due to the traumatic and premature outing of this blog (ACHEM rebecca riddell, you rat) it is now time for the big reveal. i know that all of you out there in the interwebs are dying to know WHY exactly i am writing this blog, and if the title, "off the grid," has anything really to do with reality.
indeed it does. i am off the wilds of thailand. specifically, to a small village called nai soi, around 5 kilometers from the burmese border in northwest thailand. i will be volunteering for the Ban Nai Soi Community Learning Centre, a small nonprofit dedicated to educating high school-aged Burmese children from the neighboring refugee camp. i have been assigned to teach english and community art (yes, this worries me as well) classes.
i will be staying at the BNSCLC for roughly two months, until March 18th, and then hopefully trekking to india until i to return to the usa on April 1st. while I am not bringing the laptop that has survived four years of college and beyond, i do hope to periodically update this blog. so i won't be too far off the grid. but still. i've packed many novels that i have been meaning to read since the beginning of time. starting with 100 years of solitude.
wish me luck.
is that.. the unabomber shack?
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ReplyDeletei had to out you. i have to preserve my blog's status as the hottest place to find out the scoop on...on...blogs made by my friends who are coming to thailand. right now i have that market cornered. it's my claim to internet fame. it's the internet age and we all have to have our thing.
ReplyDeleteHey Becs... Have fun in india!
ReplyDeletehiiii sister lizzy! thanks for reading my blog. you're the coolest sister! try calling again, my phone is not the most reliable device.
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