
So, Laos… wow. AWESOME!!! We’ve been here for 3 days and I already feel like I’ve been here for a month. Just today I took a little over 200 pictures; some from That Luang and also the NGO we visited. I will post them when I have time, but for now stay tuned.
Our classes are pretty intense, by the end of tomorrow’s class we will have learned (memorized how to read/write) all 27 of the Lao consonants and all 28 vowels as well as some vocabulary. It’s crazy. I like it though.
Today we visited our first NGO. It was a quaint afterschool(ish) program thing for children. They did a little performance for us and everything. It was so cute! We also met some of our future Lao language partners yesterday. They were all really cool. Later we are going to have a BBQ and go bowling with them. They had to literally tear us apart from the lunch picnic we had together and force us to go to class! We all clicked instantly. It was great.
Hopefully I will have time to blog more later, and post pics. We have to go to a internet cafe because the internet at LAC (Lao American College) is pretty slow, and we don’t have Wi-Fi at the Guesthouse. So I’m cutting this convo a little short for now.
Until next time,
Brandin (or “Ban-dan” as my Achaan says)
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Hi Brandin,
Nice to see that you guys are blogging. One thing you could do is to bring your laptop to the internet cafe and ask to get plug in to their network. Hopefully this will be faster and you don’t need to transfer files with their computers, which I assume is slower.
Good luck! Seems like all the SAILers are enjoying themselves. –Vinya
Oh yeah, I do. The new cafe i’m at is better though. look for some pics soon! ^_^ Also, We’re starting a Flickr account so we can all have access to each others photos. I am creating it now.
Dear Brandin,
Great to hear that you are having a great time, Brandin! I will be checking your blog as often as I can. Did you mention the names of your connections to the owners of the guesthouse yet?
So, how are the mosquitos? Any bites yet? When I lived in Chiang Mai and Lampang, they loved me! It was like my arms had the chicken pox! Ha!
Is it raining a lot yet?
I expect you to be able to teach me the Lao characters and vowels when you get back!
ຂອໃຫ້ມັນມ້ວນເດ້ອ <– You can tell me what I typed wrong. ; )
Remember to limit your English use to a minimum.
What have you eaten so far?
Have fun! Love ya!
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Are you getting these replies that I leave? Do I need to register??
Welcome home, Brandin!! Enjoy your time!
(I have left several comments and they just seem to disappear. Now I tried registering on WordPress to see if that was the problem.
Will see if this one works now.
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Yeay! It worked now! They should have instructions on the site how to register and leave comments…
Maybe you can read that Lao by the end of the week! That would be very cool! I am sure that you will learn very fast. Then you can come back and teach me more! Ajaan Brandin! ; )
I hope everything is going well there! I am still jealous that you are there. ; ) Did you talk to the owner of the guesthouse yet?
What have you eaten so far?
Any mosquito bites yet? They loved me when I lived in Chiang Mai and Lampang. It was like I had chicken pox on my arms!! LOL!
Remember to keep your English use to the minimum.
Still very excited for you!! Take lots of pics and videos!
Love you!
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