2013년 1월 14일 월요일

First Semester

First semester is finished. Finally. The last stretch was 8 days of work in a row. Too much. We had a lot to do and it was a very stressful time. Now we're done. I am leaving Tuesday. I am excited.I cannot get pictures to upload. I don't know why. I have several of the kids on the last days. We combined the three homerooms and held a two-day team competition. The kids did well in the various activities and it was a nice way to end the semester. The other thing that I wanted to share with you is what the teachers did after work on Friday. We all put on our beach wear and took some pictures in the snow. This was silly because a.) it was -12C and b.) all of the high school students were shoveling snow and thought we were insane. Which is fair. Friday night we went out with some Chinese staff and to say good bye to the folks who are not coming back next semester. Saturday and Sunday I slept, cleaned, and said bye to people as they embark on their travels. I leave tomorrow morning and I CANNOT WAIT! I want to be warm. I want to not wear layers. I want to get a tan. I want to be warm. I want to see Ian. I want to see Sophia. I want to be warm. I want to not wear socks. I want passport stamps. I want to be warm. I'm sure soon enough I'll be whining about how sweaty I am, but at the moment I just want to be warm. I'll be mostly out of touch until March. Probably not dead, I'll just be playing. Love!

2013년 1월 3일 목요일

2013! Rainbows and duck tongues

I don't know. Here are some pictures from our 5 day New Years Break. Now we have 7 straight days of work and then a weekend to say goodbye to Naomi and then I'm off to Cambodia! I will be traveling from January 15th until February 25th. I can't wait to be warm! It is currently -20 degrees C. here (-8 F). Too cold for me.

China is preparing for the Chinese New Year.

Welcome to the year of the snake.

Naomi.

Cultural Day: Shanyang's Imperial Palace.

Adding a tower to the Imperial Palace.

That's me.

My outfit for our rainbow themed NYE.

Coleen was the sparkles at the end of the rainbow.

Emma the Dilemma did my hair and makeup for the evening.