Last weekend we decided to go on a little adventure. Katie went to a Gwen Stefani concert in Bangkok with some teacher friends of hers. The Lady’s Night Out came complete with lots of loud screaming for the amazingly sculpted Gwen. But the best part was when Katie spotted her favorite Thai hip-hop band: Thaitanium, who were also at the concert to enjoy the amazingly sculpted Gwen.
While Katie was singing the "Bananas Song" with her ladies, Travis was on his own adventure. Ayutthaya, the historical capital of Siam, is a photographers’ paradise. Travis spent days walking through one thousand year old ruins built by the ancestors of the Thais we live and work with today. Travis saw the courtyards where Burmese soldiers invaded, and cut off the heads of all the Buddha statues. He saw one thousand year old Wats (Buddhist temples) and stupas. Ayutthaya really is an abandoned kingdom.
Whether singing the "Bananas Song" or watching sunrise over a city in ruins, we both felt like we had equally religious experiences on our adventures this weekend. Now we’re back home for the countdown of days until the end of the school semester. Whoop! Whoop!
Friday, August 31, 2007
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Thursday, August 16, 2007
WE'RE COMING HOME!
As sad as we will be to leave Northeast Thailand, and our students at Patanadek, we are excited to be coming home to see you fine folks in the Pacific Northwest once again. The school semester ends in five weeks here. We fly into Seattle on October 1st.
Katie is very excited to be home for the birth of her sister's first born. She can't wait to become an auntie. "We're gonna have a niece, people!" Also, Katie has one quarter left at Antioch University, and will be graduating with her M.A.Ed in December. Travis is stoked to show off his book of photography from our travels in Asia. His talent shines through in his beautiful pictures.
It's going to have to be a Christmas at Thanksgiving this year, because our return flight to Bangkok leaves on December 3rd. Just two short months at home, and we'll be off and running again. On the horizon lies more adventures in South Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan, and China.
Katie is very excited to be home for the birth of her sister's first born. She can't wait to become an auntie. "We're gonna have a niece, people!" Also, Katie has one quarter left at Antioch University, and will be graduating with her M.A.Ed in December. Travis is stoked to show off his book of photography from our travels in Asia. His talent shines through in his beautiful pictures.
It's going to have to be a Christmas at Thanksgiving this year, because our return flight to Bangkok leaves on December 3rd. Just two short months at home, and we'll be off and running again. On the horizon lies more adventures in South Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan, and China.
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
THESPIANS "HAM"IN IT UP
This week on Travis and Katie's Adventures in Asia...
We performed the story of the "Three Little Pigs" for our kindergarten students. Our star-studded extravaganza featured Katie as the pig who built the house made of straw, only it was really made of banana leaves because let's face it, this is Asia. And Travis played the most furocious Big Bad Wolf in the history of Big Bad Wolves. He was a natural on the stage and just loved scarying the crap out of all his students. Enough ego boosting, on with the show...
We open our scene on the playground at the school where we teach in Thailand. Kindergarteners are gathered around for the show, eagerly waiting to see their teachers dress up and act a fool. Katie emerges as a baby pig, sucking on a bottle and playing the tambourine. The other pigs arrive and they all set out to build their houses. Suddenly, the Big Bad Wolf jumps out from behind a tree! He huffs and puffs... and adds in a few samurai kicks and grabs his belly with hunger. He blows down two houses but all three pigs are safe inside the brick house, which is actually made out of legos. The three little pigs live happily ever after and the poor Wolf is left to starve another day. Thus ends the comedy of our hammin' it up at Patanadek School.
Don't miss next week's episode: Travis and Katie decide where they will go after the semester ends in Septemeber. Stay tuned...
We performed the story of the "Three Little Pigs" for our kindergarten students. Our star-studded extravaganza featured Katie as the pig who built the house made of straw, only it was really made of banana leaves because let's face it, this is Asia. And Travis played the most furocious Big Bad Wolf in the history of Big Bad Wolves. He was a natural on the stage and just loved scarying the crap out of all his students. Enough ego boosting, on with the show...
We open our scene on the playground at the school where we teach in Thailand. Kindergarteners are gathered around for the show, eagerly waiting to see their teachers dress up and act a fool. Katie emerges as a baby pig, sucking on a bottle and playing the tambourine. The other pigs arrive and they all set out to build their houses. Suddenly, the Big Bad Wolf jumps out from behind a tree! He huffs and puffs... and adds in a few samurai kicks and grabs his belly with hunger. He blows down two houses but all three pigs are safe inside the brick house, which is actually made out of legos. The three little pigs live happily ever after and the poor Wolf is left to starve another day. Thus ends the comedy of our hammin' it up at Patanadek School.
Don't miss next week's episode: Travis and Katie decide where they will go after the semester ends in Septemeber. Stay tuned...
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