Tuesday, October 16, 2007

why i love living abroad


monday morning after a holiday is the same in schools all over the world. i've been teaching for almost 10 years now and the conversation among teachers is always the same...


"how was your break?"

"good. too short. yours?"

"good. same."


and that is pretty much it.


so i ran into the Cambodian language teacher this morning and began the usual post-vacation conversation...



"hey meng, how was your break?"

his eyes lit up behind his crooked metal glasses.

"oooh very good, very good. dancing, wrestling, buffalo races..."

yep. same old same old. another holiday, another Water Buffalo Race.

2 comments:

Danielle,Kirk and Mateo Leach said...

Hi Kristin,

Nice to heard from you. We hope all is well.

Warm regards,
Kirk and Danielle

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