Hike To Tai Tam Reservoir

My dragon boat team is starting to get into physical condition.  We have been going on hikes on the weekends.  Today we went to the Tai Tam Reservoir.  It was a 10K hike.  Very nice group of people.  I made new friends with people from Belgium, Spain and Iran.  Looking forward to many more hikes with my team.

BBQ on Lantau

Lantau Island is the island that you would fly into if you ever come to Hong Kong.  It is a quite beautiful and isolated island with many beaches and mountains that you can hike.  My good friends Matet and Matthias live on the island.  They recently had a nice little BBQ by the beach.  Nothing like Phillippino BBQ with Italian wine, good conversations, and fun pictures by the beach.

Charlie's Angels

Friday was a fun day at school.  On Fun Days you get to dress up in the theme.  The theme this time was a movie character.  So I got three teachers together to dress up as Charlie's Angels.  It was lots of fun.  What do you think?  Do we look like the angels?

Surf Safari

 My surf safari team.

 Feeling the waves and the weather.

 Elaine missing the wave.

Getting ready to surf.

I went surfing for the first time in Hong Kong.  It was a blast.  The surfing season is in the winter.  So we had to wear wet suits.  The temperature was around 59F.  At first I was a little intimidated, but I had to get used to the crashing waves.  Once I was used to it then it was exhilarating.  It is you and the elements.  You have to learn how to use the power of the elements to surf.  My group was awesome to go with.  Afterwards we had a nice Hong Kong style lunch/dinner at a local surf place.  Very fun and I will be out in the waves again soon.

Member's Day at the Races

My student's family invited me to a day at the races in Shatin.  It was a lovely day for horse racing.  They own one of the horses, Fiery Raider, a 3 year old stallion.  He came in 5th place in his race, though he was predicted to come in 10th.  As a guest of the owners I got to go down to the main stadium where they show the horses and meet the jockey and trainer.  That was alot of fun.  This Lexington girl was quite impressed with the race facility and track in Shatin.  It is in a beautiful setting overlooking the mountains. 

Spring Musical

 

For the Spring musical this year we did the Go, Go Jonah kid's musical.  The songs are really lively and the story is funny and entertaining.  Everyone worked really hard on the production.






 Jonah running away on a boat from what God told him to do.

Picasso in Hong Kong

On Wednesday, I took my Grade 2 students to see an exhibit of Picasso.  It was a special exhibit that is usually only in the Musee National in Paris.  Due some renovation in that museum the exhibit came to the Hong Kong Heritage Museum.  My class was going there anyways for a Social Studies field trip and getting to see the Picasso masterpieces was a huge bonus. 

Students described the exhibit as wierd, crazy, disgusting, scary, you can sortof see what it is and it is sortof hidden.  Needless to say they were not impressed.  One little boy was very surprised that Picasso had sculpted a naked pregnant woman.  He wanted to know why were there so many naked pictures.  I tried to explain that the human body is artwork and that we were created and fashioned in our mother's womb by the Master Artist God.  I was grateful I got to see some of this art that I otherwise would only have seen if I was in Paris visiting the museum.