Photos etc...

I've set up an account with smugmug.com where I will put photos. I'm in the middle of uploading some from travels thus far. The address is www.andytrent.smugmug.com. I think. If that doesn't work I'll change it, so check my blog again later and I'll change it to the correct address. If I add photos of the clinic or anything somewhat sensitive I'll put a password on it - just email me and I'll give it to you.

I may not have mentioned, but I'm teaching an English class for the clinic medics. So far it's been fun. I think I might enjoy it as much as them. We've been talking about present continuous (I am typing) versus simple present (I am a student), as well as clothing. I ripped quite a few pages out of a friend's Vanity Fair magazine to use as conversation starters. Discussing them with people who grew up in bamboo huts in the jungle was a lot of fun. Since quite a few of them have dreams of resettlement, introducing them to various aspects of western culture seems appropriate. They also really enjoy when there is a word in our textbook, written by British speakers, that I don't know. Apparently what we call a sweater is a jumper to much of the English speaking world. A vest is a waistcoat.

There is a certain culture of the t-shirt at the clinic. Any training awards a screen-printed polo to participants. Most departments have their own shirts, each shift will also have one. Any organization worth it's salt has one or more t-shirt. As a teacher of an English class I was awarded my first screen-printed polo with words on the back about the value of teaching English at the clinic.

The best part of that it's yellow. On Monday's a large portion of the Thai population wears a yellow polo with the royal logo in support of the king. I can now take part in this, although mine lacks the official seal.