So life here in Nonthaburi is a little crazy right now! There are all these intense flood warnings right now! People are building cinder block walls around their stores and houses, and the country is running out of sand bags. We are having emergency flood evacuation practice with our students, and half of my students have been missing all week because they cannot get out of their houses. On top of all this, my dad is en route to visit me! I am just worried I won't be able to get to the airport to get him, especially since we are right down the street from the pier. There are rumors that a dam is about to break, if that happens, it is looking like we will be underwater! :( We are also getting hit with a tropical storm this weekend, and if that is the case, the dam will certainly break. Pray for our little school, and me and my dad!
BUT there is humor in even this situation. On Monday, my class was finishing up their weather unit. Because so many of my students were missing, I decided that we would create extreme weather forecasts. I showed them some examples of weather forecasts and I told them that in extreme weather forecasts, the meteorologist will often times tell them things to do to get their house ready. I asked them in the case of a flood, what are somethings they could do to get their house ready. I was thinking in my head of examples that they could say like, "move the furniture upstairs, get lots of drinking water, etc." But no, not my little Thai students. As soon as I asked the question, without blinking 7-8 students AT THE SAME TIME said, "move the rice upstairs!" You know you live in Asia when rice becomes the number one priority! :)
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