Nostalgia: My IMSF students

It's me with my first year college fishery students. It was taken last October 5, 2005 while we're holding a speech contest as part of my final test in English. It's also my last day with them because I'll be flying here in Thailand. I wonder where are they now? I used to be close to them but mind you I'm a very strict teacher in the classroom but I see to it that they can confide to me whenever they have troubles and problems outside the classroom.

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By the way, I would like to take this opportunity to greet the hostess of this meme, sis Rose a happy birthday! Hope you have more bountiful years to come with the love of your life .

The heat is killing me!

(photo courtesy to rachelwithdoodles.tumblr.com)

This week after dancing, leaping, singing and almost doing cartwheel in the class I experienced excessive sweating, nausea, uber tiredness, headache, muscle cramps and I felt llike I couldn't breath and like going to faint! Oh no, I experienced heat exhaustion due to the temperature across the country hitting 40 degree Celsius!

Fortunately, heat exhaustion rarely causes serious problems and can be treated relatively easily. What did I do? I just rest in a cool place. I went to the school's office which was just air-conditioned. I sip cold water. It's ideal to sip drinks especially designed for rehydration (e.g., electrolyte replacement sports drinks). They're useful because they contain a good balance of different salts. Fortunately on that day I bought extra blouse and towel. I took a bath and this helps me felt better .

I shared what happened to my hubby and he told me to be extra careful cause what I experienced may lead to heatstroke ! The Public Health Ministry of Thailand issued a warning advising people to stay indoors and avoid getting a heat stroke - a life threatening condition that claimed seven lives over the past two years. We need to do the following:

• Stay in the shade as much as possible
• Drink lots of cool drinks
• Avoid alcohol or caffeine which are dehydrating
• Take it easy on hot days - don't overexert yourself ( a reminder to myself )
  

House project 101

After 5 long months of waiting, we finally got our water! It means moving is not an option anymore and we'll stay in this house as long as we want. It's time to unpack things and proceed to our plans and desire to beautify the house and purchase the things we need one at a time. First we need to buy a Dining Room Furniture specifically a dining table. How I love to host a casual Sunday family dinners! We opt not to buy the expensive one because we'll not stay long here in Thailand. We're scouting for something cheaper but durable. We've seen dining room furniture near our residence and we plan to buy the dining table with dining chairs for only 5,000 baht. It looks like one below:

If I'm not mistaken, the table's dimension is 36″-54″W 54″D 36″H and it's made of wood. The photo above shows almost the same feature minus the intricate wood carvings on the legs. It's easy to clean durable finish.

Next, we'll purchase a portable sink in our kitchen area (most Thai apartments don't have sink in their kitchen area ) My hubby who is also our handyman promised to install sink in our kitchen and cabinets. I'm excited for that improvement in out kitchen area. I will be more motivated to cook and try new dishes everyday.

Our bedroom needs some floor mats and curtains. I'm excited to do some makeover of our bedroom. I just hope that the landlord will put screen in our windows as soon as possible because mosquitoes are attacking us!

What else? We'll buy new refrigerator next month so our old one will be given away. Do you want it? Then you can have it if you want. Just pick it up in our house by the end of this month.

I just hope a month from now we can have our new dining furniture, bedroom makeover as well as the kitchen makeover! I can't wait!

with the "Samanen"

Nostalgia is Nostalgic Marveling's meme where we could post anything that reminds us of a place, somebody, or something such as old pictures, souvenir from friends, family, or place that we visited, experiences or stories. There will be no theme for this meme (your options are unlimited) so it is up to us to choose what kind of entry we want to post as long as it brings back some memory or a flashback from the past. The rules are simple:

Make an entry every Thursday (I'll post mine on Wednesdays). Include the Nostalgia badge , link your post and make a comment. Please make your comment as relevant as possible on the post. Visit other participants and have fun!

I salute Mom Rose of creating this meme to give us a chance to share to the world important things that ever happened to us.

Here's my first entry:

It's my first year in Thailand and I taught at Mahapanya Vidayalai where I taught English to "Samanen" (monk novice). I missed these students. They were good and respected me so much and I missed the food they brought to me everyday.