As the 27-month service of Group 130 comes to an end, we – Group 131 – have found ourselves reflecting on all that you have done to teach us, encourage us, and […]
Thank you, Group 130!
Sometimes You Leave Your House on a Saturday
Megan McNelis, 131 TESS The dishes were already done when I showed up at the meatball counter this morning. “Mai bpen raai! Set laew! There’s nothing left to do!” They’re going to […]
Year-In-Review: Best Funny Moments Of 2019
As we enter the new year, a few writers of Peace Corps Thailand Magazine reflect on their best funny story, miscommunication, or “oops” of 2019: Megan McNelis, 131 TESS For better or […]
Daai Arai Gap Kao?
Megan McNelis, 131 TESS *Trigger warning: body-negative language quoted* They don’t say, “I love you” very much out here. I’ve heard it, but the usual words are gin kaao yang? “Have you […]
Kap Khun, Khun Wanthida
For the past six years, Khun Wanthida has served as the Programming and Training Specialist for the Teacher Empowerment for Student Success (TESS) program. Staff, PCVs and RPCVs would like to say […]
Group 131 Yearbook: Words of Appreciation
Counterparts and Community of Group 131 Every year, during the first few months of service, Peace Corps staff visit the new group of Peace Corps Volunteers at their sites to see how […]
Never Thought I’d Be Into ___ Until I Joined Peace Corps
Check out what a few Sticky Rice staff members thought they would never be into until they joined Peace Corps. Ali Talwar, 130 TESS I never thought I’d be a proponent of […]
On Trusting a Fart and Getting Over Myself
Megan McNelis, 131 TESS “I remember thinking, ah, Thailand… that’s not very metal.” It was my first time venturing out of my site for the weekend, and T. and I were sipping […]
Counting
Megan McNelis, 131 TESS I’m sitting in a hotel in Korat. It has a rain shower, air conditioning, and no geckos, and I feel well and truly alone (until one of my […]
We Can Do Hard Things: Thank You, Khun Kathryn
For the past five years, Kathryn Goldman has served as Director of Programming and Training of Peace Corps Thailand. Staff, PCVs and RPCVs would like to say thank you to Kathryn for […]
PCV Thailand Blog Links
Group 131 Caitlin Navratil (YinD): Sweet Water Ian Tramm (YinD): Dear Passenger Katherine Gallagher (YinD): Yindee! Megan McNelis (TESS): How Are You Caribou Natalie Heinitz (YinD): The Thai Tea Shannon Murphy (TESS): Bohemia […]
Sticky Rice Staff
Editor-in-Chief Caitlin Navratil Assistant Editor-in-Chief Bianca Henao Editors Katherine Gallagher Megan McNelis Writers Ian Tramm Kevin Lentz Neil Pickus Nick D’Addio Shannon Murphy Berrios Stephen Bubenheim Multimedia Specialists Chukwuma Osuji Ishmail Beene […]
