10. Children's Day
So, Friday was Children's Day... but it was also apparantly Buddha's birthday so it was a holiday (yay! Man, were we ever hurting for a holiday!). Anyway, we had the children's day celebrations on Thursday. I was really dreading it when we were planning it the day before, but it wasn't that bad. Of course, I was exhausted by the end of the day -- again, YAY for the 3 day weekend! I have no exciting plans for the weekend, unlike Suzanne, who is in China for the weekend (I'm not at all jealous - heh). I'm just looking forward to the rest and relaxation.
Anyway, I took a lot of pictures on Thursday, and managed to get some pictures of the other staff, so you can see what my friends look like.
Okay, this is Anita surrounded by her kids. Seconds after this picture was taken she was burried in children rubbing grass in her hair.
And here is Suzanne, who is also my neighbour (who is in China right now... again, not at all jealous!)
And here is Martin.
And here is David with some of the little Cookie Monster kids.
And here he is explaining the tug of war to the kids. Actually, David practically did the whole thing, planned all the events, ran them, etc... It made it a lot easier for all of the rest of us.
And here are the kids doing the tug of war.
And here is Mr. Lee trying to beat all the children. He did not.
And here is Mrs. Lee, the actual owner of the school (and Mr. Lee's sister). She speaks practically no English... and she is bizarrely frightening. I'm not sure what it is about her, but she scares all of us.
Of course, I took pictures of the kids too.
Here's Shawn, who isn't making the peace sign for the first time. The minute my camera is visible, all the children will make a V with their hands. It's a little frustrating.
And here is Kiersten, who I'm liking more and more. Suzanne actually put it quite well the other day when sae said that Kiersten is the type of little girl that you know is going to be a really nice woman... the kind of person you can see yourself being friends with.
And here is little Judy. That picture with her with her bum sticking in the air reminds me of pictures of me when I was a little girl. She is just so adorable.
And here is Brian making the dreaded "V".
Jim, Ian and Shawn.
Ian, just pointing. I actually assigned Jim the job of looking after Ian and making sure he didn't wander off too much. Jim was all over it.
The kids were divided into 2 teams, the Lions and the Tigers... here is Helen cheering for our team.
Some of you commented recently about the perms, and here is the worst example. This is a boy named Hubert. They often divide the children by gender and it has happened more than once that we've mistaken Hubert for a girl and tried to put him with them. Some kids are more androgynous, but Hubert did look like a boy before. I just can't wait for it to grow out like Shawn's did.
Another comment I got was that there weren't enough pictures of me, which is just a difficult problem to solve because I'm always holding the camera. But I tried this time.
Here's Me and Sally, Anita took this picture.
Me and Judy, obviously a picture I took myself.
And me and Brian, another picture I took myself.
I also took a bunch of video, and now that I know how to post it, you get to see the kids in action. This first one is a clip of the first event, the sponge race. This is mainly my class. Of course, it's a little shaky because I was also trying to direct the kids as I was filming.
There was also the 3 legged race, here's a short clip of that.
And here's just a random clip of the kids milling about.
And here's some more random kids. I think this is the one where you can see Jim doing his duty and bringing Ian back into the fold.
And here is where we had run out of activities and David just started running and let the kids chase him... and then he almost ran me over. Seconds after this video clip stops, David let the kids catch him and they all piled on top of him. Oh, and the voices you here in this clip are me and Anita.
Anyway, I think that's it. I'm going to go and enjoy my holiday now!
As always, love to you guys.
Anyway, I took a lot of pictures on Thursday, and managed to get some pictures of the other staff, so you can see what my friends look like.
Okay, this is Anita surrounded by her kids. Seconds after this picture was taken she was burried in children rubbing grass in her hair.
And here is Suzanne, who is also my neighbour (who is in China right now... again, not at all jealous!)
And here is Martin.
And here is David with some of the little Cookie Monster kids.
And here he is explaining the tug of war to the kids. Actually, David practically did the whole thing, planned all the events, ran them, etc... It made it a lot easier for all of the rest of us.
And here are the kids doing the tug of war.
And here is Mr. Lee trying to beat all the children. He did not.
And here is Mrs. Lee, the actual owner of the school (and Mr. Lee's sister). She speaks practically no English... and she is bizarrely frightening. I'm not sure what it is about her, but she scares all of us.
Of course, I took pictures of the kids too.
Here's Shawn, who isn't making the peace sign for the first time. The minute my camera is visible, all the children will make a V with their hands. It's a little frustrating.
And here is Kiersten, who I'm liking more and more. Suzanne actually put it quite well the other day when sae said that Kiersten is the type of little girl that you know is going to be a really nice woman... the kind of person you can see yourself being friends with.
And here is little Judy. That picture with her with her bum sticking in the air reminds me of pictures of me when I was a little girl. She is just so adorable.
And here is Brian making the dreaded "V".
Jim, Ian and Shawn.
Ian, just pointing. I actually assigned Jim the job of looking after Ian and making sure he didn't wander off too much. Jim was all over it.
The kids were divided into 2 teams, the Lions and the Tigers... here is Helen cheering for our team.
Some of you commented recently about the perms, and here is the worst example. This is a boy named Hubert. They often divide the children by gender and it has happened more than once that we've mistaken Hubert for a girl and tried to put him with them. Some kids are more androgynous, but Hubert did look like a boy before. I just can't wait for it to grow out like Shawn's did.
Another comment I got was that there weren't enough pictures of me, which is just a difficult problem to solve because I'm always holding the camera. But I tried this time.
Here's Me and Sally, Anita took this picture.
Me and Judy, obviously a picture I took myself.
And me and Brian, another picture I took myself.
I also took a bunch of video, and now that I know how to post it, you get to see the kids in action. This first one is a clip of the first event, the sponge race. This is mainly my class. Of course, it's a little shaky because I was also trying to direct the kids as I was filming.
There was also the 3 legged race, here's a short clip of that.
And here's just a random clip of the kids milling about.
And here's some more random kids. I think this is the one where you can see Jim doing his duty and bringing Ian back into the fold.
And here is where we had run out of activities and David just started running and let the kids chase him... and then he almost ran me over. Seconds after this video clip stops, David let the kids catch him and they all piled on top of him. Oh, and the voices you here in this clip are me and Anita.
Anyway, I think that's it. I'm going to go and enjoy my holiday now!
As always, love to you guys.
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