English Crazy Camp #19, Si Muang Wittayakhan School

23-24 June 2007, Si Muang Mai, Ubon Ratchathani - Well, the English Crazy Club just finished another successful camp. This time, one of our regular members, Nit, couldn't be with us as she was in Bangkok, but though we all missed her, the camp went off without a hitch.

We were joined by 3 farangs, Scott from America who is a teacher at Si Muang Wittayakhan, Andrew from Scotland, a volunteer in Det Udom and Allen from England who is also volunteering in Det Udom. Along with our Uncle Aidan from Ireland, these guys made a full compliment of farangs. They were all native speakers but no two sounded the same. It was a great challenge for the campers to understand all of the various accents. Not only campers but also staff had another great opportunity to practise their listening skills and meet people their own age from around the world.

The campers were from 9 different schools and it seemed to take them a little longer than usual to warm up to the activities but by the end of day one, they were are happy and exhausted. As this was the second camp in a row for the crazy crew, a few ot tham were feeling a little tired too but that didnt stop the guys from having a little liquid refreshment before bed.

On the second dayof the camp, the enery of the kids was amazing. After being awoken at 5am for morning exercise, we followed with the crazy treasure hunt. It was held in the blistering heat but did not lessen the motivation and energy of the students. With some more games in the afternoon, we clsed the camp at 4pm.

All three of the new guys were full of praise for the professionalism and organisation of the camp and also the level of English displayed by the staff. There were also rumours spreading about a possible night out together in Ubon sponsored by J.W. Red.

Once again, it seems that our craziness is spreading happiness throughout Isaan.

Long live the English Crazy Club.