The students in our school kept inviting us into their classrooms for surprise celebrations of
Christmas and the New Year.
(the following are some examples of the holiday cheer:)
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| Caroline, our exchange student from Chile, wrote several versions of "Merry Christmas" on the chalkboard. |
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| Gemma arranged a little party! |
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| One class gave us Santa hats! |
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| Another class took our photos.......still, "celebrity status." Notice that all students have cell phones or cameras! |
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| "Jun Jie" plays the violin well! |
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| We got plenty of Christmas cards.....mostly from our students! |
We took Qing and Melody to "Taste of Singapore", the restaurant (across the street) that was featuring Traditional Christmas Dinner.
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| At our table, there were university students (studying Chinese language and business) from England and the U.S. The guy on the far right is actually from Iowa!!. (We've met him at several different events.) |
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| This was Melody's first "western" Christmas dinner. Too bad that they didn't serve PIE for dessert! |
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| Also, too bad that they could only find this one tiny Turkey, to share among the 34 guests! Each got a little sliver. The mashed potatoes were also instantly "finished." |
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| Melody got her very first chance to sit on Santa's Lap! |
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| Some of our school students came to sing Christmas songs. |
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| University students from France and Yemen |
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| These 2 Polish girls have been on our team each time we've played Tuesday Night Trivia. They are University students (studying Chinese language and business) and also teachers at the English Language Learning Center. |
The "Polish Girls" brought home-made Ginger-cookies to decorate with sent-from-Poland tubes of icing. They also brought other sent-from-Poland holiday foods (and drinks) for us to sample.
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| Decorating cookies: a girl from Russia |
Photo with Vicki, a native of Singapore, and co-owner (with her husband, Paul), of the "Taste of Singapore" restaurant. Vicki speaks fluent English and Chinese, and has attended university in England. Great gal, and a wonderful resource as far as learning about the culture here.
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| Vicki and Paul make Chongqing Chili Vodka !! ....a tiny little half-teaspoon-full made me cry. I had to eat a whole jar of Maraschino cherries to "get over it"!! |
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