Say my name say my name

Air high five to anyone that got my Destiny’s Child reference. Since I’ve moved a bunch I’ve gotten pretty used to people getting my name wrong. I’ve gotten used to answering to all sorts of interesting things. Holly, Cole, Collin, Kaylin, Katie, and also Jessica. Yeah, not really sure where they got that last one. Haha Well anyways, my name’s a bit on the tricky side here with the double l’s. Since most Thai’s use r’s and l’s almost interchangeably, my name generally comes out as Kahrreen. It’s starting to grow on me.

Nicknames are really big in Thailand because their full names are epic long. I’ve been given quite a few different Thai nicknames. The first one I got was given to me by my host sister Jaja. It’s pronounced Nam which means water. I’m thinking it’s because I’m always super wet (got to love that humidity). The next nickname I got means full moon obviously because I’m so white that I glow in the dark. Another one of my nickname’s means honey. I’m still trying to figure that one out but I think it may have something to do with my resembling Winnie the Pooh.

My personal favorite hast to be Kru Farang. This is what all of the little kindergarteners call me. It loosely translates to teacher white girl. Haha Pretty much hilarious. They totally love me though. I don’t teach them or anything but they still always run up to me and give me huge hugs. They don’t do it to any of the other teachers, just me so I kind of feel like they might be racist. I’m trying not judge them too harshly though. ;)

Jaja! My cute little host sister!

Just a couple of the little girls that call me Kru Farang

They're basically adorable but pretty wild. Think kindergartners from the cartoon Recess.