We made it to our October break! We now have a whole week off thanks to what we understand is the beginning of Buddhist Lent. The whole country has three days off from Tuesday-Thursday with the main celebrations being on the full moon on Wednesday. Continue reading “October Break”
Gav was in Cambodia this last week on a school trip. I will let him give you the details, but for all my teacher friends out there, don’t start feeling sorry for him. It was mostly adults and at no point did anyone cry, beg to call their mom, or shriek about haunted hand sanitiser. Continue reading “Girl’s Week”
Although I started out my career as a K-12 librarian, for the past 16 years I have been working only with kids grades 5-12. And for most of that time I was a middle school specialist. So, it’s been a bit of a shock to the system to go back to working with the younger kids, some whom have just turned four. Continue reading “Lower School Students”
Gav is at school this Saturday morning taking photos of a math competition. I don’ t know how many action shots he’s going to be able to capture there, but hey someone’s got to try! He got mad at me for stealing his idea last week, so I thought I would tackle a subject that there is no chance he will write about because he doesn’t have my problem. Continue reading “The Sweat Factor”
The rainy season seems to be tapering off a bit here in Yangon. We have had a run of a few days with no rain at all, although the humidity is insane. Yesterday we had a crazy downpour in the afternoon but now we are back to sun. I think the changing weather is bringing out some “wildlife” that we are spotting around here and there! Continue reading “Creature Encounters”
Yesterday was a very exciting day in the Ailbert household-our shipment was delivered to our house! Since late June we have been living out of 4 suitcases, so we have been waiting and waiting to (hopefully) get all of our things and feel a bit more settled. Continue reading “Our Stuff Arrives!”
This past week I stayed late at school two nights on the trot to attend our school’s Back To School Evenings. Continue reading “Nudist Neighbors and Naming Conventions”
Every Saturday and Sunday in London Gav and I would take Nell for a long walk on Hampstead Heath. She loved it and it was sometimes the only times in the week when we would all go together. We called it the “Family Walk.” Continue reading “Dog Walking”
I know everyone is waiting with baited breath to hear about our solution to the mystery garbage issue and other random quirks of life in Yangon, so here you go! Special shout out to Steve, our one and only commenter so far-thanks for giving us some love! Continue reading “Randoms follow up”
