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Tuesday, February 6th, 2007

Lorraine (one of our instructors and ESL teacher at the school. In her “spare time” she drivesIMG_0804.JPG kids to Bangkok – 5 hours total – every weekend for music lessons, brings hurt puppies to the vet, has adopted a few children, and acts as emotional support/mother to many of the children here). So, we’ve started helping out in her ESL classes, even teaching when she’s not there. My first few days when I could barely sit through their classes, let alone feign enthusiasm, [read on]

Pictures

Monday, February 5th, 2007

I’m having a frusterating time getting the entries i wrote on one comp to upload, given shaky internet and thai language issues, but here are some pics.
The first is the girl who got really attached to me, her name is Angie. Nilimas 0701.jpg

Nilimas 079.jpg These are kids in an integrated, outdoor class

Nilimas 203.jpg Here are steps to the small mountain i climb by the school

Here are some cows, they are sort of blurry which is how tNilimas 206.jpghey looked to me when they got scared, turned direction starting running at me all at once.

Nilimas 211.jpg This is some cilantro and who-knows-what sold in these bags at a local market.

Nilimas 214.jpg Here is a statue from some temple, it has a strong hindu influence.

Sound waves and ghosts

Monday, January 22nd, 2007


 The other day Dr. Jumsai gave a very interesting lecture on different learning styles. First he discussed the accepted Western Model, which is called Brain-based learning. The main idea is that ... [Continue reading this entry]

Lost in Translation: Judaism meets Hollywood meets subtitles

Monday, January 22nd, 2007

Lost in Translation: Judaism meets Hollywood meets subtitles
So I was helping with a ninth grade class and one of the girls asked if I was Christian, to which I replied, “no, ... [Continue reading this entry]

My Diploma Course – -the nitty gritty details: 1a.m roosters and condensed milk and corn :

Monday, January 22nd, 2007

(This was supposed to have been posted before the one on basket ball )This entry is not very interesting in terms of colorful descriptions, it’s a day-to-day explanation of what I’m doing here. I am studying at the Institute of ... [Continue reading this entry]

The NBA, Heavy Metal and Human Values

Monday, January 22nd, 2007
Today I helped out with a ninth grade ESL class, I sat with a group of boys and was instructed to have ... [Continue reading this entry]

Trip to Thailand – Ben and Jerrys and Praying McDonald’s

Friday, January 19th, 2007
So, I’m in Thailand and it’s fantastic, this entry is some details of the trip. I took the 18 hour Singapore Airlines flight from Newark (after waiting 8 hours there) to Singapore, and then hopped over to Bangkok. In transit ... [Continue reading this entry]

Genocide in Sri Lanka

Sunday, December 10th, 2006
Sure this is a travel blog, not Nilima's personal forum to advocate about distressing humanitarian issues, but that's what i need to do now. Please visit

US commentary

Tuesday, August 1st, 2006
I'm home from Cali. and my predominant memories are of time spent with my cousins and friends -- however, I don't feel like writing a "play-by play account of the trip" (and then Nikki took me to San Fran and ... [Continue reading this entry]

California and NYC — international travel

Tuesday, July 25th, 2006
Last night I sat down and wrote lots of whitty comparisons why NYC and California feel like a different country, as well as detailed descriptions of my trip so far to visit relatives and look at graduate schools, but when ... [Continue reading this entry]