Khruu Khwan

She's crazy, ok? Like perfect-for-us crazy. In a really really good way.

Khruu Khwan is our Thai teacher.

The first day of class she pulled out a picture of her "American friend" and asked us if we knew him. You know how in different countries around the world people have the impression that our entire nation is the size of Small Town, America? And, like, they'll ask you if you know Michael Jordan. Because you're both from America, so of course you'll know him, right?

So she pulled out this picture and asked us "the question". And we looked at the picture.

And it was Steve Yu, fellow Wheaton College student. Weird, right? He had stayed at her house last summer while on a missions trip (SMP) with Wheaton. Again, weird...

Khruu Khwan has a very vibrant personality, which is a perfect trait for teaching languages. When she is having a hard time translating a word for us, her naturally animated character goes into full swing. Example: Two days ago, Khruu Khwan was attempting to narrate her experience with swimming. She wrote "waaynaam" (to swim) on the board and then pointed to us and said, "you teach khruu". And she showed us, using caveman language and body movements, that when she swims she moves backwards. She was standing in front of the white board, moving her hands around in circles- to show us how she swims- and she was running backwards.

Khruu Khwan makes learning Thai exciting and interesting. Which is definitely needed to keep me motivated. We are planning on going to some of her favorite Thai places (like a really sweet park she talks about) which should be great.


More to come soon...