Well yesterday marks the end of our Summer English Programs with Mother's choice. I say that with shouts of jubilation that it's finished but also a tinge of sadness because I have many memories from the past 5 weeks thanks to the kids who participated in our English Camps ( some good, some funny, some just memorable moments) Our last day of English camp was fairly relaxed and because of that ended up being the best. Because trashketball went over so well with mine and Lisa's small group we decided to expand the game a bit and play boys vs. girls trashketball and with 1, 3, and 5 point questions. The 5 point questions were more like mini speeches. They would be questions like talk for 30 seconds about what you like or dislike about school. Trashketball went over very well.
Also for a last day activity we made mini pizzas ( The girls loved the pizzas and while the girls baked away I played cards with the boys, a game called 7 levels- a variation on the game spoons. Then when it was the boys turn to make pizzas well lets just say it wasn't quite as clean of a project as when the girls made it. They thought it was funny to add like 5 cups of flour to their dough or a table spoon of salt rather than a teaspoon... MESS! MESS! MESS! but it turned out well and the boys apparently had fun ( maybe a bit too much f un with the whole project....) After finishing up camp and heading home and talking to some friends back home for a bit which was great! I went and hung out with a friend who has been working here for the past few weeks but is heading back home to Seattle. On the way to where I met him my taxi cost was $18 HK on the way back it was $36HK I was completely scamed but the cab driver was so funny and spoke some English so I didn't mind a bit of an extra ride. I think he was a bit thrown off when he found out i'd been here for 2 months. He asked for what and I said teaching English but my kids were teaching me some Cantanese ( yeah they were teaching me curse words without my even knowing it.... I left that little detail out....) and he asked me what and I told him and he goes ahhh yes very good very goood. Yes my cab ride might have been a bit more, but the laughter and boost in my self confidence... priceless
Today was a day for wandering, so with my Ipod fully charged and a few new songs added :) I went off to wander Mong Kok for a while. I wandered the Ladies market ( yeah I'm not really sure about the name it seems like a sort of naughty place- I feel like the ladies market should be a place in the red light district in amsterdam not a nice place to wander in Hong Kong. The ladies market gets its name from long ago when women used to bring what they'd made there and sell to other women while their husbands were off at work- little history lesson to anyone interested) It is a market that has just about everything any tourist could want- although technically I don't consider myself a tourist anymore... and i'll give you my top 10 reasons why later. I enjoyed wandering through there( Thankfully I can use my ipod as an excuse that I don't hear the constant " you want copy watch or copy bag... miss miss you want copy shoe"- sorry busy rockin out here can't here you..) After a leisurely stroll through the ladies market and Mong Kok I jumped on the MTR ( not literally jumped because I would look like an idiot- Saw tsi) and I took it a few stops back to Tsim sha tsui and wandered there for a while. And finally got back on the MTR and headed home. It is strange to have to start thinking about packing up and heading back but at the same time I'm excited to see people, just not ready to leave here yet.... This is an amazing place. Anyways enough of the sappy stuff. Hope everyone is having a splendid weekend!
Tina
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