Slowly I’m getting behind on this blog too… But I’m trying, really I am. But it is a bit harder since Xenne got his hands on the laptop again. Now we’re not only missing the ‘D’ but the spacebar is not working very well either. I know that we have to get the laptop to the repair shop but somehow it is never the right time even though I haven’t used it much in the past weeks…
As I wrote last time in my quick update, school has started again. And my class is much smaller. Now I have only 11 kids. The brothers are back in Malaysia, their father was transferred back there. And another boy now lives in Singapore. It makes huge difference 11 or 14 kids. Actually 14 or 10 kids since one of the girls only comes back from holiday this week. She didn’t show after the holidays so we called to check up and her aunt told us that the family was away and wouldn’t be back until after Chinese New Year. No message was given to the school and I doubt there’ll be an excuse apology either. But it does mean a lot of extra work for me since she has to catch up of course. It is so funny, many parents here take their kids out of school during the term for a holiday. Sometimes we’re told, sometimes, like now, we find out later. But the parents still expect their kids to be top of the class and sometimes blame the teacher for their kid’s lower scores…. Like we’re magicians!
It is the end of January and I have the feeling that the temperatures outside are already rising again. March and April are the scorching months here, summer they call it. I’ll probably think with nostalgia and regret of these past 2 months when, on occasion, I had to cover myself with a shawl because it was a bit chilly. And the last few days we’ve had thick, all-covering mist in the very early morning. So much that it almost looked like it had rained. But now it is nice. The windows are open, there is a nice, light breeze and I’m looking at Inya Lake and kids playing football outside.
Alright, I’m of to play a bit with Xenne…..
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