Mmmm.....

It seems that the only thing I write here is that I'm busy and that I will try to do better...

Eaindra is walking and that definitely takes up more time. Xenne has to practice his first words like CAN, VAN, MAN, RAN, etc. So we do a fair bit on that as well. I do suspect that he can actually read better than he lets on since every once in a while he reads a word we haven't practiced yet. The next time he even struggles (or pretends to struggle) with words he already knows.

Between the kids (I ever so often check Thandar's homework as well), the Wii exercises and my baking in the weekend, there is littel time left.

I did bake some very very yummy foccacia and ciabatta this weekend. Triple yum with cheese ;-)

Man, was I mad!

Yesterday when I came home from work I found that KK had shaved Eaindra's head. She's completely bald! Ok, we did that with Xenne when he was a couple of months old but at that time it was 40 degrees Celsius here. besides, he's a boy so it does look less strange.

According to hubby, Eaindra had a rash because of the heat. I think i have to have his eyes examined, she had 1 mosquito bite that she had scratched at.

Here in Myanamr many ( if not all) parents believe that you have to shave a child's head at least once when they are very young otherwise they won't have healthy hair...

He had already talked about it before but I thought I'd made it pretty clear I didn't like the idea. Now I can only hope her hair grows back quickly.

Coca cola has arrived!!

Officially that is. Of course it was always possible to buy coca cola and even pepsi (though less easy to get). there were imports from Thailand and Singapore and the cans were priced differently since apaprently there was a difference aside from the country of origin. Not that I ever noticed a difference in taste but I drink cola only sometimes and when I do it is usually a local brank called Star Cola.

In the Myanmar Times there was a big add of Pepsi saying that they are now officially here. There was already talk of both those soft drink giants coming here. There are adds all over town apparently. One of teh last frontiers in soft drink land they probably think. 

Anyways, i found it funny to see that even the BBC news has someting on this. They had a big article on there now being only 2 countries left that officially don't have Coca Cola, namely Cuba and North Korea.

I'm counting the days until we have such horrors as KFC, MacDonalds, Starbucks, and so on. Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy visiting them very sometimes when we're in Bangkok I just rather not have them here. i don't think they'd add a lot to the quality of food and drink available in this country..

An enjoyable trip around town

Yesterday we took the new teacher's around town. We started of in a very Myanmar  way. Breakfast in a teashop. For some it was their first taste of Mohingha, the most Myanmar of dishes and one that every teashop serves.

We saw a few pagoda's, the big reclining buddha in Yangon and even the recently opened for real Bogyoke Aung San Museum.It was great fun and very interesting. Especially Aung San's museum. It is small but we all considered it the highlight of the day. They even have his service car tucked away in a tiny shed. I wanted to post some pictures here but my card reader is refusing to help me out. I will post them soon.

After lunch we went to Bogyoke Aung San Market for a quick look around. It is a market best visited by oneself since there is so much to see. We rounded of the day by visiting a long-established but still to many people unknown DVD-shop where you can spend a lot of money on DVD's you always wanted to have but never found before. I drooled over a box-set of Star Trek and I couldn't resist Lassie and The Muppets  in space.

Wii -addiction

At school I am way too busy at the moment to update the blog. I used to do a bit at home though not as much as I would have liked. Now though I don't even start up the computer unless I really have to. And it is a surprise at how little I really need it.

I'm addicted to the Wii at the moment. Xenne loves playing and we keep a track of how much he plays. I don't play, I love the Wii dance and exercise routines. We bought a few of those and for the last week and a half i do nothing else in the evening. Half an hour of this program, than that. Instead of being tired, I feel energised and often decide to do a bit extra. Regularly, I have to tell myself at around half past 11 that it is time to go to bed.

I'm not complaining though. I really needed to do more exercising. I used to cycle to school but apart from having to take two kids with me now, the roads are also much more busy. Many Yangonese now own a car. Unfortunately, the driving standards haven't improved yet. Walking is not really easy either. Again, busy roads, pedestrians are not really catered for in the streets here to begin with, and the parks are not attractive places for a walk.

The gym isn't an option. I often feel bored after a few weeks anyway and here the gyms are often attached to big hotels. The smaller ones are not as well fitted out. I would have to go right after school and then hurry to be back on time to take the kids to bed.

No, this Wii thing is great. Let's see if I can keep it up in such a way that I get back to blogging a bit more as well....

my my

The first real week of school is almost over. We've had a graduation dinner and I've run around like never before. Apparently it is a great way to lose weight since everybody is commenting on me looking thinner. Maybe i need to keep this level of stress up but I' rather spend some time planning my lessons properly and going home on time.

Since going home on time is my goal for the day, I do keep this short. I've lots of work to correct though and I might even get around to switching on the laptop later. In that case, I might be tempted to write something more than just an update note here....

A snake in the back yard

Yesterday when I arrived home Xenne ran outside to tell me the news.. we had a snake in the garden. 

Apparently it came via the mango tree from the garden next door. That house had been empty for a while and the garden hadn't been maintained well even before  that.

KK killed it eventually but he said it hadn't been easy. The snake was fast and he said it was of the poisonous kind. Mmm, glad I wasn't there. I did see it this morning though; a long, thin, green-and-white snake.

This morning, the mango tree lost several of its branches, especially the big one that reached our roof. I hope that after the huge black ants who also came from that mango tree, and now the snake, the mango tree will host no more guests who we rather do without.