I woke up in the morning thinking that I was in the States….shocking?  It may be that I haven’t gotten much sleep lately…..let’s see tonight.

I came in to volunteer in a high school English class at LAC.  I was surprised the way the students conducted themselves in class.  I was shocked to see that the students would walk in and out, come in  late and gossip.  I was very disappointed to witness the behavior of the students and the lack of the respect they had for their teacher.  She was a teacher from the Philippines that taught English. Even though I didn’t get hands on today, I hope she will include me in the learning process so that the youth will start to respect the time and effort she has put into the classroom.  I will also help out again tomorrow but with a different teacher.   Hopefully it will be a different experience.

I brought Eileen to get a hand-made dress yesterday.  It has a Lao American twist…customized the total shabang!  For $16 and some loose change.  It can’t get better than that.

We have a Lao language exam tomorrow so I have to study extra hard…because I’m the only student that has to catch up. =(  Luckily I have Sankerdas (I nicknamed him Twilight because when Eileen first saw him she thought of Edward in the movie Twilight) to help me with my Lao.  But I feel bad that he has to make time out of his busy schedule…so I really do appreciate his effort and help.  The other Lao language partners have been real flaky so I really do try to make the best of the lunchtime interactive for our LSBT “Lao Study Buddy Time.”

I am also in the process of planning our farewell party on August 6th.  I have random activities for the event but now I have to find a venue…

I got my memory stick fixed but I haven’t checked it yet. 16 gigs of pics and vids. I hope to see them soon.