Thursday, August 18, 2005
It's so Easy to Fall in Love
Yes, I'm in love with the kids. Friday will be so hard! My last class! Ha and Hang and their sisterly ways. Quyet Anh and her birdlike greeting. Dang who can make his fingers dance up the stairs of books. Naung who loves to wash down boards and swing outside and kicks much bigger kids off! Tai, who has a million dollar smile when you can coax it out. Thi, who I taught to say "Go Packers," and "Green Bay" thumbs up. Huy and his incredible family, his determination and courage. Minh who knows he is somebody.
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Today was a good day. The other night I made a hand puppet out of one of the rattan baskets from the pottery village. I put buttons on it from a worn out skirt and cut out strips of fabric to make the hair. Using the plastic flowers from a kudos board, Mr. Wicker was complete. Today I used it to teach "Eye, Nose, Mouth, Hair." Ms. Canh put it over her head Halloween style and scared the kids. They loved it. Then she placed it on top of each student's head and they squealed and roared.
We celebrated Quyet Anh's birthday. She turned 14 today and we had a beautifully decorated cake. I played "Happy Birthday" for her Mariachi style on a beat up guitar one of the bolunteers left. We also had cookies and pears. Outside there was a small table with incense burning and special white rice cake.
To top things off, after my English session with Huy he adopted me into the family as his second mother!
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Today was a good day. The other night I made a hand puppet out of one of the rattan baskets from the pottery village. I put buttons on it from a worn out skirt and cut out strips of fabric to make the hair. Using the plastic flowers from a kudos board, Mr. Wicker was complete. Today I used it to teach "Eye, Nose, Mouth, Hair." Ms. Canh put it over her head Halloween style and scared the kids. They loved it. Then she placed it on top of each student's head and they squealed and roared.
We celebrated Quyet Anh's birthday. She turned 14 today and we had a beautifully decorated cake. I played "Happy Birthday" for her Mariachi style on a beat up guitar one of the bolunteers left. We also had cookies and pears. Outside there was a small table with incense burning and special white rice cake.
To top things off, after my English session with Huy he adopted me into the family as his second mother!
