The document summarizes photos taken of the neighbor, Oh Mah Cho, and her family and community. It describes their modest wood homes built with limited resources, meals prepared from local markets, daily worship of Buddha statues, the father's work as a taxi driver which is their sole income, the quiet children who attend Burmese school, playing checkers in the trishaw parking lot, boys climbing trees, and a man preparing food for his teashop customers and monks. The field trip provided a view into the lives and livelihoods of those living near the school.

1. Our Neighbors’
Lives
By: Austin Kay

2. About a week ago my class and I went on a field trip to our
teashop neighbor’s place. We went there to interview the neighbors and
our group’s interviewee was a mother of 3 children. Now I would like to
present a photo essay about our neighbor’s life.

3. Some of the neighbors here live in like these wood houses just
like Oh Mah Cho’s house. They had to build like these because
there is little place and they don’t have much money to build big
houses, so they use some thin wood around their place to build
them.

4. This a meal prepared by one of the neighbors. They would get the
ingredients from the markets around them, and they would cook
curries ike nga pyi chat and ah chin hinn and fried chicken.

5. This is the Buddha statue of Oh Mah Cho’s house. They
would always give offering in the morning like it is their
daily chores.

6. This a taxi of Oh Mah Cho’s husband. Instead of having a
trishaw he has a taxi with more income. This is the only
business for their family.

7. This is Oh Mah Cho’s children, they are really quiet. They attend
to a Burmese school unlike us. When they go sick they would go
to the family doctor near their neighborhood.

8. This was set-up by a boy who wanted to play checkers with
his friend. The place it was set-up in was on the trishaw
parking lot.

9. This boy is one of the boy’s who plays in front of their neighbors
gate. They know how to climb trees very fast. The tree they
climb on is a strangler fig.

10. This man here is cutting cauliflowers to curries in his teashop.
They have teashops because this is one of their income. They
would also cook and give it to the monks that come around.

11. Credits
Ryan the Photo Man
Grace the Translator
Austin the Recorder
Thanks To:
Mr. Rinker For letting me borrow me a Photo