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As most of you know, I leave for Zimbabwe on September 12th. I have been asked to teach a five-year-old child named Christoph for the year. He and his family live on a huge farm (22,000 hectares) about an hour outside of Harare. I will live on this farm with them and help their child […]

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Yesterday was my champagne birthday, meaning that I turned 26 on the 26th. But the number game doesn’t end there – in fact, I was born on the 6th month, at 10:26, after 26 hours of labour! Champagne birthday it is!It was a nice, relaxing day. After eating a filling brunch cooked by Louis, I […]

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This semester, I was offered the position of being a homeroom teacher for KG3, the year just before grade one, when students are 5-6 years old. I jumped at the opportunity, because it has been at least a year that I’ve been wanting to teach homeroom for a younger age level. I’ve now been teaching […]

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Since early March, red-shirt protestors have been in Bangkok causing a certain level of disturbance. This mostly consisted of small annoyances, such as taking over a park I like to visit, or causing traffic because of protests. But, as everyone knows, in mid-May, things escalated to a level I don’t think anyone expected. There was […]

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I know I am waaaay behind on posts, but perhaps an explanation of my last few months can serve as an explanation for why I haven’t bothered writing.At the beginning of April, I spent a lovely week in Phuket with Louis. A few workmates rented a home in Phuket and needed me to cat-sit for […]

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