School Charity and Free Food!

January, 26^th 2018

As new people in Princess Chulabhorn’s School, of course we have to obeyed the rules from the school. We have to leave the dorm at 6.20 am, we have to wear skirt instead of trousers and we have to follow the ceremony every morning at 7.20 am. Therefore, we did as we told. At 6.20 am we were walking to the school along with the students. They stopped by the canteen to have breakfast. We waited for the ceremony inside the office while having our breakfast. Not long after that, the teachers started coming. Some of the teachers wore Thai Traditional outfit or formal clothes. Turned out, after the ceremony, we took picture together at the office. Actually the school were celebrating a charity so there was no class period. Both the students and the teacher prepared the charity along side of the school’s drive way. Before that, they had to attend the Buddhist ceremony at the school hall and pray. We got the chance to witness the process of the ceremony and took several pictures as well. 

Lunch time! All the foods were ready to be served. There were a lot of food stands. Thai traditional food, cookies, tart, ice creams, soups and many others. The teachers of Foreign Language Department then invited us to join the charity. We could pick any food that we want. Teacher Preauw walked with us along the drive way to show and describe the food they provided. Even though there were a lot of foods, we could not eat them all. We were only looking for Halal food. Finally, we found what we’ve been looking for. We got three traditional Thai soup, two sandwiches, four Thai milk drink, four ice creams and a bowl of fruits and vegetables salad. That was a very pleasant lunch I have ever had. Because it was free!! 

After having lunch, we were preparing our things to go back to the university. At the moment, teacher Preauw was in the class teaching. So, teacher May got us to the Van and we were on the way to Phranakhon Rajhabat University already. Arrived, we were welcomed by Nina and Nana who just came back from the canteen to buy some meals. The rest of the day spent to take a rest and do laundries. We had our dinner at the dorm room then finally had some sleep. 

We all know that it would not be easy for us to teach in different country, but out of all the worries we got many back ups both from the University and the school itself. Lastly, the observation week was over. Next thing we knew was to prepare to be a as professional as the real teacher.