Watch, Read, Listen

Are you ready to cram your brain with all kinds new information???   Ready to "get some knowledge"? (name that movie) We'll be seeing and learning lots of new things today.  Or, at least, that's what the brochure more-or-less states!  We'll have to decide for ourselves what we think. Let's go stuff ourselves silly at…

So glad you're back!  Are you ready to head over to the Ginza cooking school building here at the resort???   Is it just me or does it seem weird to get soooooo excited to take a cooking class?  It's not like I don't cook almost every day of the week!   BUT (and this…

Welcome to Day 5 of our Phuket, Thailand Vacation!!!   I know, I know.  You probably want to stay in bed all day long, right???  You probably can't stand the thought of going to the beach.  again.  Am I right???  HA!! Just kidding!  No lounging in pjs today!  You can rest and relax when you…

Whoops! Sorry about that!  I didn't mean to disappear and leaving you hanging for the past week!  A lot happened last week…a trip to the SOS clinic, our shipment FINALLY arrived, a poetry competition was held at school and Daddy came home from his two-week trip to the States.  Yikes!  Oh, and our Internet went…

Happy Sunday morning!!!! And …. Happy Easter!!!!!   Isn't it cool that we'll get to spend Easter in Thailand???? (sad that we'll be missing Easter services back home, etc but we have to enjoy what we've got!) Just to make sure we're all clear on events happening for today: first we'll check out a different…

Good morning!!!!  Did you all sleep well?  Oh and…….. Welcome to Thailand!!!!! Holy smokes Batman!  Have you looked out the window????  We're definitely NOT in Kansas anymore (…or northern China for that matter).  Umm…. not sure about you but I'm STARVING!  Can we go eat some breakfast??? We'll race you to the breakfast buffet….. Ah…

It's Spring Break around these parts….got any vacation plans??? Hey, don't worry if you don't because you can come join us… We're heading to Phuket!!!!!! Are  you wondering:   Where the heck is Phuket?  Is it pronounced like I think it should be???? And what is the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow?????** Maybe…

You'd better watch out for these Scary Ninja-Girls!!!!   You should especially watch out for the headless Ninja-Girl!  She's the scariest one of all!!!!!   *Oh, and by the way, they're really enjoying their new P.E. school uniforms.   We're off to Phuket, Thailand for our Spring Break vacation!   See you soon!!!! 🙂

Hmmm….perhaps it's time to update you on what our life is like in China.  It's been a while, hasn't it?????   Well, for some frustrating reasons we decided to let go of our original driver.  We gave him several chances but in the end we decided to let him go and move on.  So far…

The PFO (Parent Faculty Organization) moms from IST put on a fantastic Asian bazaar recently featuring many of the Asian cultures- with music, vendors, food and lots of activities for the kids to do.  Great way to spend a lazy Saturday afternoon!!!     Probably the most popular vendor at the bazaar was this gentleman….…