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The first week of second semester has already come and gone.  I am now on the downhill side of my time here in Thailand.  I know that if I had opted to do five months I would not be ready to go home.  It was a challenging but extremely rewarding five months of teaching and I cannot wait to have five more!

On Wednesday, T. Duey invited me to have dinner at her house with her family and the Thai teachers from Anuban Khon Kaen School. T. Duey’s house is in the middle of the city not far from the school.  It is the most beautiful house I have seen in Thailand so far.  The dinner was delicious and the company was great.  I met T. Duey’s husband, her 20-year old daughter and her 23-year old son.  Her husband is a wonderful cook.  He made homemade pad Thai and for desert T. Duey made homemade mango sticky rice with mangoes from her mango tree.  I felt so happy to have been invited into her home for a delicious, authentic Thai dinner party.

Shabushi
After a successful first week back, Chelsea and I decided to celebrate with a nice Sushi dinner.  We went to Shabushi located in Central Plaza.  We paid 299 baht for all you can eat sushi for one hour.  It was an experience in itself.  In addition to the sushi there was soup that was set up similar to The Melting Pot.  There was a conveyor belt from which you could take plates of raw vegetables and raw meat and dump them in the pot of soup to cook.  We have decided to make this a monthly tradition for the next five months. 

After a great week of teaching and some wonderful dinners, the new teachers from OEG finally arrived.  There are three girls from America and one girl from Canada.  They are all so positive and eager to take in the Thai culture.  I cannot wait to get to know them better and have some great weekend adventures with them.  This new semester will be very different than the last.  There are now seven young foreign girls living in my apartment building and five young foreign girls teaching at Anuban Khon Kaen.

However, with the new, the old must go.  Cait has finally left Khon Kaen for good.  She was my savior during my first semester at Anuban Khon Kaen School.  I will miss her greatly but am so happy I got to share my experience in Khon Kaen with her. 

I am excited to see what changes are to come this semester.  Already, every change has proven to be wonderful.   I cannot wait to see what the next five months will bring.

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