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Fresh Batch: Sticky Rice Writers’ Introductions

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 19/05/2023 • ( 3 Comments )

We’re Back!: Letter from the Editor

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 01/05/2023 • ( 3 Comments )

On the “Great Peace Corps Evacuation of 2020” (Named by Khun Michelle)

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 04/05/2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Heartbreak

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 17/04/2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Still There

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 13/04/2020 • ( 1 Comment )

Letters to the People I had to Leave

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 08/04/2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Whiplash

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 15/11/2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Caitlin Navratil, 131 YinD I remember standing in my Minnesotan kitchen and thinking about my next two years, dreading the solitude. I remember worrying how I would be able to survive for […]

Leaving Home

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 13/11/2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Kevin Lentz, 131 YinD December, 14th 2018 (10 months ago) It’s my last weekend living in DC. Laying on my air mattress in the stillness of my dilapidated apartment, I lazily contemplate […]

Will I Still Be Able to Drive? Part II

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 11/11/2019 • ( 1 Comment )

Life doesn’t stop for you, nor me and while our life went on, so did theirs. Only the people who’ve I’ve shared this journey called Peace Corps with will understand the emotions that will rush me upon returning home

Daai Arai Gap Kao?

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 08/11/2019 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

Spiders in the Night

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 06/11/2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Nhi Le, 130 TESS I see it out of the corner of my eye. THERE! The skittering shadow stops my heart cold. It crawls over my extension cord. Now, it’s under my […]

A Year Without Drinking

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 04/11/2019 • ( 4 Comments )

Michael Marano, 129 TESS A Year Without Drinking/ The Little Bird and the Light: Two Stories, One Ending Little Bird The little bird is scared. The Light has left the cage. The […]

Sand on the Seashore

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 01/11/2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Gabe Reid, 130 TESS Well, bpit term is over now, I’ve explored more of Southeast Asia, my teacher trainings are all wrapped up, and I have officially passed the torched to my […]

Spirit House: Pii Phi, Episode 1

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 30/10/2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Anonymous Pii Phi, Episode 1 Peace Corps Thailand draws service-minded individuals from around the U.S. Beyond the desire to work in development, volunteers come to Thailand for a variety of reasons: work […]

On Ghosts

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 28/10/2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Tim Connors, 130 TESS In my classes, we have a jar reward system. When the students are participating and paying attention, they fill up the jar with plastic eggs. When the eggs […]

Tatted in Thailand: Melody, Laura & Shannon

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 25/10/2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Larissa Delgado, 130 YinD During Group 130’s Reconnect Conference in 2018, many of us decided on getting tattoos. Prior to that week, I also heard of Group 129 volunteers who got tattooed […]

The Days Are Long, But the Years Are Short

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 23/10/2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Kara Anthony, 130 TESS I have been in Thailand for 22 months, 96 weeks, 630 days, 16,060 hours, and 963,601 minutes. When it is broken down like this, it sounds like forever. […]

Puu-Ying Power: Bianca’s Site

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 21/10/2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Bianca Henao, 131 TESS Hello and welcome! The purpose of this series is for us volunteers to recognize the bad-ass women in our lives at site. Whether it’s the noodle lady who […]

Shoe Detective

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 18/10/2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Tim Connors, 130 TESS When I made tracks up north, I knew I’d be teaching English, but I had no idea I’d find another calling. I’m a detective at Bantonphueng School. Shoes […]

Peace Corps or a Series of Controlled Falls

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 16/10/2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Ian Tramm, 131 YinD So last Wednesday, I went on the first honest-to-God run I’ve been on in, man, at least a few years. I was pretty out of shape for most […]

Mi Casa, Es Tu Casa

By Peace Corps Thailand Magazine on 14/10/2019 • ( Leave a comment )

The following article is part of a series dedicated towards celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month. Bianca Henao, 131 TESS “Where are you from?” “America.” “Really? Where are your parents from?” “My dad […]

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"There are 49 volunteers currently spread out across this country, their experiences incubating, waiting to be heard. They deserve to be heard. Sticky Rice lives."

The Adventures of Khao & Soy // by: Pakou Khang

Serving in the south be like...
Serving in the south be like…
Khao and Soy made it through the term unscathed... Did you?
Khao and Soy made it through the term unscathed… Did you?
Khao is terribly distracted about this upcoming bpit-term... #arewethereyet?
Khao is terribly distracted about this upcoming bpit-term… #arewethereyet?
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Khao & Soy_July
Khao and Soy on their last baht and can't decide if they want to live for the moment or live for the month. Decisions, decisions.
Khao and Soy on their last baht and can’t decide if they want to live for the moment or live for the month. Decisions, decisions.
Khao and Soy have mixed feelings about heading back to school.
Khao and Soy have mixed feelings about heading back to school.
Khao and Soy are ready for their trip.... did they remember everything?
Khao and Soy are ready for their trip…. did they remember everything?
How Khao and Soy deal with the summer heat
How Khao and Soy deal with the summer heat
Khao and Soy make bike safety fashionable
Khao and Soy make bike safety fashionable
Meet Sticky Rice's new mascot, Khao, and his trusty sidekick, Soy.
Meet Sticky Rice’s new mascot, Khao, and his trusty sidekick, Soy.

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