Greetings! I have decided to combine the events from Monday and Tuesday, as I’m a few days behind my blog posting (with all the busy stuff going on). And nothing too eventful happened. Anyway, Monday was our first day at the Cuso office! We biked all the way there from the apartments (we had a guide leading the way), and stopped for breakfast at a cafe along the way. Its really nice at the office, Its like a traditional house in Laos, but it has been converted to an office on the inside as it has a whole bunch of desks and a meeting room. We had to take our shoes off before going inside the office because in Laos you always take your shoes off before entering someone’s house as it is considered quite disrespectful if you leave them on. I listened to some of the things talked about, but I mostly worked on my online schoolwork. Right now in school I’m doing a project where I have to write a short story. At lunch time we went to a really nice restaurant and surprisingly they were playing modern day songs you would hear back in Canada. After that we biked back to the apartments, we were given a map but the guide didn’t come with us this time, so we were kinda left to figure it out as we went. Though luckily, we were able to make it home without getting too turned around.
Image above: our bikes,
On Tuesday it was mostly the same thing except we started our language training in the morning. Our Lao teacher came and started teaching us how to say consonants in Lao. It was pretty hard as there are so many things to remember, but its also fun, and I like the challenge.
*Fun fact about the Lao language: none of their words really have “r’s” in them, as it is very hard for people over here to pronounce the “r”.
*Word of the day: Today’s word is Meao (pronounced may-o), it means “cat” in Lao. This one is easier to remember because its almost like your saying “Meow” which is of course the noise that cat’s make.
I hope all of you are having a great day, the next post should be coming soon.
Taya's Laos Blog 
sa-baai-dii Taya …..khwap jai for your new post — to me, it is like we are talking together ….. we had a nice Thanksgiving — Dan was a little *under the weather* but he is feeling much better now ….. we are having a nice warm week right now — put my shorts back on, hehe — but not as warm as you have it, hehe ….. how are you liking the Meaos in your apartment — do they sleep with you ….. give Mom and yourself a BIG squeeze for ME — I love you guys so much xoxoxoxo I am loving the Laos words you are sharing with us — I use them whenever I can ….. so much love …..
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Thank you, I’m so glad your reading it and keeping up with all the things I’m doing! I’m glad uncle Dan’s feeling better. The Meaos in our apartment are adorable. Four of them are kittens and then there is the mom, so it is so cute to see all the kittens play together. They don’t sleep with us, but do like to follow us, and seem very curious about our bikes. When we set off in the morning they often escort us to the gate of the apartment building. I’m do glad your enjoying the words! I’m really enjoying teaching them. Love you soooooooo much.
xoxoxoxo ❤
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Khwap jai Taya! My Laos dictionary grows everyday!
Sounds like you’re pretty busy, but having a great time time- I’m so glad.
How is online schooling? Must be quite different.
All is well here. As I write this your meaos is sitting on my lap purring away away- thanks for turning me into a meaos-person. I put up the hummingbird feeder- I’ve only seen one so far.
Hugs to you both
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The online schooling is going great! It is really different, but I just got the marks from my assignment back and I got an ‘A’ which I’m super happy about!
I’m so glad you and the ‘Meao’ are well, they are pretty great creatures
Thank you again for taking care of Phoenix and the house!
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Congratulations Taya for doing so well on your first assignment 🙂
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thank you!
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Missed your reply.
Congratulations on the A!!!
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Thank you!
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Is the blue bike yours Tay?
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Actually for a change mine is the red one. Don’t get me wrong, blue is still my favourite colour, but the red ones seat was a better hight for me
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Hey sounds like a whole lot of fun. Auntie is really enjoying learning with you as am I.
This is a great idea it’s going to allow us all to have a great experience.
How was your shower?
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Thank you! I’m enjoying sharing my experience. As for my shower, I’d say it was wet.
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hahahaha ……………… good answer Taya …..so much love here for you 🙂
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