The Hungarian Padthai

 I haven't been writing for a long time. It was a lot to write about but I haven't got the time or motivation to sit down and word all it out. But stuff happened, and so did changes; and I hope I did most things right and adapted well to them. I lost a couple of friends (will share in a moment how), and also I gained a couple of new ones, or with some of my closed-knit contacts we are not that closed-knit anymore (and I would lie if I told that it didn't hurt). But today I wasn't going to write about the emotional changes in me, just about the circumstances and how I coped with them. Just be patient, this emotional roller-coaster will make sense to you, too, dear Reader. :-)  Somewhere in KrungThep Bridge. :-) Okay, here are the things that happened to me since April:  1. I resigned from my old school and accepted another position in Bangkok.  2. I moved houses.  3. I got inspired by my new, wonderful colleagues.  4. I started a lot of interesting workshops...

 This is my first year of teaching literature, I must confess. It's interesting and exciting, especially, because the major analysis of the literary works I'm teaching, we discover with my students. Of course, I do a lot of research and I also analyze the dramas and novels we are reading, but then my students have bright ideas too and I feel that they are also valid, so I incorporate them, as well. It's exciting!  What's more, I feel inspired and creative. So here are two tips (mostly for myself for the future). I just jot it down that I don't forget these ideas that were sparked in me these weeks and possibly, hopefully, I can use them again for different writers / novels/ works.  1.) Teaching about Edgar Allan Poe, I had the idea of creating an escape room for my students. They had to find the keys with which they opened the lockers where - instead of escaping - a bag of candy was waiting for them. First of all, students received this letter:  Dear Class, welcom...

Project work with my class you know, I've never been a homeroom teacher before so it's quite a new experience for me but I like it so far. You have already won over my heart by just asking when I was coming - during the days of my quarantine or when I was still back in my home country. And then we met and I fell in love with you at first sight. You helped me through some serious issues, like letting me know about cultural differences. You never ceased to be patient with me and repeated your names as many times as I needed to hear them before I could remember you all. (And when I did, you clapped your hands with appreciation which warmed my heart very much. THANK YOU.) I said, you won over my heart, but you're winning it every day, really! You are the best class a homeroom teacher could ever wish for. Of course, you're late. Of course, some of you are even tardy. But as we discussed on the other day, we're all the same, but still, we 're all different. You're...