Will and I have decided to try something new at least once a month, perhaps every two weeks. This week, you can see the pictures below, was turtle jelly on Tuesday. Yes, jelly made from turtles. For those of you who are slightly apprehensive about this idea and what is happening to the poor turtles, you will be glad to know that I am not planning on trying it again! It was very bland and the taste that I could taste wasn't exactly pleasant so I am not planning on doing that again!
Friday marked the second Birthday Party this year and for the month of October, it was the Dress Up Party! Unlike the previous Birthday Party where I was not doing very much, at all, it was the English Department's job to MC the Dress Up Party. Each of the children came dressed in a variety of costumes, for obvious reasons I am not posting any childrens' photos on here, and each year group came into the mini hall and paraded their costumes, having a dance up on stage in front of everyone else. It was extraordinary set of costumes that had come from firemen like Katie is seen here, to many a princess, our own headmistress as Cinderella, to schoolgirls like Bobo and I. Bobo definitely was more leaning towards the traditional uniform style worn by high school students whereas I had decided on a 'Matilda the Musical' meets 'St Trinians' look which did involve a lot of backcombing of hair but thoroughly enjoyable.
Saturday saw Katie and I travel to The Vine for a training morning on running Plus Groups, the church's answer to Connect Groups/Pastorates/Life Groups, small groups of members of the church meeting together to praise the Lord and hang out together. It was a valuable time and while I am not sure whether I will start one with Katie, it was a fascinating learning experience. We met up with Grace and as we had 5 hours to kill between the end of the session and Oneighty, the Young Adults weekly event at The Vine, we spent time in Elements, a shopping mall in Kowloon, browsing book stores and sitting in Starbucks.
Oneighty was a wonderful event, meeting up with Murray and Gabby and getting to meet lots of new people including a mutual friend from HTB! The African Fellowship, a group of wonderful men, women and children who are mostly refugees from Africa, lead a dance filled worship that had us exhausted but not exhausted enough to do even more dancing at the end following buffet food! Needless to say I was extremely tired after that, although we headed to IFC, a shopping centre with a roof where you can take drinks and a regular haunt of the Gaps and now the group at Oneighty!
Sunday was a fantastic day as we saw the Watoto Children's Choir come to The Vine. A fantastic group of children who have been rescued from abandonment, child soldier lives and other horrific situations and they are placed in families, given an education and a chance to succeed in life. It was inspiring to hear some of their stories and beautiful to hear the music that they make once more, having heard them about 5 years ago when I was in London.
I write this as I let a sweet and sour chicken settle in my stomach, Ruth is a great cook and we are getting on fantastically! I hope that you have had an awesome week and that this will be full of more surprises. I have decided to take on the NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month where I will attempt to write a 50,000 word story in the month of November...story planning has already started and it is going to be a fun and good challenge!
Until next time,
Batkinson
Cantonese word of the week: pronounced - ay bah fey; translation - well it's my Chinese name! Surname first and then my first name!
Best costume at the party: one of our English teacher came as Batman and his son was Robin!
Quote of the week: 'A child's voice, however honest and true, is meaningless to those who have forgotten how to listen.' - Albus Dumbledore (this is how I tried to get through the week)
Prayer points:
- more sleep, I'm suffering a little with not being able to get to sleep for ages when I lie down.
- patience with the children who try to speak the entire time and not let others have a chance.
Me with Turtle Jelly, it looks harmless and doesn't taste as nice as it looks!
Cheesecake that we got on the house at Outback for Murray's birthday!
Will in his inflatable sumo suit which had to be reinflated every so often!
Gigi and Daisy as a nurse and Minnie Mouse!
Daisy and I in the playground together!
A look up at one of the towers from the bus stop. Personally quite proud of this one!
Ruth, Becky, Lucy and Tom hanging out at the top of IFC!
Me, KC and Will posing once more in suitable character poses.
The Watoto Choir in action, such vibrant colours and beautiful music.
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