Here in Thailand, Mothers' Day is celebrated on the Queen's birthday (much like how Fathers' Day is celebrated on the King's birthday... very much like, in fact). Mothers' Day proper was actually on the 12th (which was a Sunday), but we had a little ceremony in the morning at school on Friday to mark the day.
But, as usual, here are a few random pictures first!
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| Praying Mantis dons the Spacecrown |
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| Lexy's topknot is not to be denied. |
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| A P2 homeroom teacher gave me delicious smelling flowers wrapped in in a leaf |
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| Looks like a little sushi handroll! |
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| Beginning of the ceremony |
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| Everyone clad in blue - the Queen's color |
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| Director paying respect to the Queen |
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| Mothers' Day awards went out to teachers with successful children (from what I could gather) |
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| Then there was an award ceremony for the kids that winning Mothers' Day poems. I tutor this student for spelling bee. |
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| Aim of 2/2 |
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| Pat of 2/6 |
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| I don't remember her nickname! Gah! |
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| The director talking at length while we're standing in the sun |
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| A big group of white folk standing together and wearing blue. This is what Thai people see. |
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| Thai people love group photos about as much as I do! No sarcasm. |
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| Making Mothers' Day cards in English! |
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| Pid of 2/6 |
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| Poohkin from 2/6 |
We took our last class up to the projector room because Carmen wanted to show them some videos about Mothers' Day. She ended up playing a handful of sappy Thai songs on YouTube about mothers. It started out like a class karaoke, but in the end around 8 kids were balling their eyes out because they missed their moms etc. I was a mixture of confusion and concern.
These few pictures were taken before all the students started leaking - when everything was still lighthearted.
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| Carmen clearing a few things up for me. |
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| Carmen makes every class better! |
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| Bia from 2/4 |
