No matter where I am, Burma is where I grew up and it's my home. And thinking about Burma and going to school there is incomplete without the memories of corporal punishment my friends and I endured. Government school teachers in Burma are like ninjas without a cause. They're swift and you don't know when…
Ridiculous responses to my I’m from Burma .. and my responses
Ignorance and racism are intertwined. I have had faced some mild form of racism so many times in my life and I think it has left me traumatised. But I'm working through my issues with my therapist but here is a list of some silly things people have said to me that sometimes pop up…
If only I was a white man ..
Imagine an Asian woman, a white man, a white woman, a black man and a black woman applying for an English teaching job in a southeast Asian country. Guess who will get the job? I don't know but I'll tell you who would be considered last for the job - the Asian woman. Every country…
