This is how my week goes: Chinese New Year, Couple Shirts and First 3D

Can I just post my photos here and I'll let them tell how our week goes? As the old adage says "A picture is worth a thousand words".

We wore red because they said so:) People wear red on Chinese New Year because red represents prosperity, fortune, and luck. Ultimately, they wear it because it shows happiness, so are we.

Central Department Store set this stage for family and group pictures. Thank you:)

at the center of Hatyai City and we're on the end of the lane...nothing much in here:(

with my sis and cranky tot:)

with my lovely family in front Lee Garden's Plaza Hotel

Couples Shirt: Yes we're nice to each other:)

not really a nice movie for the family but it's the only English movie of the day:(

while waiting for the theater's door to open

first time in 3D and I can't forget how involuntarily I cross my arms in defend of the broken glasses that flew right to me! Funny me!!!

What's up Gene?

Internet Update

Few days from now we'll definitely have our internet connection. We're already given the telephone number assigned to us last week and I paid the $200 baht fee for the transfer. That's what they termed "transfer fee" but they gave us $200 worth of prepaid card where I could use for domestic and international calling. Not bad, eh?

My previous account with TOT (Telephone Organization of Thailand ) was cancelled when we moved in our present location so we apply for a new account. It took more than 2 months before our telephone number became available. We are that willing to wait rather than to wait for 6 months in another telephone company. With an existing phone line, a high-speed internet service by ADSL technology (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) comes next. It has a maximum of 4 Mbps download speed and 512 Kbps maximum uploading speed in always-on connection and unlimited internet access for only 590 Baht per month.

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Starry night with KBS

We already have cable TV at home (it's free connection from our landlady) and I'm glad that finally I could watch some English news-Fox News, Aljazeera, and Channel NewsAsia, English movies from Syfy and Universal Channel, documentaries from Granada TV, Australia Network and AFC, sports from Eurosports and entertainment from Channel V. They have cartoon networks but most of them were dubbed in Thai (the voices used are always the same tone, and just doesn't match the programs. They made Scooby Doo , Barney or Sesame Street launch fail:( ). They have handful educational show but they used the Thai language. Oh, my night will be more romantic again with the Korean love stories:).

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Teachers need to be appreciated

I already finished my final examination for my K-2 learners except for three sections. I'm done with the grades, too. It's time to plan my lessons and draft my worksheets for our English camp that will commence on October 4 and ends on October 15. The K- 1 teacher told me this morning that most of her students enrolled because they love to have me again on English camp. Am I that good? Oh how I love my students. They really made my day so colorful today. It felt great to know that you're loved.

For teachers like me, appreciation means a lot to keep us going.