Foreign Service Family - Vol. 1 is about our life in Thailand during our two-year assignment there. We are working with a printer and expect that the volume will be ready for circulation in mid-2007. Here is the table of contents:
Contents
Introduction
Reading Rita
Part 1 - Thailand
On our Way to Bangkok
Tokyo
Hong Kong
First Days in Bangkok
Nai Rung
My Work as Vice Consul
Coping with a New language
Getting Adjusted
Sights, Sounds and other New Experiences
Play School
To the Beach at Bang Saen
Japanese Baseball Challenge
Play-reading
Klongs
Solar Eclipse
Scrumming in the Rain
People of the Yellow Banana Leaf
Economic Reporting and other Duties
Rita to Saigon
To Angkor Wat
Christian’s Arrival
SEATO
Monsoon Days
Loi Katong Celebration
Temple of the Golden Mount
Rita’s Farewell Klong Trip
Headed Home Again
Rita and the Boys in Rome
Part 2 - Preparation for Finland
Our Finnish Language Course
Rita and the Boys in Downers Grove
Appendix
1 – Trip to the Thai Jungle
2 – Learning more about Thailand
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