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Continue reading →: How I got my EFL job: Asian Americans can teach English in AsiaIn 2009, I took SIT’s TESOL’s course in Bangkok. The month long intensive course was wonderful because the instructors were quality, and my classmates and I got along really well. We were a diverse group from India, Cambodia, France, Belgium, Mexico, the US and Thailand (not including our instructors who…
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Continue reading →: When I started to read and write (part 1)
I started to write when I was about 14 years old. And it started with that audacious moment, when I put down a book I was reading and said to myself, “I can do this. I can write a book.”
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Continue reading →: Why I write
4/17/07 Why I Write To avoid therapy To create my own reality To dream big dreams To emote, laugh, cry To self reflect Because I believe in the powers of words To express what I’ve learned Because I can’t draw *** Why do you write?
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Continue reading →: When I knew I would travel…I just read Vicki Pott’s (@ redheadedtravels) about me page which has inspired me to write this long overlooked and overdue post. Vicki’s first sentence is, “I can remember the exact moment I got the travel bug…”
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Continue reading →: Fishes and flowersDengue fever is making a stellar comeback this year in Thailand. In the meantime, I’ve been keeping little guppies and bettas in and around my house to reduce/eradicate the mosquito population.
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Continue reading →: Memoirs’ bad reputation (and breaking in).
I wonder if memoirs are like crying babies, unless it’s yours, you don’t want to hear it… Ever since I decided I want to be a big recognized writer, I have stumbled upon the misfortune that falls upon memoirs. I’ve learned that memoirists are by far the greatest types of…
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Continue reading →: Liebster Award (pay it forward)Apparently, the Liebster Award is of mysterious origins but here is what My Crazy, New York, Post-Grad Life had to say about it:
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Continue reading →: 🇹🇭 How to order Thai street food and hail a red truck.Oops, need to catch up on my YouTube fame 😉
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Continue reading →: 10 Useful Sites for Chiang MaiWelcome to Chiang Mai. Congratulations. You are either here and doing the research or getting ready to be here and doing the research. Either way. Good on you. Here’s some help. 1. Chiang Mai Mail, CM’s first English language newspaper. I learned about the city’s experiment to make Niminhaemin a…
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Continue reading →: 🇹🇭 10 things to consider buying upon moving to ThailandWhether you are moving by yourself or with your family, there are certain purchases that will help make your transition into expat life here easier. A practical list: 1. A fan. I know this seems silly and perhaps even redundant but I lived in a house and now an apartment…
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Continue reading →: Lesson Planning Advice from EFL TeachersAs a newly-qualified CELTA teacher, it is engrained in you to spend hours planning the perfect lesson.
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Continue reading →: How Students are Misunderstood in the EFL ClassroomI was one of those kids. So, I know. And if you were one of those kids too, you probably are thinking, KARMAAA!!!
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Continue reading →: Looking Back: My favorite pics from EcuadorI wanted to share some of my memories of when I lived in Ecuador (in 2010). It actually took a long time to chose the ones I like, even though I only lived there for 6 months. I was entirely too poor to take advantage of extensively travelling throughout the…
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Continue reading →: 🇹🇭 7 Strange Thai Beauty Products and TreatmentsThais are obsessed with appearances both physically and socially. As a result, there are some pretty weird beauty products out there. Not all directly from Thailand, but nevertheless, Thailand has adopted them like a plastic surgeon’s knife. But it wasn’t until I was recording Thai Girl Talk’s podcast about the…
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Continue reading →: Who is Tell-Thai Heart?Me! I originally started Tell-Thai Heart back in 2009 (first on blogger and then on its own URL) as a way to put-myself-out there. But after so many problems with the hosting company, etc, I decided to move my site back to a free hosting platform. Now I’m using WordPress…
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Continue reading →: Mistakes Old Teachers MakeOne of my colleagues was surprised to hear that I did a teacher observation recently. This is something the newbies have to do, not someone like me who has been here 2.5 years.
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Continue reading →: Life, the Universe and LaniWow! Who’s that sexy cute alien on the left? And check out the transformation below 😀 Thank you Eric for all your hard work! You are a PhotoShop guru. *The movie if you are wondering is Gamera vs. Guiron 1969
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Continue reading →: 🇹🇭 Chiang Mai to Sukhothai and back againAs most of you already know, I’ve been wanting to go to Sukhothai for some time now. So when the Songkran holiday presented itself, I decided to give Sukhothai another try.
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Continue reading →: Rant about men and work in the Land of Smiles
I’m a little angry at myself. I was talking to a friend about my ex-boyfriends. You know, the real gritty gruel ones, the ones you regretted, the ones that made you wonder why you tolerated that shit.
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Continue reading →: Where to Songkran in Chiang MaiI was getting ready to post an article I had written for this weekend, when I got caught up in the latest news about 2556 Songkran. For example, Bangkok Post on Chiang Mai being a top place for Songkran revelers, and how the Chinese are making up about 55% of…
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Continue reading →: No Smorking!Typo or cleverness? According to UrbanDictionary.com, SMORK has 7 (count ’em) whopping definitions: 1. An Engrish term for ‘smoke’. “No smorking on corridor or Banning happen on premises!” 2. A smork is an ork that has been ignited and burned until smoldering. In the Lord of the Rings orks that…
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Continue reading →: 11 Ways to Meet the Police During Songkran
Public Service Announcement: New rules from the National Police for the ever growing, ever popular Songkran Festival. 1. Don’t throw water from pickup trucks. Dangerous for pedestrians, motorists as well as the people throwing the water. 2. You cannot sit or stand in the back of a pickup truck. Yeah,…
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Continue reading →: What You Need to Know About Songkran สงกรานต์Official 2015 dates: 12-15th April. The important thing to remember is Songkran is a MAJOR Thai holiday. It’s the Thai New Year and for better or worst it has evolved into a country-wide water fight. Now you might be thinking, what is NOT to like about a huge water fight?…
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Continue reading →: Mistakes New Teachers MakeAs a lot of you know, I’m a cliché, I’m an English teacher in Asia. You might also remember that I was a trained Waldorf teacher. I already wrote two articles about how my Waldorf experience has helped and hindered me as an EFL teacher. So I’m surprised I haven’t…
Hello,
I’m Lani
Welcome to Life, the Universe, and Lani. I’ve been blogging about my experiences living abroad since 2009.
At this point, this site serves as an archive as I’m mostly active at No Girl is an Island 👉https://lanivcox.substack.com/ 🏝️where I have been both newslettering and continuing to craft personal essays on finding freedom in the fringes.
Thanks for stopping by, have a look around, and hope to see you over at No Girl is an Island.
Life, the Universe, and Lani 
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