Every year, our Project Trust desk officers (DO) come to our countries to visit us in our projects and see how we are doing and if there are any problems. Most people in Thailand had a visit from either Nick or Rachel, a few occasionally having both. We on the other hand had Nick, Rachel and Lucy!
They turned up Thursday afternoon and we met in the Directors office as he was away. To start with there was a bit of an adult discussion followed by the two of us giving a presentation on what we had done with some of the pictures to help jog our memories. Nick, Rachel and Lucy particularly liked our costumes that we wore to the retirement party. Those horrible gold things. Afterwards we went to our office to sort some things out and then went to dinner with the English department and P-Chittey. We sat with the DO's and had a bit of a chat and we all went our separate ways.
Friday morning and we had to up for 7.30am to welcome students so we decided to drag Nick, Rachel and Lucy along with us so we weren't the only ones to suffer at having to get up early! I think the students were a bit un-nerved to see three more 'farang' outside the school and did their usual stares and such but I think they got used to them quickly after having us for 3 months. Once that was over we gave them a small tour of the school and took them to a meeting. We managed to get out early though so they didn't have to sit through 2 hours of not understanding anything. Afterwards we all went for lunch. Clem and myself would have loved to go to this awesome sticky rice and som tam place but instead we went to this restaurant and we were all able to sit and chat about the project and stuff like that. Once finished we went back to go to activity and today I was dreading it. We started with the usual of teaching songs with Jing but then we had to go up onstage and sing ourselves with the SISAT band. Not my idea of fun but P-Boom sprang the idea on us the day before saying that we should sing onstage for the visitors. We had to sing the SISAT song and then 'I'm Yours'. Even though I was a bag of nerves, we managed it and I think it sounded good. Nick, Rachel and Lucy liked it as well so that's all good.
In the afternoon the three of them came and watched one of my lessons. It was funny as because they were in there, none of my students said 'Check name, go home' and they actually listened more. I think I need visitors in every lesson.
That evening was their last and we were all invited to go out to a restaurant to celebrate P-Do's birthday. It was an hilarious night as it was one of the restaurants which just tops up your drink as it gets low as people got a bit drunk and we all started dancing around the table! It was so much fun as someone would start by standing up and doing a short dance and then they would point to someone else who would then stand up and do a little dance of their own. The people who were more drunk than others did some amazing dances. It was such a fun evening.
Afterwards we dropped Nick and Rachel off back at their hotel which was immense, and then we went back home. Well I did, Clem went off dancing at the I-bar until four in the morning. Party animal!
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