So sorry its been so long since I last wrote in my
blog. It has just been so hectic at
work. You would think that teaching ECE
for the second year I would already have my lesson plans from last year. Well I have multiple grades so some of the
learners from last year are with me again, and I don’t like giving the same
media to them again, so it is like planning a whole new year again.
And then don’t forget the outing, functions, and teachers
trainings. I suppose its not an excuse
but I like to think it is. And besides,
you now get a longer blog to read.
We celebrated Vivian’s birthday with her, the day
before, by taking her out to lunch for a hot pot. Kathy also came with us. We had all gone to the market earlier that
day, and on the way back phoned Vivian and told her to meet us at the
restaurant.
We had training as well at school and I presented ‘How to
make an iMovie’ to all the teachers. I
think it went off well and hopefully the teachers went off having learnt
something.
We also have a new teacher at our school. I don’t know if I have mentioned it
before. Her name is Hannah and she is
Korean. She is our librarian and music
teacher. Her husband is American, and
they have 2 beautiful daughters, who are both in my class. Well we invited them and Kathy to dinner. Paul made a divine starter, main, and
dessert. The 2 little girls, Abby and
Haley were very comfortable in our home, which was nice, and even settled on
the couch to watch Rio 2. It was an
enjoyable evening.
Starters
Main
Dessert
Haley enjoyed Paul pulling her around on our mop.
Abby
Our marketing lady, Jiana, surprised us all by resigning
from work as she had planned to get married and start a family. But her fiancé had been transferred to
another city in China and she had to move there with him after there marriage
with they had in Korea. So we had a
little farewell party at school for her, then the ladies at school went out
afterwards to 1996 to say goodbye and celebrate her getting married. It was a wonderful evening.
When you are so far away from ‘home’ you never want to get
any bad news. Well it happened to us. Uncle Nick had passed away. Our hearts are very sore at the loss of a
wonderful and caring man. Thanks to the
families permission, we were able to skype the funeral service for some
closure. RIP Uncle Nick.
Kathy spoilt us and took us to a Japanese restaurant for
supper. It was really good. Thankfully the tables that are so close to
the floor had a sunken floor underneath it so we didn’t have to sit crossed
legged. We walked there and back, but I
must say, the weather is really cold now.
It is the first time that we have celebrated thanksgiving at
school. It was set up like a dinner
theatre. The children did a short
performance at school called ‘Stone Soup’.
Afterwards there was eats galore.
We had ‘pot luck’ as the Americans call it, we call it a ‘bring and
share’. Then the school provided some
really yummy turkeys and the drinks. I
tried my best at doing the table décor.
Seemed to have turned out all right.
The children and parents had a blast.
We then one weekend decided to go to the market to buy some
Christmas shopping for some décor for my classroom. We went with Vivian and Kathy. Well thank goodness Vivian came with us,
because we walked away with some wonderful bargains.
After the shopping spree at the market we treated Kathy and
Vivian to Mac Donalds. It is so great
having western food and spending it with special friends.
Then I went into school on the Sunday to decorate my
classroom to surprise the children for Monday.
We found a service provider that sells cheese, butter,
cream, cream cheese, and the best of all is that they deliver to your
doorstep. So we bought quite a bit and
Paul did some baking. Well a lot of
baking. And we decided to invite the
teachers and Daisy to our apartment for high tea. Well they thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Oh yes, we have another new Chinese teacher
at school in our ECE classroom. Her name
is Ning Ning and she will be going with me to Year 1 next academic year.
Well that’s it for now.
Till next time. I promise I wont
keep you all waiting that long till I write again.
