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”
One of the things that I imagine we will most about London is the access to cultural events. I can’t say that I miss that yet because we haven’t had time to miss anything really although Lindsey is starting to miss the cool October weather of London. Continue reading “Culture Chaos, Stickers and Skinks”
Last week I went on a trip to Cambodia. The purpose of the outing was to visit a remote school being run by a charity who are just starting to set up schools in Myanmar. Continue reading “4 days in Cambodia”
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”
This morning, Sunday 30th September, a colleague had suggested going for an early morning bike ride. The advantage of going early is that there are few cars on the road which is important as you are taking your life in your hands on Yangon roads at normal hours. Continue reading “Yangon by bike – hair raising!”
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”
To my mind Kuala Lumpur is one of those far away places that you might go to once in a decade maybe on an exotic holiday that has involved a great deal of saving. Continue reading “Kuala Lumpur in a day”
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”
Lindsey stole part of my main post idea so this one won’t be long and is mainly about language so feel free to stop reading. Continue reading “The Language of Love”
