Exercises
Set exercises relating to this and that – distributed postcards of Oxford..what did they notice about it?..'ery 'ery beautiful.. what they knew about England? 'they… Read More »Exercises
Set exercises relating to this and that – distributed postcards of Oxford..what did they notice about it?..'ery 'ery beautiful.. what they knew about England? 'they… Read More »Exercises
Our first Sunday here and we have a trip planned. Hai-anh and Luong are escorting us to the museum of Ethnography just outside the Centre… Read More »A Sunday outing
The manager of our block is sitting in the porch, apparently waiting for our return. Is there a message, something urgent? 'no wa'er ' 'no… Read More »Glee
I am finding the process of writing for a blog difficult, and it's not just the fact that internet comes and goes and the university… Read More »Writing
We are invited to eat with Phoungh, a former teacher in the rural province where we will be teaching next, now a driver in… Read More »An evening at Phoung’s
No-one here believes that we take the local buses, rather than a taxi, but we do. The bus has its own lane sometimes and can… Read More »Long way to LongBien
This is a marvellous place and I have delightful session. About 10 children aged 6-13 drift gradually in to the art room where I have… Read More »Lost Boys
Tuyn is six. He is unable to walk because he has cerebral palsy, so according to Vietnamese custom he does not go to school. I… Read More »Clocks and Candles
We try to get out by 8.30 in the morning to explore further afield in our locality. We walk through the dark alleyways of the… Read More »Early morning Communism
The Crash of Capitalism This sounds a suitable Sunday outing, but Ho Chi Minh's Mausaleum is closed. It closes for 3 months every year for… Read More »The Crash of Capitalism