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are there language lessons for that?
recently, it’s been brought to my attention that animals speak in different tongues. and i had no idea that one country’s animal onomatopoeia isn’t the same as another. for example, an american pig goes “oink, oink” while a japanese pig goes, “boo boo”.
this discovery was made when a thai friend was talking to me about a rooster and it’s incessant “ake-e-ake-ake”-ing. rooster in thai is gài dtua pôo. and i didn’t know that. so when she was telling me the gài dtua pôo woke her up going “ake-e-ake-ake” i assumed she was talking about a charlie horse in her leg aching and waking her up. and what a good laugh she we had once we figured out how silly i am. i immediately came home to google this and see what was up. sure enough, roosters around the globe speak many languages.
and because i would hate to think i could have stopped you from the same embarrassing situation, i’m sharing my new found knowledge. one day, you’ll thank me.
plus, i found this way cool website where you can hear different animal sounds. but i’m not 100% sure of the accuracy. i don’t agree with all the sounds they say the animals that are american make.
haiku friday – field trip
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popular field trip
no need for more chaperons
we worked around that
me and two others
who couldn’t resist going
are field trip crashers
we’ll follow the bus
observe the activities
participate, too?
we will sleep in beds
in a comfy hotel room
others will rough it
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tomorrow is the big fourth grade field trip to the lahu village! i cannot wait. it sounds like it’s going to be so much fun. i was a little bummed because my offer to chaperon was never acknowledged so i thought i wasn’t going to be able to go. but then i heard a rumor of some other moms who wanted to go, too. so we’re going together. we’ll be riding up in one of the vans and it sounds like we’ll be able to help out while we’re there.
here’s the itinerary:
- 8a – leave school (there are lots of stops scheduled, including lunch)
- 1p – arrive at the village unload everything
- 1:30p – rice pounding, vegetable planting, handicrafts and making sticky rice treat
- 4p – buffalo riding, dinner preparation, begin showers
- 5p – dinner, lahu language and culture explanation
- 6p – traditional dancing, bon fire and s’mores
- 8:3p – bed
next day:
- 7:3a – breakfast
- 8a – hike to orchard, feed fish, collect fruit from fruit trees
- 9:45a – get ready for thanksgiving service, pack up
- 10a – traditional thanksgiving service
- 10:3a – games and activities
- 12p – thanksgiving lunch
- 1p – head home
- 5p – arrive back at school
and the smart part? we won’t be sleeping in sleeping bags on the floor. we’ll be sleeping in beds. in a hotel room. wonder if we’ll be able to get margaritas?
the sixth grade has a camping trip in march. i’ve already got dibs on chaperoning that one. and i’m gonna give the teacher weekly reminders.
haiku friday – no halloween
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no costumes needed
haven’t stocked up on candy
no trick-r-treat plans
our first halloween
in the kingdom of thailand
certainly diff’rent
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~~~~~bonus naplopomo haiku~~~~~
i did it last year
post thirty days in a row
gonna try again
haiku friday – sick
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fever and headache
these are symptoms of dengue
that’s what wiki says
how quickly i jump
to worst case scenarios
needlessly worried
who knows what i had
just glad i’m on the upswing
i don’t do sick well
haiku friday – eating out
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in the u.s.a.
eating out was expensive
no everyday thing
not true in thailand
twice a day for thirty days
less than $400
the whole family
could eat lunch and dinner out
but not farang food
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we haven’t actually tried this. i’m not sure that we ever will, but it would mean only having to shop for breakfast groceries and that could be just cereal or toast and fruit. that would mean no cooking. none. imagine.
but i would have to bake. i couldn’t live without cookies. or brownies.
haiku – lack of email
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if i unsubscribed
newsletters and mailing lists
i’d get no email
not exactly true
ten from family and friends
in the past 6 weeks
i shouldn’t complain
i haven’t done much better
shouldn’t be surprised
haiku – silence
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a women’s retreat
it sounds like a lot of fun
wonder what i’ll eat?
weekend of silence
i mean for you, not for me
no posts while i’m gone
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and a car update
we’re getting a new engine
we think that’s special
haiku – yo ho ho
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avast ye matey!
for talk like a pirate day
is swashbucklin’ fun
september nineteenth
it’s the pirate life for me
land lubbers beware
dirty morgan kidd
that be me pirate name, arrr
click here to find yours
ye celebratin’?
then fly the jolly roger!
shiver me timbers
if ye learn ye pirate name leave me a comment. or walk the plank!!
haiku – rain
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rain in the ev’ning
whispers to me that God sees
my melancholy
i seem to have fallen into a comfortable melancholy. my melancholy isn’t of the “gloomy state of mind, esp. when habitual or prolonged; depression” variety. it’s more content than that. it’s more of the “sober thoughtfulness; pensiveness” variety.
