The best-dressed ladyboys in Chaiyaphum

I was looking through some old photos from my semester in Chaiyaphum, and I came across one that just had to go up on the blog. And I realized that I have never properly addressed the subject of ladyboys.
The well-dressed individuals in this photo are ladyboys.
They may be dressed better than most of the girls [...]

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Last day at Satrichaiyaphum High

That pretty much sums it up. I haven’t posed for that many camera-phones in my life. I even got to sign a few autographs.
Here are some of the highlights:

Most of Mathayom 4/2 didn’t make it to our final lesson, but a few of them did. And they even wrote some kind words on the blackboard.

I [...]

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I’ll miss you, Mathayom 4/9

I just finished my last class here at Satrichaiyaphum High.
Final exams start tomorrow and run through the end of next week, which means I’m 150 tests and a bit of paperwork away from completing my first semester as an English teacher. I still can’t believe that sentence is true, but I’m getting used to the [...]

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Super Thursday

Two days after the Super Tuesday primaries, the votes were counted here at Satrichaiyaphum High in the annual student leader election.
In a landslide victory, Satang from Mathayom 4/9 (one of my students!) won the election with 798 votes. The victory capped weeks of intense campaigning, including a last-minute rally yesterday afternoon that featured a surprise [...]

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Make that 100 days

In my last post, I mentioned that music has been banned throughout Thailand since the death of the King’s sister on Jan. 1.
I mentioned this because I truly could not imagine something like this happening in the States or in any other Western nation. If our president was assassinated, you could play any song you [...]

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