1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:13,280 Welcome to Students Incorporated Kids! 2 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:17,120 A podcast that invites you on a journey of imagination and creativity through the magic 3 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:18,120 of reading and writing. 4 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:20,280 I'm your host, Mrs. Brooke. 5 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:24,040 Episodes include author interviews, student discussions, and inspirational stories dedicated 6 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:25,680 to all things kids. 7 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:28,820 This podcast is created and produced with the help of students from the International 8 00:00:28,820 --> 00:00:30,820 Community School of Bangkok. 9 00:00:30,820 --> 00:00:41,760 Did you hear that? 10 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:43,560 It said Students Incorporated Kids. 11 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:45,200 What does that mean? 12 00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:49,400 It means we're starting our very own elementary podcast! 13 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:51,120 That's right, I can't wait! 14 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:52,120 Let's dig in. 15 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:53,120 I'm your host, Emma. 16 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:58,440 In today's episode, we will begin by introducing and interviewing a local author, Janice Sat 17 00:00:58,440 --> 00:00:59,440 Tikrin. 18 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:03,680 Then, we'll get to read a small part from one of her books. 19 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:05,400 And I'm your co-host, Luddy. 20 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:10,240 Before we begin the interview, our Fun Fact crew is going to share a fun fact. 21 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:15,280 First fun fact on our podcast is about ICS. 22 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:17,880 Do you know how old ICS is? 23 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:19,920 Ooh, this is a tough one. 24 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:21,920 Do any of our listeners know? 25 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:24,920 Drum roll, please! 26 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:28,560 Thirty years old! 27 00:01:28,560 --> 00:01:34,240 Actually, did you know that this is the 30th anniversary of ICS? 28 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:37,240 It began in the 1900s. 29 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:38,240 Well actually, 1993. 30 00:01:38,240 --> 00:01:44,680 There are even a few staff and former students that are still working at ICS. 31 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:45,680 Do you know any of them? 32 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:46,680 I'll give you a hint. 33 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:51,160 You can find one between the book stacks in the library. 34 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:52,160 Mrs. Elsie! 35 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:58,520 Thanks so much for the relevant fun fact. 36 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:01,160 Happy birthday to ICS too! 37 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:05,880 Happy birthday to you! 38 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:09,800 Let's get to the main part of our segment, our interview with a local published author, 39 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:10,800 Janice Santikarn. 40 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:17,640 Janice, we're so happy you could join us today. 41 00:02:17,640 --> 00:02:18,640 Thank you. 42 00:02:18,640 --> 00:02:24,040 It's a pleasure to be here and I think I'm your first live interview, so I'm really happy 43 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:27,920 to be your GDP today. 44 00:02:27,920 --> 00:02:33,320 Can you tell us a little about yourself? 45 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:38,560 I'm in Thailand now, but actually I grew up in Australia. 46 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:47,960 And I went to university in Australia where I studied to be a chemist and also a teacher. 47 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:56,680 And after finishing my degrees, I went to work in America for a few years as a scientist 48 00:02:56,680 --> 00:03:04,920 and then came to Thailand and for many reasons ended up working as a teacher of English in 49 00:03:04,920 --> 00:03:07,280 Thailand. 50 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:13,400 I'm married to a Thai person and have three children here. 51 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:21,200 And after I teach it, that's kind of when I fell into becoming a writer of Thai children's 52 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:22,920 books. 53 00:03:22,920 --> 00:03:25,280 Your life has surely been an adventure. 54 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:27,640 Thank you for sharing more about your life. 55 00:03:27,640 --> 00:03:32,240 Why did you choose to come to Thailand? 56 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:38,240 I chose to come to Thailand because I chose to be with my husband. 57 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:46,160 We were both working in America at the time and we were both chemists, research chemists. 58 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:53,600 And he said that he would like to come and live back in Thailand with his family and 59 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:59,200 would I like to come and get married to him and live here. 60 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:05,480 And when I was thinking about it, he said, don't worry if it doesn't work out in Thailand 61 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:10,000 and we don't like living there, we can always go live in Australia. 62 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:15,200 But it worked out and so we've been living here for over 35 years now. 63 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:20,360 Well, we're so happy you decided to come to Thailand. 64 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:23,640 What is your favorite thing about Thailand? 65 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:31,400 I think like a lot of people, I like to eat Thai food and sometimes too much of it. 66 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:33,480 I like to eat mangosteen. 67 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:36,840 They're my favorite fruits. 68 00:04:36,840 --> 00:04:45,960 But I also like Thailand because the people here are so quiet and relaxed and I like the 69 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:51,480 lifestyle here and I also like being with my family here. 70 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:52,840 You're making me hungry. 71 00:04:52,840 --> 00:04:56,000 Speaking of, I'm hungry for a good book. 72 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:58,280 What is your favorite book? 73 00:04:58,280 --> 00:05:05,040 Do you mean the favorite book of all time or my favorite children's book or my favorite 74 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:07,600 of the ones I've written? 75 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:10,520 Maybe the one that you're writing. 76 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:18,600 Of the ones that I've written, I really like, can you guess, Animals of Thailand. 77 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:24,240 That's because I always admired the children's writer Eric Carle. 78 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:33,520 And I liked his illustrations and I tried to make my illustrations in that book in the 79 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:37,720 same style of collage illustrations. 80 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:39,680 And I'm very happy with the result. 81 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:43,280 I will have to check that book out. 82 00:05:43,280 --> 00:05:52,200 Now that we know a little bit more about you and your background, let's get to questions. 83 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:54,480 What's more on your career? 84 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:57,400 Why did you become an author? 85 00:05:57,400 --> 00:06:02,800 After I arrived in Thailand, I became an English teacher. 86 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:09,520 I had actually been looking for a job as a scientist, but it was very difficult. 87 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:15,400 A long time ago, it was hard to find that kind of job here in Thailand. 88 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:22,400 And a friend of mine said there was a Thai school looking for someone to come and teach 89 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:23,400 English. 90 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:26,560 And they knew that I was a teacher. 91 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:31,420 And they said, you speak English, so maybe you could be an English teacher. 92 00:06:31,420 --> 00:06:34,000 And so I went and taught there. 93 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:41,040 But the books that they had came from America, from Australia, from England. 94 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:44,200 And they didn't have any books about Thailand. 95 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:51,160 And I thought it's very difficult for Thai students to understand things like biolians 96 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:56,480 and cricket bats and double-decker buses like they have in London. 97 00:06:56,480 --> 00:07:03,360 And so I went to the bookstores in Bangkok to look for books in English, but that were 98 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:05,360 all about Thailand. 99 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:07,600 And they weren't any. 100 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:12,280 So I decided, well, maybe I should try and write some. 101 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:15,120 And that's what happened. 102 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:16,120 That's so interesting. 103 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:21,680 And what is the best thing about being an author? 104 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:26,440 I think one of the best things is that I don't have a boss. 105 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:32,480 That I can decide what I want to write about. 106 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:39,960 If I have an idea, I can decide for myself if I want to write a story about that. 107 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:46,720 So that's one good thing that I can write my own stories, get my own ideas, and I'm 108 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:49,760 really happy to be able to do those things. 109 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:58,240 But one other thing is that being an author and also being able to do school visits is 110 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:05,520 that I can visit with students like you who are my readers and to get their feedback and 111 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:09,080 talk to you and get to know you more. 112 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:11,280 I could see why that would be fun. 113 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:14,520 We're so happy you could share your wisdom with us today. 114 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:22,200 I heard you're going to be coming to ICS later this month to speak with the second graders. 115 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:24,080 They're in for a treat. 116 00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:27,080 Can I ask you what is your next book coming up? 117 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:34,880 It may be at the moment I have three books in a series of The Little Blue Tuk Tuk. 118 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:41,360 I'm thinking that there may be a fourth Little Blue Tuk Tuk story. 119 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:47,960 And I have a title called The Little Blue Tuk Tuk Goes Green. 120 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:55,680 And it should all be about pollution in Thailand and how the Little Blue Tuk Tuk becomes an 121 00:08:55,680 --> 00:08:58,800 electric tuk tuk. 122 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:01,800 I'll keep my eye out for your next book. 123 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:07,840 After our short break coming up, we're going to read the book The Great Cabbage. 124 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:12,440 Can you ask why did you choose a cabbage? 125 00:09:12,440 --> 00:09:17,000 What are the significance of the animals? 126 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:26,680 So I have a book called Now We Can Save the Elephants, which is about the problems for 127 00:09:26,680 --> 00:09:35,080 elephants in Thailand and how the numbers of elephants declining in Thailand. 128 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:41,640 And I also have a book The Little Blue Tuk Tuk to the rescue about how forests are also 129 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:44,520 disappearing in Thailand. 130 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:51,760 And these things are more and more becoming more important to me. 131 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:59,200 The more that humans interact with nature, the worse it becomes for nature. 132 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:03,360 And forests in Thailand are disappearing. 133 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:08,160 Climate change is happening, making forests unlivable. 134 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:11,360 And the animals don't have anywhere to live. 135 00:10:11,360 --> 00:10:17,120 And some of them are in danger of disappearing altogether. 136 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:24,440 So I read the book about elephants and I wanted to talk about other animals in Thailand. 137 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:32,400 So the giant cabbage is about eight animals that are endangered in Thailand. 138 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:36,400 And these are animals that not many people know about. 139 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:42,760 Why I chose a cabbage is that the story is located in the north of Thailand. 140 00:10:42,760 --> 00:10:50,200 And the north of Thailand is a place where they used to grow a lot of poppies. 141 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:55,880 And the previous king of Thailand decided that he would encourage people in the north 142 00:10:55,880 --> 00:11:03,000 of Thailand to grow other kinds of crops, to not grow poppies, but to grow fruits and 143 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:04,460 vegetables. 144 00:11:04,460 --> 00:11:12,680 So I looked at some of the vegetables that they're now growing and decided that it 145 00:11:12,680 --> 00:11:14,240 should be a cabbage. 146 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:16,440 It was the right shape. 147 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:22,320 And in the story, the old man has to grab a hold of the leaves to pull the cabbage out 148 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:23,660 of the ground. 149 00:11:23,660 --> 00:11:30,680 So it fits my story to have the cabbage and that shape and long leaves on the cabbage. 150 00:11:30,680 --> 00:11:32,680 Thank you again, Janice. 151 00:11:32,680 --> 00:11:39,080 You have been an inspiration and really an example of a dream coming to reality. 152 00:11:39,080 --> 00:11:50,680 And with that, we'll be right back after a short commercial. 153 00:11:50,680 --> 00:11:55,640 We apologize for the interruption, but we have a very important message for you. 154 00:11:55,640 --> 00:12:02,920 Mr. Siever, our elementary counselor, is here with an important message for us. 155 00:12:02,920 --> 00:12:04,000 Hello everyone. 156 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:06,320 This is Mr. Siever, elementary school counselor. 157 00:12:06,320 --> 00:12:10,680 I'm here to give a quick mental health tip that I believe could help a lot of you. 158 00:12:10,680 --> 00:12:13,680 And that tip is to keep a journal. 159 00:12:13,680 --> 00:12:16,960 Now there are a lot of ways that you could use a journal. 160 00:12:16,960 --> 00:12:20,760 Some people like to write about everything that they did throughout the day. 161 00:12:20,760 --> 00:12:24,840 Other people like to write the things that they dreamt about. 162 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:28,040 Others try to list all of the things that they're grateful for each day. 163 00:12:28,040 --> 00:12:32,060 And some people even use their journals to sketch and show how they're feeling through 164 00:12:32,060 --> 00:12:33,800 pictures. 165 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:39,440 No matter how someone chooses to journal, research shows that those who keep a journal 166 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:45,400 are more likely to achieve their goals, they tend to worry less, they have more confidence 167 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:50,720 in themselves, they communicate better with the people around them, and they have stronger 168 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:51,880 memories. 169 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:55,840 No matter how you decide to go about it, I encourage you all to make journaling a part 170 00:12:55,840 --> 00:13:00,440 of your daily routine so you can reap all of these benefits. 171 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:04,360 We're so happy to have you as our school counselor. 172 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:13,560 Well, to all those that are listening, I hope you feel inspired to be an author yourself. 173 00:13:13,560 --> 00:13:17,400 We're going to read a bit of the book titled The Giant Cabbage. 174 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:21,400 It's actually all about endangered animals in Thailand. 175 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:24,920 It is a creative take on an old folk tale. 176 00:13:24,920 --> 00:13:26,400 Our narrator will be Daniel. 177 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:39,200 The old man will be read by Pim, and the endangered animals will be voiced by Baimon. 178 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:47,280 The Giant Cabbage Written and illustrated by Janice Santacorn 179 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:54,320 In a small house at the edge of a forest in the far far north of Thailand lived the little 180 00:13:54,320 --> 00:13:57,520 old man and little old woman. 181 00:13:57,520 --> 00:14:01,760 One day the little old woman said to the little old man, 182 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:05,760 I am going to make soup for our lunch. 183 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:11,840 Would you please bring me a cabbage from the vegetable garden? 184 00:14:11,840 --> 00:14:21,360 Licking his lips with delight, the old man tottered off as fast as his little old legs 185 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:28,320 could carry him, but as he neared the garden, he suddenly came to a stop. 186 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:35,920 His mouth strapped in, open, and his eyes too round as seltzers. 187 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:45,600 There, powering high above him, grew the most enormous giant cabbage. 188 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:48,480 The little old man clapped his hand. 189 00:14:48,480 --> 00:14:50,960 Oh, my wife will be pleased. 190 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:56,880 Taking hold of a mass of wheat, he began to crawl. 191 00:14:56,880 --> 00:15:06,000 He pulled and pulled, then heaved and tugged, and tugged, but the giant cabbage did not move. 192 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:11,600 The little old man looked at the cabbage and scratched his chin. 193 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:14,640 Hmm, I need help. 194 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:16,960 So he called out, 195 00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:23,920 Who will help me pull this cabbage out of the ground so my wife can make soup for lunch? 196 00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:30,400 A muddy brown water buffalo plowed out of the jungle and into the garden. 197 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:32,400 I will, she knew. 198 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:41,040 The little old man and the muddy brown water buffalo pulled and pulled and heaved and tugged, 199 00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:44,720 but still the giant cabbage did not move. 200 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:49,600 The old man looked at the cabbage and scratched his chin. 201 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:52,320 Hmm, I need more help. 202 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:53,920 So he called out, 203 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:58,880 Who will help me pull this cabbage out of the ground so my wife can make soup for lunch? 204 00:15:58,880 --> 00:16:05,680 A powerful striped tiger leapt out of the jungle and into the garden. 205 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:07,840 I will, he growled. 206 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:22,000 The little old man and the muddy brown water buffalo and the powerful striped tiger pulled and pulled and heaved and tugged, 207 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:26,320 but still the giant cabbage did not move. 208 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:31,280 The old man looked at the cabbage and scratched his chin. 209 00:16:31,280 --> 00:16:33,440 Hmm, I need more help. 210 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:45,920 So he called out, Who will help me pull this cabbage out of the ground so my wife can make soup for lunch? 211 00:16:45,920 --> 00:16:48,000 Oh man, I'm on the edge of my seat. 212 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:51,200 Will they be able to pull out the giant cabbage? 213 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:52,480 I really hope so. 214 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:55,280 I didn't know a water buffalo was endangered. 215 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:59,440 I wonder what other endangered animals are in this book. 216 00:16:59,440 --> 00:17:03,520 If you want to read the rest of this book, you can check it out from the ICS library. 217 00:17:03,520 --> 00:17:05,520 Oh, go grab your own copy. 218 00:17:05,520 --> 00:17:08,480 Janice, where can we find your books? 219 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:14,000 You can find them at all the Asia bookstores in Bangkok and all over Thailand, 220 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:19,040 and at the Japanese book store Kinokuniya in Bangkok. 221 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:21,040 Amazing! 222 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:22,880 I will definitely do that. 223 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:29,200 Thank you again for coming to check out our first podcast episode, Janice. 224 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:35,280 I really had a great time talking to you and I look forward to coming to visit you next week. 225 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:45,600 And with that last thought, we are running out of time for this episode. 226 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:50,880 Stay tuned for the next episode where we will be interviewing another author, or two, 227 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:53,680 that are in our very own ICS community. 228 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:55,120 You may even know them. 229 00:17:55,120 --> 00:17:56,560 Can you guess who it is? 230 00:17:56,560 --> 00:18:00,080 One of the books is written about an ICS student in second grade. 231 00:18:01,440 --> 00:18:08,480 As we end this episode, we would like to thank our listeners and guests for supporting our podcast. 232 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:10,480 Please share this with your friends and family. 233 00:18:11,360 --> 00:18:17,280 This podcast would not be possible without the hard working and support of our international 234 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:18,880 student product team. 235 00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:27,040 All music and sound effects come from Pixabay.com, a community of creative people. 236 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:31,760 And we are signing off until next time. 237 00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:49,040 We are the Students Incorporated Kids because your voice and reading matters.