Field Day

Aria had looked forward to Field Day if only she could rock out in some school spirit! 

And what can be more fun spending an entire school day in the sun with best friends, loading up on sugar?

Aria did well on her relay run.

~ Shien

Ian's TaeKwonDo Tournament in Kulim

Ian's first tournament with his TaeKwonDo school in Malaysia was a tiny event an hour away on the mainland in Kulim.

The competition was brand new to the area and it was more a means to support the growing contingent there.

It took a very long time for the organizers to arrive and set up after we did, and participants to arrive after. Hours later, Ian's event was on.

With such light competition, Ian medalled easily. Nevertheless, the experience was invaluable.

~ Shien

Making Pelemini with her Bestie for a School Project

Aria went to Amie's  (her bestie) home to make Peleminis for her school matrix project about Russia.

Looks like they did a fine job and had loads of fun cooking together.

Of course, you cannot trust a cook who does not eat her own food, right?

~ Shien

Kota Kinabalu--Welcome Seafood Restaurant with Terrance

While travelling to the EARCOS conference in Kota Kinabalu, I happened to meet one of the parents of a currently enrolled student at Dalat IS.

He happened to own the hotel I was booked to stay at (took him a while to realize that I was there since he did not even know the name of his hotel!).

However, once it was obvious that I was staying at his hotel, he rolled out the red carpet with a room upgrade, use of the hotel car, massages each day and meals with him if I desired! Thank you, Terrance!

Here he is ordering an amazing fish to be steamed at the Welcome Seafood Restaurant.

I did not dare ask how much this fish cost, but I saw that it was rather pricey in the tank! I know it is a bargain compared to Penang and KL let alone Singapore and Hong Kong, which is why KK has so many tourists throughout the year!

~ Shien

Bake Day

On the agenda today was baked apple pie and the week's order of gluten free white bread.

The apple pie was so good that it did not last long once it left the oven.

Aria had lots of fun assisting, mum!

~ Shien

Re-Booting the School Butterfly Farm

Over the break, the school tasked me with the job of re-starting the butterfly farm.

So when the butterfly farm sent us the viable chrysalis to mount on the rods, we invited the Trescotts to help us with this very cool and special task.

One chrysalis surprised us by twitching as we handled it gently to mount on a rod! We asked the butterfly farm about it later and they said that some cocoons did it for no apparent reason.

Safely attached, we returned the incubating box back into the enclosure.

~ Shien