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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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- No April Fool's
- Aerobicizing
- You Know It's Hot Out When...
- Missed Photo Ops
- The Poor Little One
- Ploy and Phu rocking out with puppets during a rec...
- Apparently it's the Dry Season
- The Infamous Report Cards
- Shopping is my Middle Name
- The man in the middle, underneath the umbrella, wi...
- Many people dance down the street, as we watch fro...
- Not that you can tell from the picture, but as we ...
- In the background, the enclosed area contains the ...
- P'Mem, a 1st grade teacher, and her son decide to ...
- P'Thoy's (one of our workers who does our laundry,...
- Kindergarten 1, 2, and 3 classes line up and wait ...
- Dang, our resident school dog, who is often the lu...
- "SUAY!" ....Tik made all of these decorations on t...
- With Matt on a decorated bench at Kindergarten Gra...
- With Tik at Kindergarten Graduation
- The kindergartners have fun with their diplomas af...
- Under the huge balloon arch in our red/white schoo...
- Game's Beauty Shop
- As the hairstylist blowdries and straightens my ha...
- Game demonstrates how to ride a motorcycle as he r...
- Still Working
- Christy, P'Aot, and I with the EP students on our ...
- English Program (aka EP) students from below a jun...
- The Last Day of School
- Nothing beats street vendors coming to the school ...
- Prael, who never smiles in pictures, is all smiles...
- Phu sheds some tears after I announce that I'm not...
- Somehow, after they were finished playing outside,...
- The girls busily and thoroughly clean our Centers ...
- Another Seattle friend visits Nakhon Pathom...Alth...
- Oil, Aw, Tik, and Christy, after a walk (Well, Chr...
- A night view of the chedi from the lake park.
- Bamrung Wittaya School staff picture - for the end...
- The Weekend
- I just about died laughing when I caught this phot...
- When There's a Beginning...
- I Should Just Write My Own Motorcycle Diaries...
- With Khru Nid and her first grade class. I taught...
- Khru Mem and her 1st grade class, whom I taught En...
- One of the first grade Thai classes I taught Engli...
- Aw poses by the flowers before the ceremony begins...
- Tik was very emotional as she presented her class ...
- Tik and I pose with some graduates after the cerem...
- Congratulations!
- Bokbak, who received a standing ovation when he re...
- Ajarn Ong-Ard gives a certificate to a graduating ...
- Graduating students each wai their parents. Tik s...
- Grade 9 students wai their teachers and administra...
- The thousands of students who attended the show we...
- Mint ate 6 ice creams and collected used straws fr...
- Chinese acrobats make their final display, in Nakh...
- Stay in Bangkok
- Taxi Drivers, Traffic, and Fresh Fruit
- The river taxi is a cheap and fun way to see the s...
- A temple you can see from the river taxi.
- A temple in Wat Phra Kaew in Bangkok.
- Schoolgirls interview us about our experience and ...
- Erin, Cathy, and Tess at the Grand Palace in Bangkok
- People give offerings at Wat Po.
- Just to show you how big the statue is, Cathy and ...
- Check out the ornate hair on the Reclining Buddha!...
- The Reclining Buddha relaxing from the back side.
- Wat Po, the Temple of the Reclining Buddha, was bu...
- The feet of the Reclining Buddha have mother of pe...
- Are we ever going to make it to the beach??!?!
- Starving, we catch sight of a fruit stand vendor w...
- Tess happily cleans her teeth, while we wash our f...
- After 8 hours of waiting for our delayed train, we...
- Cathy and I have fun on the train. But, don't lea...
- Tess and Erin admire the view of the Thai houses a...
- The train goes by a bridge.
- Exploring Ko Samui
- As we wait for the ferry to Ko Samui, after long r...
- Erin, on the long-awaited ferry ride to Ko Samui.
- Tess, Erin, and Cathy hang out on the sundeck of a...
- Tess, Cathy, Erin, and I eat dinner at a restauran...
- Cathy strikes a pose on the beach as we show our b...
- Not a very good photograph, but many restaurants o...
- Although you can't read the sign, I'm standing in ...
- North Chaweng Beach, filled with outdoor seafood r...
- Kayaking to Ang Thong National Marine Park in Ko S...
- In front of the lake at Ang Thong National Marine ...
- Boats going by to Ko Samui
- Tess posing in front of the crystal green lake.
- With Tess inside the Ang Thong National Marine Par...
- After a short "hike" into the Ang Thong National M...
- Ang Thong National Marine Park, near Ko Samui.
- Beaches and Thai villages we pass during our kayak...
- Waiting for all the other kayakers so we can see t...
- We passed by many cliffs on our kayaking trip to A...
- Cathy smiles for the camera during our kayaking tr...
- Tess and Erin kayaking along Ang Thong National Ma...
- Kayaking back to our Blue Stars Kayaking boat to h...
- We boat away from the lovely secluded beach.
- Cathy and I kayak to the beach to hang out, swim, ...
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