Big Cats – 17th July 2024

Would you cheat the tigers of their worth?
The voices of the dead claim a friend
Hasty to join the march towards oblivion
Bad blood bullets hold a message to send

Bless the big cats in a natural ceremony
A scent on the breeze of the savannah
From the city smells, to our sandy shells
The ringing of bells will cry ‘Hosanna!’

Submitted to Shay’s Word Garden

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Today I’m feeling:

OK, though not particularly up or down.  I pushed myself this morning with a full body workout and am waiting to see how my hip reacts, especially as I don’t have a class until 2.30 pm today so I’ll be sitting a lot until then.

Today I’m grateful for:

That Cap ate all his breakfast this morning as he woke us up in the middle of the night, hacking up a hairball.

The best thing about today was:

Helping out in Kru Numnim’s class again in the morning and being able to take the time to help some of the poorer students with their learning and understanding.

What was out of your control today and how did you handle it?

I feel a little down this evening and I think it is because I’m thinking too much about our education system here in Thailand. When I see some teachers in their classes, I just don’t understand what they are doing. They are wasting their students’ lives!

When I ask students what they learned today and they say ‘nothing’ I try to get them to understand that they should be angry if that is truly the case.

It’s a struggle some days!

Something I learned today?

There is an app for Makro where I can see what they have in stock. Amy showed me today as I went there on my way home and was once again disappointed to find that they were out of stock of my favourite yoghurt.

Now I can just check the app before going.

Review your acts, Good and bad.

Iphone asked me for some help with wanting to be a buddy for future exchange students and I gave her some advice on how to find out more about what is required.