Well, that was an interesting 2 years. Lots has changed. Thailand is a very interesting place to say the least. Roong and the girls are doing well. Roong has gotten promoted to level C-7 at her job. Yayyy! Palmy is just finishing her first year at University, and getting very good grades. Puk is going to start the 10th grade this year. She will now go to school here in our village, instead of spending 2 hours a day on a mini-bus going to Lopburi. She is quite happy about that.

Jobs are somewhat limited here for foreigners, so teaching English seemed the best way to go. I have just finished my first year teaching conversational English at the Penpattana private school here in Pattananikom. I guess it went well, they seemed happy enough, and renewed my contract. trying to teach a western language to eastern children is quite an experience. Nothing is familiar to them, and they have no point of reference from their own language to assimilate new information, so it is basically just all memorization. I try and work on their problem solving skills as much as possible. Parroting the words isn't enough, I need them to learn to use free thinking to create.

I have been trying to come to grips with digital art. I have been messing about with both Photoshop and Corel Painter X for this. It's been fun so far, but there is so much to learn.