I realise that a cricket is an insect and in my head that was good enough.. but last week we had an inter-school cricket match... and it made me question... is cricket really a sport? I don't understand. I mean, I got the basic gist of it while watching.. and perhaps it's a spectator sport because there seemed to be more action coming from that side than there was from the field. Granted, we were playing cricket with a group of 7-11 year olds. Perhaps it would have been quite different if adults were playing. How did I, growing up in Canada, miss out on what is supposed to be a great sport? I need some answers here. Perhaps some confirmation that my life was completely satisfied playing soccer, basketball, volleyball... this cricket thing seems highly over-rated.
That is my thought of the day. I hesitate to publish this post in case some avid cricket player reads it... but they probably wouldn't know a hockey game if it stared them in the face.
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Winter has arrived!
No - I'm not kidding.
No there is no snow.
But it's only 29 degrees today.
The children are freezing.
The parents are questioning how I could possibly be comfortable walking around in a short sleeved shirt.
Bring on the parkas!
It's bizarre. It's as if overnight everything changed. And it is cooler. I promise you that. 29 degrees is much cooler than 35. And there's a breeze. You'd think it was from the arctic.
In other news I did something crazy last week. I went on a class trip for three days and two nights with 30 children. Will I be doing that again anytime soon? No. Was it fun? Yes.
We took the kids, ages 7-12, to a National Park about 3 hours outside of Bangkok. There were deer right up close and monkeys. Gibbons swinging in the trees. Overall a good time. But I would like to say that trying to get 30 excited or hysterical kids to go to sleep is not fun. And it's not fun once they go to sleep either. They like to cry. And they like to get up. And they like to sleep with their parents. Children!
All else is well. The sights and sounds of Christmas are all around Bangkok. We're starting rehearsals for the Christmas play. I'll be in Canada before you know it... and I'll be bringing the Thai weather with me. (I have to work on a means of doing that)
No there is no snow.
But it's only 29 degrees today.
The children are freezing.
The parents are questioning how I could possibly be comfortable walking around in a short sleeved shirt.
Bring on the parkas!
It's bizarre. It's as if overnight everything changed. And it is cooler. I promise you that. 29 degrees is much cooler than 35. And there's a breeze. You'd think it was from the arctic.
In other news I did something crazy last week. I went on a class trip for three days and two nights with 30 children. Will I be doing that again anytime soon? No. Was it fun? Yes.
We took the kids, ages 7-12, to a National Park about 3 hours outside of Bangkok. There were deer right up close and monkeys. Gibbons swinging in the trees. Overall a good time. But I would like to say that trying to get 30 excited or hysterical kids to go to sleep is not fun. And it's not fun once they go to sleep either. They like to cry. And they like to get up. And they like to sleep with their parents. Children!
All else is well. The sights and sounds of Christmas are all around Bangkok. We're starting rehearsals for the Christmas play. I'll be in Canada before you know it... and I'll be bringing the Thai weather with me. (I have to work on a means of doing that)
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