We light yellow candles, and sing the king's song and the national anthem (I hum since it's all in Thai).
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Chris, Tanya, & Chase
A Teacher, a Traveler, a Yogini, a Caregiver, a Wife, and a New Mommy
About Me
- Tanya Mau-Halsall
- I am a 33 year old elementary school teacher, born and raised in Honolulu, Hawai'i. After living in Seattle and overseas in Thailand for a total of 12 years, I returned to Hawai'i to help take care of my father, who was diagnosed with ALS, a.k.a. Lou Gherig's Disease, in October 2004. After 2 1/2 years of watching his body slowly decline, my father earned his wings April 2007 and is no longer suffering. The past couple of years was spent sharing valuable time together and making more memories, as my father got to "walk" me down the aisle, though he was a couple months shy of seeing the birth of his first grandchild. And now, with new life, the journey continues with baby Chase, as I learn how to balance teaching, marriage, and being a mom. This online journal is a way for me to express myself, through my love of traveling, photography, and writing, while keeping in touch with family and friends.
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- Thailand in Mourning
- Thailand Devastated with Destruction
- Tik gave me a traditional Thai pillow for Christmas.
- Aw gave me a black scarf/shawl I wore to Christmas...
- Mon and Jun carefully stand getting ready to do a ...
- Don't let the balloon drop! Older students help M...
- I just had to capture this moment in the morning w...
- Let's eat ice cream!
- P'Sathit, a worker and janitor here, boogies down ...
- "Game, you are WAY too heavy!" I shouted as Matt t...
- Mon and Game have fun making pictures with Christm...
- I ended up with a gift from Pop during our lucky n...
- Mon says, "Here I'll help you. Hurry up and open ...
- Christmas Eve day...We spend the day playing, doin...
- Our Christmas eve lunch spread....For only 8 stude...
- Miss Matt scoops out ice cream to many students......
- Grade 4, 5, and 6 teachers feast...I later join fo...
- Grades 4, 5, and 6 feast on a traditional 8 course...
- Student carolers dressed in sexy Christmas dresses.
- Older students go Christmas caroling on Thursday t...
- Mint and Ploy examine their mystery mix of soil to...
- Many 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students came to invi...
- We put a teacher's daughter in line with our girls...
- More Christmas Festivities
- Tina, Linda's daughter, plays the violin as her m...
- We pose for a picture at the teacher's house we c...
- Merry Christmas!
- Outrageous costumes and hair!
- Kids perform at Christmas dinner at Bamrung Witta...
- Church is decorated with P'Charn's foam cut artwo...
- Christmas Caroling
- Daniel, Tanya, Linda, and Tanya on Christmas day ...
- The Sukarats: Linda, Tina, and Somkiet
- Somkiet, Linda, Tina, and Daniel pose for a pictu...
- Group photo at 1:30 am at the doctor's house we c...
- Merry Christmas!
- P'Charn enjoys hot tea at one of the houses we ca...
- As we sing in the late night hour, we wonder if a...
- Christmas caroling at P'Oi's house (an administra...
- Christmas carolers from Bamrung Wittaya visit Aja...
- Christmas caroling with Bamrung Wittaya School st...
- As we sing Christmas carols, more and more staff ...
- Peem is by far the cutest caroler on the block!
- Our visit to the first house at the start of our ...
- Christmas Eve Parties at School
- Phu prances around the room with his Christmas ha...
- "Aren't I just the cutest thing?" Jun says dresse...
- Our English Program Christmas photo (Christy miss...
- Eating Again and Again
- Christmas Surprises
- Celebrating Christmas Thai-Style
- Our little Christmas tree with lights and ornamen...
- Christmas tree decor in our English Program class...
- Cute gingerbread men each child made!
- Christmas Show at Christian University
- English Program students with P'Aot, EP director,...
- All made up and ready to perform "Over in the Mea...
- Phu, the frog, hops across the stage as the stude...
- English Program students with Miss Mau and Miss M...
- Tanya with P'Maiy, Jun's mother, as we walk aroun...
- Jun makes a silly pose in front of some Christmas...
- English Performance at Christian University
- This is the front entrance to our school campus w...
- Would you like my autograph?
- My Busy Three-Day Weekend
- Rudolph the red-nose reindeer transformed into se...
- Reindeer women striking a pose on the street corn...
- More than fifty children singing (and signing) a ...
- P'Mem's baby girl
- P'Mem, a teacher at our school, and her newborn b...
- A blurry close-up of the wat, through the window,...
- Wat Ko Bonsai
- View from the deck of the restaurant on the river...
- Constitution Day Holiday
- The King's Birthday, December 5th
- At Ong Phra, the chedi, for the King's Birthday o...
- Yellow candles ablaze, as we try not to let wax m...
- Bun holds a candle for the king.
- A closeup of the king's picture and the altar whe...
- We light yellow candles, and sing the king's song...
- Teachers give a gift to the king from our school.
- A bit blurry picture, but I was walking. This was...
- We walked in a parade with many other schools fro...
- A Day at the Beach
- Cha'am Beach - A vendor sells airplanes along the...
- P'Pau buys noisy pinwheels at the beach - Cha'am ...
- You can ride horseback along the beach.
- Surprised again!
- Friends give me a belated birthday surprise!
- My birthday surprise from my friends on Friday, D...
- My homecooked birthday surprise dinner
- Singing Happy Birthday
- Thai friends: Matt, P'Pau, Aw, Tik, Ray, P'Aot
- Funny stuffed animals I've received as birthday g...
- Christy gave me a custom made paper lamp with swi...
- Earrings in the shape of dresses from P'Pau and P...
- Cute pop-up birthday card
- Funky pink blouse from Matt
- Surprise!
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