Sports Day

This week at school was an easy week: Monday and Wednesday were Sports Days, Tuesday was Professional Development day, Thursday is a day to recuperate from the activity of Sports Days and then Friday we actually have school.

So SPORTS DAYS: The school divides the students into 4 groups(houses): Red, Yellow, Blue and Green. Most of the time there is any intra-school competition it is done between these houses. Sports day is 2 days of Track and Field events. I thought I would share a little video of the Cheer Competition. This is the Green House doing their little dance.

Baptism

Shortly before I moved back to the States, 4 years ago, one of my students Beetle introduced me to a friend of his that had just returned from studying in the US for a year. Crystal had been a student at CWGC but the year I worked at the school she actually was in the states, so I didn't teach her. Even though we didn't have much time to spend together before I moved home, we really hit it off and have kept in touch all of these years.

A few weeks ago Crystal got in touch with me to let me know that she was going to be getting baptized and invited me to come. So this past Sunday (Dec 9th) was her baptism. It was so great to be able to witness her public expression of faith.

Crystal giving her testimony before the baptism. Unfortunately, the service was all in Cantonese so I wasn't able to understand what she said. But Crystal and I have talked many times about her life and her Christian walk so I'm sure I know what she shared.

Crystal and Beetle after the Baptism.

Primary School

The entire school system here in Hong Kong is different from the States. Another example of a difference is that the 6th graders have to interview for which school they will attend the next year. Seventh grade (Form 1 here) is the grade that my school starts. So Saturday I went with some other teachers to one of the nearby primary schools to interview the 6th graders. Basically, I asked them questions about themselves and their families. When asked about their families, many of them responded with something like this: "My family has 4 members. I have a hardworking father and a beautiful mother and a younger brother. On Sundays we like to go to the park and play games together, we love each other very much." What a cute response, but after listening to over 60 students, it was very tiring.

While we were waiting for the interviews to start, I went into the assembly hall and watched some of the younger girls practicing for the choral speaking competition. I couldn't help myself and I had to record it. They are doing a poem in Chinese. The video is just ok, it was so cute in person.



After practicing the girls took a little break. They are so adorable...