This is Sateen,�one of the Education Department's van drivers.� He's one of my favorite people in Khon Kaen.� We can't really communicate�since he doesn't speak English and I don't speak Thai.� Still, he always brightens my day when I see him.� He always has a big smile on his face (except for in this picture).� He's a very kind man.� In fact, many people in the education department call him "Uncle Sateen".� He has been particularly good to me and Daniel.� Whenever�he sees either of the farang (foreign) teachers looking unhappy (which doesn't happen very often), he calls Mod and tells her that she needs to arrange a vacation for us.