Thursday, July 20, 2006
Today was the second day of my school's 100th anniversary celebration. It wasn't like I thought it would be but it was still a lot of fun. Yesterday we all lined up to the national anthem, school song and announcements as usual and I guess I was expecting there to be some sort of opening but there wasn't. The festival started at 9 am and went all day and at night they have performances. During the day there are competitions for different things and students come from different schools to participate. Other than the competitions there are games in many class rooms set up by classes. Yesterday I helped to set up my class (M5/1) room and helped run games all day, but not to many students came to play so really we all just played the games against each other, which was actually really fun. Today I started out in my classes room but then some AFS returnees who went to America came to the room and I spent the rest of the day with them. We walked around the school and played the games in other classrooms, by the way all the games cost money but you could win prizes. We walked around for awhile and then went to the art room where they were batiking. I made my first batik which was really fun and I can't wait to do more. It's been a little weird not having any classes really but it has also been nice since I can get to know my classmates more and get a feel for the school. Other than that things have started to get a little normal here which is nice. Saturday is my brother Pet's birthday so tomorrow we are going out to the Pizza place. It should be fun and he is really excited. Oh I was also finally introduced to the English program's foreign teachers and I found out that there are a lot more American teachers than I was first told I think there are at least 5 then there are a few from the UK and a bunch more from all over. The one I talked to just arrived over a month ago so it was nice to talk to another newly arrived foreigner and she said that I should feel free to stop over to the EP building anytime. It was really strange to be in a room where I could understand what everyone was saying and to hear english spoken by native speakers. Well it's getting late and I have school again tomorrow so I'll add again soon and I'll work and getting more pictures up.
