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October Holiday with a big adventure to Bhutan. Bhutan is a landlocked country in South Asia located at the eastern end of the Himalayas. It is bordered to the north by China (Tibet) and to the south, east and west by India. It shares with Nepal the world’s greatest concentration of mountains and a […]
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Emersyn’s first High School interim trip. For HS, there are 21 trips available. The students pick four choices – all FOUR are the student’s NUMBER ONE choices. Once the trip has been assigned, there is no changing. Emersyn did get her true NUMBER ONE choice which was Inner Mongolia. She left on Friday, […]
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Eleri was so ready for her first school interim trip. She has watched Emersyn leave and come home with stories for the last four years – finally, it was her turn. She was not worried or scared about being away from home – just excited. The 5th grade trip is […]
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Eleri lost a tooth tonight. This is her first tooth since the end of the Tooth Fairy…just last weekend! The Tooth Fairy had to write one last note. Dear Eleri, My dear Eleri, I was so happy to visit you again tonight. This is my last letter to you. Now, that […]
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Our Aussie friends, Rachael and Mike, organized a table for the Aussie Ball. The theme for the party was the Ultimate 80’s. Rachael organized and dressed our table as Pac-Man. She is our expert Taobao (Chinese version of Amazon) buyer and she found wigs for 8rmb ($1.30) and coloured feather […]
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It is official, the magical childhood days have ended in our house. While Jim and I had Roxi at the dog park, Eleri found the Tooth Fairy supplies…gold coins and lost teeth. She said the special pink pillow we put the tooth in for the Tooth Fairy was sticking out of the drawer which […]
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On this Monday, there was no work and no school for Mid-Autumn Festival. Emersyn was thrilled to sleep until noon. She has had an early mornings every weekend. The Concordia tennis team (non-Asian) have been asks to Ball Boy/Girl at the Shanghai Masters. To do this, the students are Ball Boy/Girl at matches on […]
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Emersyn has moved up the ranking ladder to #5. She won against Jackie 8-0. Coach Muir was surprised as Jackie is a Senior. Emersyn is the only Freshman on the girls varsity team. The other girls are Juniors and Seniors. Nicole, a Senior, has taken Emerysn “under her wings”. Nicole is a very sweet […] |