To take the time to keep this blog more updated again....
Somehow i completely let it slip this past half year. Ok, i have the usual excuses.. Busy with school (i never taught grade 4 before, a completely new school anyway since we've just finished our first half year of the school's existence, an autistic kid in the class who's shadow teacher bailed out after only 3 weeks and so on), busy with Xenne of course, and we're not very near any internet cafe. The nearest internet connection is my school (we live very close to the school which is very nice. It takes me 10 minutes on foot to get there). At school i can't access blogger and it as been just too much effort to go to an internet cafe just to post a bit on my blog... Besides, the 2 times i actually was at an internet cafe, i couldn't access this site... But i'll try and do better next year.
What has been going on....
We've moved to a house. The floor is crumbling under our feet (literally) but hopefully the owner will fix that soon. Xenne loves playing outside and that is one of the main reasons we wanted a house. It was rather difficult to find something suitable since prices here are absolutely ridiculous. Besides, you have to pay a year's rent in advance. So we were very lucky to find this place and they settled for a 6-month advance fee.
Xenne is growing nicely (i think). He is very active, very inquisitive, very social, and very bright (again i think). He speaks a bit in 3 languages now. Some words he knows even in 2 languages. When he points to his ears he sometimes says 'ear' and sometimes 'oor' (dutch for ear). Of course he also speaks a fair bit of myanmar. And here, even at my school, people ask me regularly in which grade he is (kids start at nursery, aged 3) because he is tall for myanamr standards. And i keep explaining over and over again (even to the teachers at my own school) that he is not yet 2 years old.... I'll post pics as soon as i have a computer i can access. The one i',m sitting behind is hidden somewhere. Maybe tomorrow if i have time between furious book shopping in Thailand (one day for my re-entry stamp).
KK and i have finally started the toy shop. We're at Bogyoke market, the biggest market in Yangon. We have a small stall/open shop there. The workshop is more trouble since we have problems hiring good people.
Xenne and KK are standing behind me. Xenne finished playing and wants to ride in the car (in the supermarket). So time to go.
