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Adventures living and teaching abroad.

January, 26 2017 – June 4, 2017

Time for reflection...

Yesterday, I took a stroll around my neighborhood, Myanigone. I grabbed my camera and a quick vegetable salad and headed out. Before...

Check out my posts on Greenheart Travel!

Prior coming to Myanmar, I interned with CCI Greenheart in Chicago. Through one of the Greenheart programs, I applied to teach in...

Life of a teacher

On my very first day at school, I sat uncomfortably in a classroom in a tiny plastic chair built for a 4 year old not knowing what to do...

Hai Chiang Mai

Last weekend we went to Thailand! Our visas expire every 70 days which means we are tasked with the strenuous job of traveling to out of...

One month-ish update

(Firstly, I’d like to apologize for the lack of updates, internet is now less accessible and lesson planning has been keeping me quite...

Sometimes you just need pasta

I have officially survived my first case of “burma belly” (aka food poisoning). Before even coming to Myanmar, I was expecting but...

First Impressions

I have arrived and am living in Myanmar! After a few days, here are a few of my first thoughts. Rules of the Road do not exist. Drivers...

A Haircut.

I got a haircut yesterday. Seems like a minor task to do before going abroad but it felt much more symbolic to me. Other than a quick...