Autobiography Quotes

My Grade 6 students wrote autobiographies this week. I have been reading through and grading them. Often I laugh out loud and the funny things they say.  Here are some lines that I have found extra humorous:
 "At last at grade 3 to 4 I can speak English goodly."
 "I used to be skinny and white. And don't even get me started about that."
 "Right now I'm 11 and I'm pretty much in the puberty stage. Many people say puberty is good, so ok..."
 "When I was a baby I farted a lot if I laughed really hard."

Wasp Nest

I made it back safely to Indonesia after a trip to Michigan for Christmas. Josh had a huge wasp nest in his backyard that they had created while he was away for Christmas. One of the gardeners from school came and burned it for us. We all watched from inside the house while he did it. Here is the link to the video so that can watch how we entertain ourselves in Sentul. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rOyhnRRp0Y&feature=youtu.be No one was harmed in the making of this film. Except for the wasps.

Wedding Reception

"Ka Ka photo photo Kamis tigabelas." Some hand motions and then "Ka Ka photo photo Kamis tigabelas." That is how we got invited to the wedding in the village. At least we thought that is was going to be a wedding. We were needed to take photos of the happy couple and their family and anyone else that wanted a picture.

Some kids we teach English to on Tuesday.

The happy couple and maybe their moms. I am not really sure.

More of the happy couple.

Some old women I danced with in the street. I am a whole head and a half taller then them.

Very yummy fermented black rice. Brittany got to take all the pictures. I got to eat the fermented black rice and starchy white stuff and dance in the streets with the old women. I clearly got the better end of the bargain.

Many Birthday Celebrations

When you turn 25 I guess that means that you need to have lots of birthday celebrations. In my classroom we had cupcakes and I tried to have the kids sing to me. After school Brittany and I went to the village. We talked about birthdays and then we had cupcakes with the kids.

The kids colored cupcakes and then we put them on a calendar that we brought.

After the village we met everyone from school for pizza. I thought that was the end of the celebrating. The Saturday after my birthday Brittany, Helena, and Michaela captured me and we spent the night in Jakarta at Lindsey's apartment. In the morning we got all dressed up and went to a really fancy brunch at Hotel Mulia. It was a great way to celebrate my 25 years of life.

Brittany and I at the brunch table.

Lindsey, Michaela, and I waiting on the couch in the bathroom to go home.

Holding the Hotel Mulia teddy bear's hand at the concierge as we collect our bags.

Happy Thanksgiving

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving in Indonesia this year. We celebrated on Sunday because we had to work on Thursday. I was in charge of the turkey. I don't want to toot my own horn, but it was pretty delicious. Brining and Basting is the way to go.

There were 24 adults and 4 kids in my little town house. It was a squash and a squeeze but we managed to fit. Two of my very good friends not from Sentul came out as well. We wanted to get a picture because we looked good together in our colors. I was in the middle, and then they wanted to be in the middle, so we all had to take turns.

Here is a picture of everyone else sitting around the table.