My Games

The Table Game:
I've been having trouble keeping myself entertained at lunch. I usually eat the same dish of "Goy Teeow" (noodles) and my glass of Limeade, I sit with the same crowds of kids, and it has begun to feel just like a school lunch at good ol' PTHS. So I have started to try and mix it up, trying to create the weirdest tables of kids I can; testing myself to see if I can get someone from each social group to actually sit down. You would be surprised how hard this is, getting an M.1, M.2 and an M.3 to sit next to a 3 P.6's. Sometimes I play a game to see what specific arrangements I can get (like bonus points). I could get the smallest M.2 with the largest M.3, or a P.3 with an M.3, or my favorite the loudest with the quietest. Its an interesting game of social science, and pyschological economics. Mainly though, I just have gotten bored with the lunch system.

How loud can I say….? Game:
The title says it all, but this game is running its course as the kids begin to look up the words that I shout out.

The “Farang” (foreigner):
Sometimes I play this game when I’m in Nabiya or Thoen, where I count the number of looks you get while walking through town. (Double takes, stareing, wide eyes, someone shouting “farang”, it all counts.) It’s a good way to make you feel “pretty farang’ed out,” as Scotti put it. Or it can make you realize those moments (whenever they were/are) when you felt completely “in place.”

The Name Game:
Unlike most name games where you try to learn each others names together. My game consists of trying to remember everyone’s name, and if I don’t I have to learn it without asking. 90 names are hard to keep locked in your brain especially when you have: 3 Fiw’s, 3 An’s, and a plethora of Do’s, Mo’s and Da’s. Never-the-less I’m up to the task.

And finally The-Try-and-Predict-if-You-Actually-Teach-Today-or-if-You-Sit-and-Watch-Ideal-School-Practice Game:
I play this game, The-try-and-predict-if-you-actually-teach-today-or-if-you-sit-and-watch-Ideal-School-practice Game, all too often. But we are closing in on the final day here soon, Its either Saturday or Sunday (maybe Friday), and this last test gave English the gold star. Ill definatetly be excited when I no longer play The-try-and-predict-if-you-actually-teach-today-or-if-you-sit-and-watch-Ideal-School-practice Game. Because The-try-and-pre…Ok I’ll stop cutting and pasteing now.